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Cleaning the Tape Head 5-17
To clean the head, use a cleaning cartridge. Inert the cleaning
cartridge in the drive as described in
Loading the Data Cartridge
on page 5-12. The drive will automatically clean the head.
When the cleaning operation is complete, the beeper will
sound alerting you to remove the cleaning cartridge. The
following messages will be displayed during the cleaning
process.
Table 5-7 Cleaning Cycle LCD Messages
When tape is loaded.
DLTtype = DLT
TM
4000 (4000DLT), or DLT
TM
7000
(7000DLT).
Compressed if compression mode enabled or
Standard if compression mode disabled.
20/40GB = DLT4000, 35/70GB = DLT7000.
This is the normal “Ready Screen”.
While loading the cleaning
tape.
DLTtype = DLT
TM
4000 (4000DLT), or DLT
TM
7000
(7000DLT).
While the cleaning cycle is
executing.
When cleaning cycle is
completed.
When the cleaning process is complete, the LCD will
display the following for 3 to 5 seconds:
CCL ia the Cleaning Cartridge Load Counter and
equals the number of timews that6 a cleaning
cartridge has been loaded in this drive.
CCA is the cumulative number of times this cleaning
cartridge has been used to clean a drive.