A packaged belt including a single, flexible electrophotographic belt covered with a flexible protective sheet supported by at least three rollers including a hollow first roller having a longitudinal slot parallel to the axis of the first roller which imparts to the first roller a "C" shaped cross section, a lip extending from at least one long edge of the slot, a second roller parallel to and enclosed within the first roller, the second roller having an outside diameter smaller than the inside diameter of the first roller and an outside diameter larger than the maximum size of the opening between the lip and the opposite edge of the slot, a third roller adjacent to and parallel to the exterior of the first roller, the belt covered with the protective sheet having at least a partially flattened region with opposite sides of the belt adjacent each other to form a first loop at one end and a second loop at the other end, the first loop extending around the second roller and the second loop extending around the third roller, the belt extending from the second roller, through the slot, and around at least a portion of the outer periphery of the first roller and ending at the third roller. Processes for preparing the belt package and installing the belt into an electrophotographic imaging machine are also described.