Patent ID: 7726646

Claim:
A sheet package comprising: sheets as print mediums for a printer; and a package member surrounding a stack of the sheets, the sheet package being configured for use in a printer such that the sheets can be set in the printer together with the package member exposing part of the sheets, wherein the package member is integrally provided with a recloseable flap member that can be folded between an open and closed state, wherein the package member includes a first fastening member located on a first side of the package member to fasten the flap member in a closed state where the flap member covers a part of the sheets, wherein the flap member may be folded in an open state where the flap member exposes said part of the sheets, wherein the package member includes a second fastening member located on a second side of the package member, wherein when the flap member is in the open state with the flap member folded back down so as to be adjacent and parallel to the second side of the package member, the first side of the package member completely covers and extends completely along an edge at an end of the package member where the flap member is disposed, the edge defining a distal-most continuous boundary of the package member extending substantially a full width of the package member, and wherein the package member includes two or more removable tear-off members that, when attached to the package member, permit the flap member to be in the open state but prevent the flap member from being folded back down so as to be adjacent and parallel to the second side of the package member and fastened to the second side of the package member via the second fastening member, the flap member being permitted to be folded back down so as to be adjacent and parallel to the second side of the package member and fastened to the second side of the package member via the second fastening member when the two or more tear-off members are removed from the package member.