Normal Maintenance
Cleaning the Drive Head
Cleaning Tape
The tape heads should be cleaned once a month, or when the Use Cleaning Tape LED is illuminated on the drive front panel. Use a DLT cleaning tape to clean the drive heads. A cleaning tape is shipped with your adic Scalar Library.
Figure 16:. DLT Cleaning Tape
Cleaning the head should always be performed as the first step if the Use Cleaning Tape LED is illuminated on the drive.
Note
The cleaning cartridge is exhausted after it has performed 20 cleanings. The cleaning tape includes a label with 20 small boxes printed on it. Always place a check mark in a box each time the tape performs a cleaning. Replace the cleaning cartridge when it has performed 20 cleanings (all boxes will be checked).
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