Ink container package

A package comprising:

• a packaging member;
• and
• an ink container which contains ink comprising pigment coloring material and solvent dispersing the coloring material and which has an ink supply port for permitting supply of the ink to an outside, wherein the ink container is mountable to an ink jet recording apparatus with the ink supply port at a lower position, said ink container accommodating an ink absorbing material for absorbing the ink and being provided with an air vent which is open for fluid communication between a space inside said ink container and ambience, wherein said ink container has, at a side adjacent a side having said ink supply port, a first portion and a second portion which is projected outwardly of the ink container beyond the first portion, said first portion continuing with the side having the ink supply port, wherein said adjacent side takes a lower position;
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• wherein said ink supply port and said air vent are opposed to each other in said package, and said ink supply port takes in said package a position at a level higher than the air vent, and when said adjacent side takes a lower position, it is at a position lower than said ink supply port.