Cleaning The Tape Drive Heads; Summary - Digital Equipment DECpc AXP 150 User Information

Cleaning the Tape Drive Heads

Cleaning the Tape Drive Heads
This section describes how to clean the tape drive heads. The

Summary

heads are the components of the tape drives that read data from
and write data to the different types of tapes.
Digital recommends that, when cleaning the heads, you use the
Cleaning
following cleaning kits:
Procedure
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To clean the heads, follow the instructions supplied with the
cleaning kit.
Digital recommends that you clean the heads of the TLZ06
When to Clean
the Heads tape drive every 2 weeks, or after 50 hours of use. Digital
recommends that you clean the heads of the TZK10 tape drive
after approximately 8 hours of use. Also clean the drive heads if
you encounter problems reading or writing data. The following
factors affect the cleaning interval:
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4–12 Using Tape Drives
Use the TLZ04-HA head cleaning kit (supplied) to clean the
heads of the TLZ06 tape drive.
Use the TZK1X-HA head cleaning kit (supplied) to clean the
heads of the TZK10 tape drive.
Frequency of use
Quality of the tape
Quality of the environment