Table F-5 Cleaning Cartridge Guidelines - Compaq SW TL881 DLT Mini-Lib/1 Reference Manual

Problem
The Use Cleaning Tape LED
Lights.
A particular cartridge causes the
Use Cleaning Tape LED to turn
on frequently.
The Use Cleaning Tape LED
turns on after you clean the
drive heads and reload your data
cartridge.
The Use Cleaning Tape LED is
on after you load the cleaning
cartridge.
Table F-5
Cleaning Cartridge Guidelines
Cause
The drive heads need cleaning
or the tape is defective.
The data cartridge might be
defective.
Your data cartridge might be the
problem.
Cleaning has not been done. The
cleaning cartridge might have
expired.
Tape Drives and Cartridges F-9
Solution
Try another tape. Use the
cleaning cartridge if the LED
stays on. 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
might cause unnecessary use of
the cleaning cartridge.
Try a different data cartridge.
Replace the cleaning cartridge
with a new one. If the Use
Cleaning Tape LED stays on, the
tape drive might be defective.