公开(公告)号：JP2003263854A

公开(公告)日：2003-09-19

申请号：JP2002060926

申请日：2002-03-06

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： SHIRATORI TOSHIYUKI ,  ATAKA SATOMI ,  KIMURA MASATOSHI

IPC: G11B23/30 ,  G11B5/00 ,  G11B5/008 ,  G11B5/02 ,  G11B5/41 ,  G11B5/48 ,  G11B15/07 ,  G11B23/04 ,  G11B23/087 ,  G11B27/34 ,  G11B27/36

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cartridge for cleaning, using new magnetic tape travel control, a drive device, an adjusting method for a magnetic head, and a magnetic recording system which enable a user to adjust the magnetic head while performing cleaning operation on the site and further enable the user to detect and predict a fault of the magnetic head by performing the cleaning operation. SOLUTION: The adjusting method for the magnetic head includes a step for setting the cartridge for cleaning in the drive device, a step for judging that the cartridge for cleaning is loaded by checking a cleaning bit in a nonvolatile memory, a step for performing adjusting operation after the cleaning operation when judging that the cleaning cartridge is loaded, and a step for reading a pattern signal out of a specified area of a magnetic tape held in the cleaning cartridge. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO