ANSI INCITS 251 : 1995 : R2000
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01-01-2005
Foreword
1 Scope, purpose, and application
1.1 Scope
1.2 Purpose
1.3 Application
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Environment and safety
4.1 Testing environment
4.2 Operating environment
4.3 Transportation environment
4.4 Storage environment
4.5 Conditioning of the cartridge
4.6 Safety
5 Tape mechanical and electrical properties
5.1 Tape width and tolerance
5.2 Tape length
5.3 Tape thickness
5.4 Tape position holes
5.5 Leaders and splices
5.6 Tape wind
5.7 Tensile yield force
5.8 Electrical resistance
5.9 Layer-to-layer adhesion
5.10 Tape cupping
5.11 Tape light transmission
6 Tape recording properties
6.1 Defect density
6.2 Ease of erasure
6.3 Average signal amplitude
6.4 Signal decay
6.5 Resolution
6.6 Typical field
7 Mechanical specifications of the tape cartridge
7.1 General description
7.2 File protect
7.3 Physical labels
7.4 Tape guides
7.5 Speeds
7.6 Driving force
7.7 Total inertia
7.8 Dynamic response
7.9 Tape tension
7.10 Drive ratio
7.11 Belt capstan electrical resistance
7.12 Instantaneous speed variation (ISV)
7.13 Acceleration
7.14 Dynamic tape skew
7.15 Drop test
7.16 Head penetration
7.17 Dynamic track movement variation
Annexes
A Procedure for the use of a secondary reference tape
B Bibliography
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