Holding stand

A holding stand comprising:

• a housing having a mounting surface on which a printing device is capable of being detachably mounted and a bottom surface on an opposite side to the mounting surface, a direction orthogonal to the mounting surface being defined as a first direction and a direction orthogonal to the first direction being defined as a second direction, and the mounting surface being an inclined surface where a distance between an upstream end portion of the mounting surface on upstream in the second direction and the bottom surface is greater than a distance between a downstream end portion of the mounting surface on downstream in the second direction and the bottom surface;
• a fixed engaging member provided at the upstream end portion of the mounting surface and configured to engage with a first engaging portion located in a first position of the printing device;
• a movable engaging member provided at a substantially middle portion of the mounting surface in the second direction and configured to engage with a second engaging portion located in a second position of the printing device;
• a guide part provided on the mounting surface and configured to allow the printing device to be mounted on the mounting surface to slide thereon to guide the printing device in the second direction;
• and
• an operation part configured to switch the movable engaging member from an engaging position in which the movable engaging member engages with the second engaging portion to a disengaging position in which engagement between the movable engaging member and the second engaging portion is disengaged.