Patent ID: 7395024

Claim:
A sheet package which can be loaded in a sheet storage unit of a printer, comprising: a stack of sheets as print media for the printer; and a package member covering the exterior of the stack of sheets, wherein: the package member includes a first portion covering only one of upper and lower faces of the stack of sheets, a second portion connecting with the first portion and covering a side face of the stack of sheets, and a third portion connecting with the second portion and covering the other of the upper and lower faces of the stack of sheets, and the first portion of the package member includes a first exposing portion exposing part of the stack of sheets to allow entrance of a sheet feed roller of the printer, the package member includes a second exposing portion exposing a side part of the stack of sheets facing a pressing member provided to a side wall of the sheet storage unit of the printer parallel to a sheet feed direction so that the pressing member can press the stack of sheets against a positioning portion provided to the opposite side wall of the sheet storage unit parallel to the sheet feed direction, wherein the first portion and the third portion are only connected by the second portion that faces only the side face of the stack of sheets; and a belt shaped member is wound around the package member.