How to Clean the Tape Drive

How to Clean the Tape Drive

Before You Begin

Observe these rules about when to clean a tape drive:

1.Clean the drive after the first four hours of use with a new tape.

2.After that, clean the tape drive after every 25 hours of use to maintain reliable operation.

3.Clean the drive twice as often if you use it in a dusty environment or operate it infrequently.

What to Do

Insert a cleaning cartridge into the drive.

The tape should play for a short while, and then eject automatically.

Do not use any cartridge other than a DDS-approved cleaning tape cartridge to clean your tape drive.

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Sun Microsystems 220R manual How to Clean the Tape Drive, Insert a cleaning cartridge into the drive, Before You Begin