Compaq TL891 - DLT Tape Library User Manual page 198

H-8 TL891 MiniLibrary System User's Guide
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Cleaning Cartridge Guidelines
Problem
The Use Cleaning Tape
indicator Lights.
A particular cartridge
causes the Use Cleaning
Tape indicator to turn on
frequently.
The Use Cleaning Tape
indicator turns on after you
clean the drive heads and
reload your data cartridge.
The Use Cleaning Tape
indicator is on after you
load the cleaning cartridge.
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Cause
The drive heads need
cleaning or the tape is
defective.
The data cartridge may be
defective.
Your data cartridge may be
the problem.
Cleaning has not been
done and the cleaning
cartridge has expired.
Solution
Use the cleaning cartridge.
The cleaning operation
begins automatically as
soon as the cartridge
insert/release handle is
closed. When cleaning is
complete, the internal
beeper sounds to tell you to
remove the cleaning
cartridge.
Back up this data on
another cartridge, then
discard the old cartridge. A
damaged cartridge may
cause unnecessary use of
the cleaning cartridge.
Try a different data
cartridge.
Replace the cleaning
cartridge with a new one.