Caring For Compact Discs; Using Tape Cartridges; Labeling A Tape Cartridge - DEC VAXstation 3100 Owner's Manual

5 Hold the disc with your free hand as shown in Figiire 3-4.
Position your thumb on the outer edge of the disc and your
index finger in the center hole of the disc. Release pressure
from the housing and remove the disc.
3.2.5 Caring for Compact Discs
Protect a disc from dust, ink, fingerprints, or other contaminants
whenever it is hot in the caddy.
• Always handle a disc by the outer and inner edges.
• Never touch the data area of the disc (the area covered by the
silk-screened label).
When loading a disc, gently insert the disc caddy into the compact
disc drive.
To unload a disc, simply insert the transparent sleeve into the
compact disc drive.
Compact discs can be cleaned with a dry, lint-free cloth. Tb dean
a disc, wipe from the center of the disc to the edges. Use small
circular strokes. Do not use a continuous circular stroke around
the disc.
3.3 Using Tape Cartridges ^
This section shows you how to
• Label a tape cartridge
• Write to and protect tape cartridges
• Handle and store tape cartridges
• Use the TZ30 tape drive
• Insert and remove a tape cartridge
• Understand TZ30 Hghts
3.3.1 Labeling a Tape Cartridge
The TK50Z-GA and TZ30 tape drives both use TK50-K 95-
megabsrte (CompacTape) or *nC52-K 296-megabyte (Compac^pe
II) tape cartridges.
Always label tape cartridges. A slot for the label is provided on
the firont of the cartridge, as shown in Figure 3-6. In this slot,
the label is visible when the cartridge is in the drive. Labels
or markings on any other part of the cartridge can interfere
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