Operation and Maintenance
Setting the Write-Protect Switch
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• Do not expose cartridges to temperature extremes or rapid changes in
temperature.
• Keep cartridges away from sources of strong electromagnetic fields,
such as telephones, computer monitors, printers, dictation
equipment, mechanical or printing calculators, motors or bulk tape
erasers.
• Do not open the tape access door of a cartridge or touch the tape
itself. One fingerprint can prevent the drive from reading
information on the tape.
Setting the Write-Protect Switch 3
Travan cartridges feature a write-protect or “lock” switch near the upper
left corner of the cartridge (see figure 11
). When the write-protect switch
is in the “unlocked” position, the cartridge is ready for normal writing
and reading. When the write-protect switch is in the “locked” position,
the drive can read data from the cartridge, but cannot write to the
cartridge. Cartridges are shipped from the factory with the write-protect
switch set to the “unlocked” position.
Figure 11 Write-
Protect Feature
Write enabled Write protected
