Spectra T950 - Barcode Label Specifications

Appendix D — Specifications Tape Drive and Media Specifications
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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Barcode Label Specifications
Symbology ThebarcodelabelingschemeusedonSpectraLogiccertified
mediausesthebarcodesymbologyofUSS‐39.Youcanobtainacomplete
descriptionanddefinitionofthissymbologyfromtheAutomatic
IdentificationManufacturers(AIM)specification,theUniformSymbol
Specification(USS‐39),andtheANSIMH10.8M‐1993ANSIBarcode
specification.
Application and Orientation Thebarcodelabelmustbeappliedtothe
cartridgesothatitfitswithinthelabelrecessontheedgeofthecartridge
withoutcurlinguponthesidesorends.Thelabelmustbeorientedsothat
thebarcodecharactersarealongtheedgeclosesttothehubsideofthe
cartridge.
Printed Characters Thelabelcanhavehuman‐readablealphanumeric
charactersprintedalongthetoporbottomedgeofthelabelprovidedthere
isnoconflictorinterferencewiththeautomationcode.Thistextmust
includethebarcodedata,butcanalsoincludeadditionaltext.Theformat
andcolorsofthehumanreadablecharactersisuptothecustomerand
labelvendor .Forlocationrestrictions,seeDetailedSpecificationsforLTO
CartridgeBarcodesonpage554andDetailedSpecificationsforTS11x0
TechnologyCartridgeBarcodesonpage556.
Note: Whenusingbarcodelabelswithalphanumericcharactersalong
thebottomedge,thelabelmustbepositionedsothatbarcodeis
atleast13.72mmbelowthetopedgeofthecartridgetoensure
thatthebarcodereadercanreadthelabel.
Barcode Data Thelibrarysupportsbarcodedatastringsconsistingoffrom
1to16characters,includinganoptionalchecksumcharacter.Quietzones
precedeandfollowthestartandstopcharacters.
ThebarcodedatastringonstandardSpectraLogicbarcodelabelsconsistsofa
startcharacter ,eightalphanumericcharacters,achecksumcharacter,andthe
stopcharacter.Quietzonesprecedeandfollowthestartandstopcharacters.
 Thefirstsix(6)charactersfollowingthestartcharactercanbeany
combinationofuppercaseA‐Zor0‐9(forexample,ABC123)toidentify
thecartridgeVolumeSerialNumber.Theuseof“CLN”and
“DG{space}”atthebeginningofthevolumeidentifierisreserved.
 Thevolumeidentifier“CLNvnn”isreservedforcleaningcartridges.
Whenadriverequirescleaning,itrequestsaspecifictypeof
cleaningcartridge.
 The“v”fieldisanalphanumericfieldtoidentifycleaning
cartridgeapplications,“U”forUniversalCleaningCartridgesor
adriveuniqueidentifier.
 The“nn”alphanumericfieldisusedtotrackindividualcleaning
cartridgeactivity(thatis,usageandlife).
 Thevolumeidentifier“DG{space}vnn”isreservedfordiagnostic
andservicecartridges.