Installation guide

Troubleshooting and maintenance 5-21
Maintaining the external tape drive
Standard 2.0 Meridian Mail Mini and Enhanced Card Option May 2000
Installation and Maintenance Guide
Using a tape drive
cleaning kit
To use a tape drive cleaning kit, follow these steps.
Step Action
1 If there is a tape cartridge in the tape drive, remove it.
2 Push the head loading lever down into the load position
(for an Archive tape drive) or press the release button to
open the tape drive (on the Tandberg tape drive).
3 Carefully blow out dust from the sensor hole and tape
cartridge cavity with aerosol air.
4 Based on your tape drive, release the head loading lever
or press the release button to open the tape drive.
5 Obtain the appropriate tape drive kit for your tape drive.
Refer to the following table for the correct CPC code:
Type of tape drive Cleaning kit CPC code
Archive Viper A9378220
Tandberg TDC 4220 A0622896
6 Moisten the flexible pad of the cleaning cartridge with
four drops of the Streaming Tape Head Cleaning Fluid.
7 Insert the cleaning cartridge into the tape drive in the
same way as a normal tape cartridge and lock it into
position.
8 Move the moistened pad using four strokes of the guide
rod, moving the rod as far as it will go each time.
9 Remove the cleaning cartridge from the tape drive.
10 Remove the flexible pad by sliding it out of the holder,
and then discard the pad.
11 Insert a new dry pad into the holder by sliding it into
place.