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Library system with integrated label printer

US9718280B1 · kind B1 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Bernd Beicht · Groß-Umstadt, DE
Marcus Breuer · Oppenheim, DE
Frank Krick · Ockenheim, DE
Thorsten Muehge · Mainz, DE
Erik Rueger · Mainz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 8, 2016
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 8, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B33/12
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A library system includes a plurality of drive modules for reading and writing storage media, typically magnetic tapes. The library system includes: (i) a picker for loading and unloading cartridges into, and out of, the drive modules; and/or (ii) a label printing drive integrated into the library system. The label printing drive receives a cartridge in the same way any of the drive modules receives a cartridge. The picker loads the cartridge in an identical way as the other drive modules and the label printing drive.

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