Sheet package and printer in which sheets are set by the sheet package
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsKen Higuchi, Hiroshi Katsuno, Masahide Fujita
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Abstract
A sheet package according to the present invention is formed of a synthetic resin sheet and designed in a square-cornered bag shape to have an outer shape corresponding to sheets and a height at which plural sheets are stacked. The sheet package thus constructed is supplied to a user in a state where plural sheets are beforehand stacked and accommodated in a sheet package and packed by a vinyl bag or the like by a sheet maker. Accordingly, the user merely opens the vinyl bag to set the sheets into a sheet tray of a printer by the sheet package.
Claims12
A sheet package in which sheets to be printed are accommodated having:
- an outer shape which is matched with the shape of the sheet;
- a height at which a plurality of sheets can be stacked in said sheet package;
- an outlet/inlet port through which the sheets are inserted when the sheets are accommodated in said sheet package, and taken out when a print operation is performed on the sheets, wherein the sheets are fed to a printer while accommodated in said sheet package and further wherein a portion which is flexible in only one direction is formed at the substantial center portion of said sheet package in a sheet insertion direction.
A printer having a sheet tray in which sheets are set together with a sheet package having an outer shape which is matched with the shape of the sheets, a height at which a plurality of sheets can be stacked in said sheet package;
- and an outlet/inlet port through which the sheets are inserted when the sheets are accommodated in said sheet package, and taken out when a print operation is performed on the sheets and wherein said sheet package further comprises a flexible portion which is flexible in only one way at the substantial center portion of the sheet insertion direction, and said sheet feed tray further comprises a lift plate which lifts up said flexible portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.