Target transport apparatus and liquid ejecting apparatus

A target transport apparatus comprising:

• a transport unit that includes a plurality of pinching portions disposed at intervals along a width direction that intersects with a transport direction of a target, the transport unit imparting a transport force on the target by the plurality of pinching portion pinching the target at a plurality of pinched areas;
• a transport amount detection unit, disposed in a location that is axially aligned with a pinched area of the target in the width direction and downstream from the transport unit in the transport direction;
• and
• a support member that supports the target to contact with a surface of the target transported by the transport unit;
• wherein the transport amount detection unit is configured to capture an image of the surface of the target without making contact with the target and detect an amount by which the target is transported from the surface of the target, the transport amount detection unit is formed only on a side opposite to a side on which the plurality of pinching portions are formed relative to the target, and the transport amount detection unit is embedded in a hole formed in the support member.