20 Jan
2011
20 Jan
'11
5:01 a.m.
Yes, the leader looks fine, the problem seems to be that there is no
movement at all in the mechanism to try to load the tape.
Regards
Rob
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On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks
Sent: 20 January 2011 01:44
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: TZ30 tape drive (faulty?)
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Rob Jarratt <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>
wrote:
cartridge when
I recently acquired a TZ30 tape drive. It does
not want to load any
tapes I put in it. I have never used a TZ30 before so I am not sure
how it is supposed to be used....
I have used plenty of TK50s and TK70s but, AFAIK, this part is unchanged:
is there a "barb" that is swept across the front of the open tape
you attempt to load? One very common load fault is
that barb breaks off
the
end of the leader and there's nothing to hook on
the loop at the end of
the tape
and pull the tape into the path.
-ethan