3
After lifting up the cartridge handle wait at least two seconds before removing the data cartridge.
4
Lower the cartridge handle.
11.6.9 Cleaning the tape heads
The following describes daily care, the cleaning cartridge and how to clean the tape heads.
Daily care
If you remove the data cartridge immediately after lifting up the handle, the
CAUTION
leading section of the tape may be damaged.
CAUTION
Unit Damage/Data Destruction
The DLT tape drive reads and writes data using a magnetic head.
This head becomes dirty due to dust, dirt and magnetic particles off
the tape inside data cartridges. If you do not clean the magnetic
heads when the Use Cleaning Tape LED lights up, the unit may
become damaged or data may be lost.
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