Cartridge for a printer system

A cartridge for a printer system comprising a printer in which the cartridge is loaded, said cartridge being designed for storing a sheet to be fed to the printer for printing, said cartridge being designed further to hold an ink film also to be fed to the printer such that an image is printed on the sheet as a result of an action of a printer head of the printer performed under a state wherein the ink film and the sheet contact each other on a platen roller of the printer, said cartridge being adapted to be loaded on the printer in such a direction that a front end of the cartridge is first inserted into the printer when the cartridge is loaded, said cartridge comprising:

• an ink film storing part provided at the front end of the cartridge for storing an ink film, said ink film storing part removably holding a first roll and a second roll of the ink film in a state wherein the first and second rolls are mutually parallel and wherein the ink film is wound on the first and second rolls and stretched therebetween, said ink film storing part having a first opening generally facing a first direction which is perpendicular to the direction of loading of the cartridge on the printer, said first opening being configured to allow taking out of the first roll from the cartridge therethrough, said ink film storing part having a stationary part for covering the first and second rolls in a manner that prevents the first and second rolls being exposed in a second direction opposite to the first direction;
• a sheet storing part provided behind the ink film storing part such that the sheet storing part and the ink film storing part form a unitary body, for storing one or more sheets in a stack, said sheet storing part having a second opening which exposes the sheet stored in the sheet storing part in the second direction so as to allow feeding of the sheet from the cartridge through said second opeing;
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• a rotatable lid member hinged on the ink film storing part so as to be rotatable between a first position whereat said lid member closes the first opening and a second position whereat said lid member exposes the first opening, said rotatable lid member being hinged at a part of the cartridge where the sheet storing part is contiguous with the ink film storing part, said rotatable lid member having a part which engages a corresponding part of the printer when the cartridge is loaded on the printer such that the lid member is rotated to the second position upon loading of the cartridge on the printer.