User's Guide

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Chapter 4
4Operating Your Tape Drive
This chapter describes how to operate your tape drive.
Topics in this chapter are:
• Using the Appropriate Media
• Handling Cartridges
• Loading a Cartridge
• Initializing a Blank Cartridge
• Unloading a Cartridge
• Write-Protecting a DDS Cartridge
• Cleaning the Tape Heads
Using the Appropriate Media 4
The Quantum DDS-4 and DAT 72 drives use data-grade DDS cartridges,
which comply with ANSI specifications listed in the “3.81 mm Helical-
Scan Digital Computer Tape Cartridge for Information Interchange,”
ANSI X3B5/89-156 standard.
For optimum performance and maximum storage capacity, use MRS tape
cartridges that correspond to the format supported by your drive (see
table 6). MRS cartridges have a series of alternate opaque and clear stripes