Light-tight package

A light-tight package for a roll of light-sensitive web material, the roll including a core with opposite ends and a length of the web wound about the core;

• the roll having end surfaces at the opposite ends of the core and the length having a first width and a leading end;
• the package including a flexible opaque leader wound about the roll through at least a first convolution, the leader having a trailing end attached to the leading end, a second width substantially equal to the first width, an outer surface, a length greater than a circumference of the roll and opposite lateral edges separated by the second width;
• pair of flexible opaque end disks for covering the end surfaces, a central portion of each end disk being attached to the core and a peripheral portion of each end disk being folded over a circumferential edge of the first convolution of the leader, each folded over portion having an outer surface and a circumferential edge, wherein the improvement comprises:
• at least one strip of adhesive tape, the strip being adhered to the outer surface of each of the folded over peripheral portions and to the outer surface of the leader.