Printronix T5000e setup guide What To Expect When Running Your Rfid Application

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Chapter 1 What To Expect When Running Your RFID Application

•Smart Label Developer’s Quick Setup Guide (this manual)

•Application and reference notes (this chapter)

•Technical support

The Printronix Smart Label Developer’s Kit also contains:

•Two rolls of 500 smart labels with Alien Technology™ Class 1 64 data bits, 915MHz inlays

•One 625 m thermal premium wax ribbon

•Network interface card, which includes Printronix’s PrintNet® Enterprise, a remote network printer management software application.

What To Expect When Running Your RFID Application

Factors Affecting Smart Label Performance

Smart labels are based on an EEPROM technology that requires some time to be programmed. You may notice this minor pause between labels. This time is necessary to better ensure consistent quality and improved reliability.

When dealing with smart labels, it is possible that an occasional RFID tag may need to be written and verified more than once (retry) before being considered acceptable. In this event each retry time will be added to the inter-label pause.

Static electricity can damage the smart labels. Open the media cover of the printer and touch an unpainted metal part of the printer before you handle smart labels. This will discharge any static electricity that may have built up on your hands.

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Contents Printronix T5000eTM Series of Thermal Printers Printronix Customer Support Center contact information Printronix T5000e Series of Thermal Printers Software License Agreement Communication Notices Termination of License AgreementGovernment Restricted Rights Acknowledgement of Terms and ConditionsEuropean Community EC Conformity Statement German Conformity StatementPage Trademark Acknowledgements Table of Contents Smart Label Development Rfid Smart Label Application Reference Notes OverviewWhat To Expect When Running Your Rfid Application What To Expect When Running Your Rfid ApplicationFactors Affecting Smart Label Performance Smart Label Characteristics Overstruck Smart LabelsOverstruck Smart Labels How Printronix Makes It Easy How It WorksHow To Order More Smart Labels Printronix Professional ServicesWhat We Can Do Contact InformationHardware/Infrastructure Considerations Hardware/Infrastructure ConsiderationsUseful Industry Web Links Reference MaterialReference Material Useful Industry Web Links Unpacking And Installing The Printer Unpacking The PrinterUnpacking And Installing The Printer Removing The Internal Packing MaterialInstallation InstallationControls And Indicators Power SwitchControls And Indicators Control PanelOnline Status Liquid CrystalDisplay LCD JobControl Panel Keys Down Key in Menu mode Menu Key Control PanelEnter Key Loading Media And Ribbon Loading Roll MediaLoading Media And Ribbon Loading Roll Media Media Ribbon Loading Instructions Media Damper Antenna Lower Media Sensor Guard Fixed Guide Media Width Damper Media left edge Platen left edge Loading Ribbon Loading RibbonPrinthead Media Rear Ribbon Guide Roller Loading Ribbon Printing Adjustments Printhead Pressure AdjustmentPrinthead Pressure Block Adjustments Left Pressure BlockPositioning The Media Sensors Positioning The Media SensorsRunning Auto Calibrate Running Auto CalibrateSaving The Configuration Run a Barcode Demo TestQuick Setup Menu Quick Setup MenuPrint Intensity Print Speed Print Mode Media HandlingQuick Setup Submenus Quick Setup SubmenusPrint Intensity SMT Status SMT Sel Toolset SMT Select ToolPrint Mode Print SpeedMedia Handling Paper Feed Shift Label LengthLabel Width Ver Image ShiftHor Image Shift OrientationTopTheimagethe toparallelofedge ofedgeis leftthemedia.the Gap/Mark Sensor Save Config Auto CalibratePower-Up Config SMT StatusSMT Sel Toolset SMT Select ToolFor More Information For More Information Smart Label Development Rfid Control Menu Rfid Control MenuRfid Reader Version1Error Handling Rfid Control SubmenusRfid Reader Rfid Control SubmenusMax Retry Error Label RetryTag Write Cnt Failed Tag CntPrinted Overstrike Error Messages Error Message ExplanationPrecheck Tags Overstrike StyleAdmin User Menu Items Tag TypeRfid Test This Test Reads a Tag Auto RetryAdmin User Menu Items Custom Pwr SetCustom Tag Len Custom Tag ClassRfid PGL Commands Rfid PGL CommandsWrite Tag FormatRead Tag Read TagEPC Programming Example AlphaAscii Programming Example Ascii Programming ExampleRfid PPI1 Commands Get Tag Unique IDSet Tag Type Read Tag Format RT x, start, length, hex, retries, motion, reservedFormat WT start, retries, motion, protect, reserved Host Verification Host VerificationFormat HVx,yASCII EPC Programming Example Software Migration Tools SMT Tools ListTools List Software Migration Tools SMT Selecting The Tools Selecting The ToolsError Messages Error MessagesControl Panel Error Messages Explanation Solution Troubleshooting Troubleshooting the Rfid Encoder Symptom SolutionPage Index Index SMT Index Page 177393-001