I (the customer) has a 3583 library and I went through the same issues. Many of our
LTO tapes had been ordered via other projects and were not ordered via a library
option number therefor didn't come with bar codes.
I found a free code 39 (also called 3 of 9) font that close in size to what I
Have a look at the Label Specification document on the 3584 doco page:
http://ssddom02.storage.ibm.com/tape/lto/ultrascalable_library/documentation.html
As quoted:
"Human readable characters are allowed provided there isn t a conflict or interference
with the automation code. The format, colors
HiWith the right equipment(barcode printer, software) you could create your own labels.We're doing this today for our customersIf I remember correctly, the 3584 uses what we in europe call Code39. The labels has to be built up as follows:First, second and third characters are alfanumeric, the other