Printronix SL5000e What To Expect When Running Your Rfid Application, Overstruck Smart Labels

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Factors Affecting Smart Label Performance

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.

Overstruck Smart Labels

If an RFID tag within a smart label is deemed unacceptable after execution of the defined number of retries, what occurs next depends upon the Error Handling setting. See “Error Handling” on page 18.

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Contents Rfid Labeling Reference Manual Printronix Customer Support Center contact information Rfid Labeling Reference Manual Trademark Acknowledgements Table of Contents Table of Contents Overview Rfid Smart Label Application Reference NotesOverview Factors Affecting Smart Label Performance What To Expect When Running Your Rfid ApplicationOverstruck Smart Labels Factors Affecting Smart Label PerformanceWhat To Expect When Running Your Rfid Application Smart Label CharacteristicsHow Printronix Makes It Easy How It WorksHow Printronix Makes It Easy Printronix Professional Services How To Order More Smart LabelsWhat We Can Do Contact InformationContact Information Hardware/Infrastructure ConsiderationsUseful Industry Web Links Reference MaterialUseful Industry Web Links Smart Label Development Rfid Control Menu Rfid Control MenuCont. from previous Rfid Control Menu Items Error HandlingRfid Control Menu Items Tag Write CntPage Admin User Menu Items Admin User Menu ItemsRfid Test This Test Reads a Tag Custom Tag Len Rfid PGL Commands Rfid PGL CommandsLength LengthIDFnformatDFn IDFnStep IdirRPTn RSTnExample ~CREATESGTIN-64432 RFWTAG64Stop END ~EXECUTESGTIN-641 ~NORMAL SGTIN-64 ~CREATESGTIN-64432 RFWTAG64 Rfid PGL Commands ExampleStop Alpha Stop END ~EXECUTESGTIN-64Stop END ~EXECUTESGTIN-64ICNT1500 ~NORMAL ~NORMAL ~EXECUTESGTIN-64Format RFRTAGsize Length DFn formatDF n Format Stop RFTAG64Stop Format VERIFYfieldformatDASCIIheaderD END ~EXECUTESGTIN-64ICNT1500 ~IDF1STEP+1*0* ~IAF1DF2 ~NORMALASCIIheader VerifyStop RFRTAG64 64DF2H ~CREATEVERIFY432NOMOTION RFRTAG64END ~EXECUTEVERIFY1 ~NORMAL ~CREATEREADONLY432 RFRTAG64~CREATESIMPLE432NOMOTION RFWTAG64 ~EXECUTEREADONLY1500 ~NORMALStop Rfrtag 64 64DF1H END ~EXECUTESIMPLEICNT2000 ~NORMALFormat Write TagRfwrite HEXLock Write TagFormat RDIposition,length,format Read TagRDI PositionRfid PPI1 Commands Get Tag Unique IDSet Tag Type Format RT x, start, length, hex, retries, motion, reserved Rfid PPI1 CommandsStart LCDMotion Format HVx,yASCII Host VerificationPPI1 EPC Programming Examples PPI1 EPC Programming ExamplesSoftware Migration Tools SMT Tools ListSoftware Migration Tools SMT Tools List Selecting The Tools Control Panel Error Messages Explanation Solution Error MessagesSelecting The Tools Rfid MAX RetryTroubleshooting TroubleshootingTroubleshooting the Rfid Encoder Symptom Solution Setup GuideTroubleshooting Troubleshooting Page 178835-001