Package assembly including an insert guide tray for printers

A packaged sheet assembly, comprising:

• a guide sheet, said guide sheet having an edge and a fold line parallel to said edge and spaced inwardly therefrom and extending the length of said guide sheet;
• a set of sheets, each having an irregularly shaped edge, said sheets being stacked on top of and thereby partially protected by said guide sheet;
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• packaging enclosing said guide sheet and said set of sheets in a storage arrangement;
• said guide sheet including an elongate fold portion between said fold line and said edge and a body portion on an opposite side of said fold line;
• said fold portion and said body portion lying flat together when said guide sheet is in the storage arrangement in a fold-line unfolded position;
• said guide sheet being removable from said packaging, and foldable along said fold line such that said fold portion is generally perpendicular to said body portion and said guide sheet is thereby in a fold-line folded position;
• when in the folded position, said guide sheet is positionable in a printer tray operatively associated with a printer with said body portion supporting said set of sheets removed from said packaging and said irregularly shaped edges engaging and being guided by said fold portion into the printer:
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• wherein said guide sheet, when in the folded position in the printer tray has a forward corner of said fold portion being diagonally configured so as to not interfere with a printing operation of the printer.

A packaged sheet assembly, comprising:

• a guide sheet, said guide sheet having an edge and a fold line parallel to said edge and spaced inwardly therefrom and extending the length of said guide sheet;
• said fold line being spaced inwardly generally about 3/4 inch from a long edge of said sheet;
• a set of sheets, each having an irregularly shaped edge, said sheets being stacked on top of and thereby partially protected by said guide sheet;
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• packaging enclosing said guide sheet and said set of sheets in a storage arrangement;
• said guide sheet including an elongate fold portion between said fold line and said edge and a body portion on an opposite side of said fold line;
• said fold portion and said body portion lying flat together when said guide sheet is in the storage arrangement in a fold-line unfolded position;
• said guide sheet being removable from said packaging, and foldable along said fold line such that said fold portion is generally perpendicular to said body portion and said guide sheet is thereby in a fold-line folded position;
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• when in the folded position, said guide sheet is positionable in a printer tray operatively associated with a printer with said body portion supporting said set of sheets removed from said packaging and said irregularly shaped edges engaging and being guided by said fold portion into the printer.