Figure 100. Double-boxing tape cartridges for shipping
Proper acclimation and environmental conditions
Acclimate a tape cartridge to the operating environment before you use it.
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• Before you use a tape cartridge, acclimate it to the operating environment for 24 hours or the time
necessary to prevent condensation in the drive. The time varies, depending on the environmental
extremes to which the cartridge was exposed.
• Ensure that all surfaces of a cartridge are dry before it is inserted.
• Do not expose the cartridge to moisture or direct sunlight.
• Do not expose recorded or blank cartridges to stray magnetic elds of greater than 100 oersteds (for
example, terminals, motors, video equipment, X-ray equipment, or elds that exist near high-current
cables or power supplies). Such exposure causes the loss of recorded data or makes the blank cartridge
unusable.
• Maintain the conditions that are described in “Environmental and shipping specications for tape
cartridges” on page 217.
Completing a thorough inspection
Complete a thorough inspection of your tape cartridge before you use it.
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After a cartridge is purchased and before it is used, complete the following steps:
• Inspect the cartridge 's packaging to determine potential rough handling.
• When a cartridge is inspected, open only the cartridge door. Do not open any other part of the cartridge
case. The upper and lower parts of the case are held together with screws; separating them destroys
the usefulness of the cartridge.
• Inspect the cartridge for damage before it is used or stored.
• Inspect the rear of the cartridge (the part that loads rst into the tape load compartment) and ensure
that there are no gaps in the seam of the cartridge case (see 1 in Figure 101 on page 211 and 4 in
Figure 103 on page 213). If there are gaps in the seam (see Figure 101 on page 211), the leader pin
might be dislodged. Go to “Repositioning or reattaching a leader pin” on page 212.
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