Gateway 820 LTO User Manual

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You can also store a cleaning cartridge in one of the cartridge slots. You use 
the 

 command from the 

 menu to move the slot containing the 

cleaning cartridge into position and load the cartridge into the tape drive. When 
the cleaning is complete, the tape drive ejects the cleaning cartridge and the 
autoloader returns it to the slot from which it originated. Although this 
alternative lets you always have the cleaning cartridge in the autoloader, it has 
following disadvantages:

■

You must remember which slot your cleaning cartridge is in.

■

The autoloader’s data storage capacity is reduced by one cartridge.

Some programs may support automating the cleaning process by reserving a 
slot for a cleaning cartridge. See your program documentation.