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Appendix D — Specifications Tape Drive and Media Specifications
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 Thelasttwo(2)charactersarethemediaidentifierandindicatethe
cartridgeMediaType(forexample,“L”forLTOand“4”foranLTO‐4
cartridgeorJCforaTS11x0technologycartridge).InIBMLTOtape
drives,thevalueofthemediaidentifieroncleaningcartridgesis
ignored,althoughavalidvaluemustbepresent.
 Thebarcodestringcanbeprintedineitherdirectiononthelabeland
mustbeginandendwithavalidstart/stopcharacter(
*
).
 Thelabelmustbeprintedsothatbarcodedataispositionedalongthe
edgeofthelabelthatisclosesttothehubsideofthecartridge.
TheAIMUniformSymbolUSS‐39specificationprovidesdetailedinformation
abouttheformatofthestartcharacter ,theseriesofcharactersthatmakeupthe
barcodedata,theoptional checksumcharacter,andthestopcharacter.
Detailed Specifications for LTO Cartridge Barcodes
Figure326showsthedimensionalspecificationsforLTOlabelswiththe
alphanumericcharactersabovethebarcode.
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.
Figure 326 Barcode specifications for LTO media; alphanumeric characters on top.
Alphanumeric
Barcode start character
11.1 mm,
minimum
17 mm
+0/–0.8
Quiet Zone
characters
79 mm +0/–.8
74.088 mm, nominal
4.32 mm,
Quiet Zone
Quiet Zone
4.32 mm,
minimumminimum
Barcode stop character