Patent ID: 7390545

Claim:
An in-line supply of a print media that can be entirely separated and individually dispensed in succession, comprising: a web of flexible, non-elastic, printable media having a transverse dimension and a longitudinal dimension and having regularly spaced lines of perforation for separating the web into individually dispensable sheets, the lines of perforation extending transversely with respect to the longitudinal dimension of the web and crossing a longitudinal centerline between first and second edges of the web, the web comprising folds in the transverse dimension along the lines of perforation; and a pattern of ties separated by slits extending along each of the lines of perforation, wherein the pattern of ties extending along the lines of perforation includes a first and second groups of ties respectively located adjacent to the first and second edges of the web, and a third group of ties located intermediate the first and second groups of ties and overlying the centerline of the web, wherein the slit between the first and third groups of ties and the slit between the second and third groups of ties are both larger than the slit between the ties in the third group; wherein the ties in the first group occupy a first percentage of the distance from the first edge of the web to the tie in the third group closest to the first edge of the web, the ties in the second group occupy a second percentage of the distance from the second edge of the web to the tie in the third group of ties that is closest to the second edge of the web, and the ties in the third group occupy a third percentage of the distance from the tie in the first group that is located closest to the second edge of the web to the tie in the second group that is located closest to the first edge of the web; and wherein each of the first and second percentages is larger than the third percentage.