Chapter 5. DAStape 200 Tape Drives and Media
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Manually Cleaning the HP Ultrium Tape Drive Head
To clean your HP Ultrium tape drives, follow these steps:
Note:
Use only HP Ultrium cleaning cartridges.
1.
Power on the DAStape.
2.
Carefully insert the cleaning tape into the drive with the window facing the top
of the drive.
The cleaning tape performs automatic cleaning; this takes approximately five
minutes.
Note:
If the cartridge ejects immediately, it has either expired or it is not
an approved cleaning cartridge. In this case, discard the cartridge
and begin the cleaning procedure with a new cartridge.
During the cleaning cycle, the amber Use Cleaning Cartridge LED will remain on
and the green Ready LED will flash.
3.
The drive ejects the cartridge when complete; remove the cleaning cartridge
from the drive.
Caution:
Do not use the cleaning cartridge for more than the number of
specified cleaning cycles indicated on the cartridge label. Mark
the cleaning cartridge each time you use it or use backup
software to track cleaning cartridge usage.
