Cartridge Bar Code Label Guidelines - IBM TotalStorage 3494 Tape Library Operator's Manual

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4. Apply the label parallel to the long edge of the indentation. Do not pull the
5. Smooth out the label so that no wrinkles or bubbles exist on the label. Use light
6. Verify that the label is smooth and parallel and has no roll-up or roll-over.
Figure 28. Cartridge Bar Code Label Guidelines
Note: While Figure 28 shows only a 3490E/3590 bar code label, the guidelines
Do not place a new label over an existing label. Remove an old label by pulling it
slowly at a right angle to the cartridge case. Do not reuse a label.
No other labels can be placed on the same surface as the external volser cartridge
label. Labels on other surfaces of the cartridge must not interfere with the cartridge
accessor's gripper or the tape drives, and they should not be device-readable. If
they are, they may interfere with the ability of the vision system to read the volser
and the media-type label.
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or from the bottom. Carefully position the label within the indentation on the
end of the cartridge away from the leader block. The device-readable bar code
must face to the right.
label excessively because it will stretch.
finger pressure to smooth the label and secure it to the cartridge.
The label must be flat to within 0.5 mm (.02 in.) over the length of the label
and have no folds, missing pieces, or smudges. Figure 28 shows the correct
position of the label on the cartridge case.
apply equally to a 3592 bar code label.

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