Printronix T5000e 1

1RFID Smart Label

Application And

Reference Notes

Overview

Congratulations on your purchase of the industry’s first Smart Label

Developer’s Kit or Smart Label Pilot Printer. The intent of the kit is

to provide a complete environment for the printing and en coding of

RFID smart labels right out of the box. Printronix has spec ifically

designed this kit to help you fast track your RFID pilot printer

application through the use of a suite of Software Migratio n Tools

(SMT).

The Printronix Smart Label Developer’s Kit and the Smart La bel

Pilot Printer contain:

•T5000e thermal printer: a web-enabled, industrial-grade

thermal bar code printer designed for exacting label

applications

•Integrated RFID UHF encoder

•Software Migration Tools that permit the seamless encoding of

smart labels

•Media starter kit (100 4 inch x 6 inch standard l abels, 50 m

8500 thermal premium wax resin ribbon, and a printhead

cleaning pen)

•Programming manuals (CD)

Contents

Main This Quick Setup Guide contains a CD-ROM with the following materials: The Users Manual Programmers Reference Manuals Useful utility programs For technical assistance, contact your Distributor/VAR/Reseller for service. For further assistance, contact the Printronix Customer Support Center. Page Software License Agreement Communication Notices Page Page Trademark Acknowledgements Table of Contents 1 RFID Smart Label Application And Reference Notes .............................. 11 2 Printer Setup ........................................... 19 Table of Contents 3 Smart Label Development.......................49 1 Application And Reference Notes Overview What To Expect When Running Your RFID Application Factors Affecting Smart Label Performance Overstruck Smart Labels Smart Label Characteristics Chapter 1 Transitioning From UCC/GTIN Applications Using Printronix Software Migration Tools (SMT) How Printronix Makes It Easy How It Works How To Order More Smart Labels Printronix Professional Services What We Can Do Contact Information Chapter 1 Hardware/Infrastructure Considerations Useful Industry Web Links Reference Material Page 2 Unpacking And Installing The Printer Unpacking The Printer Page Installation WARNI NG Chapter 2 Controls And Indicators Power Switch Control Panel Control Panel Status And Display Indicators Chapter 2 - Control Panel Keys + Control Panel Control Panel Keys (cont.) Loading Media And Ribbon Loading Roll Media Page Page Page Page Loading Ribbon Page Page Chapter 2 Printing Adjustments Printhead Pressure Adjustment Printhead Pressure Block Adjustments Left Pressure Block Right Pressure Block Positioning The Media Senso rs Chapter 2 Running Auto Calibrate Saving The Configuration Run A Barcode Demo Test QUICK SETUP Menu QUICK SETUP (cont. on next page) X Users Manual QUICK SETUP Submenus Print Intensity Print Speed Print Mode Media Handling Paper Feed Shift Label Length Label Width Ver Image Shift xx Hor Image Shift Orientation Page Gap/Mark Sensor Auto Calibrate Save Config. Power-Up Config. SMT: Status SMT: Sel Toolset SMT: Select Tool For More Information Page 3 Development Overview Chapter 3 RFID CONTROL Menu (cont. on next page) RFID CONTROL RFID CONTROL Submenus RFID Reader Error Handling Page Precheck Tags Overstrike Style Chapter 3 Admin User Menu Items Users Manual Tag Ty pe RFID Test (This Test Reads A Tag) Auto Retry Custom Pwr Set Custom Tag Len Custom Tag Class Chapter 3 RFID PGL Commands Write Tag datafield L position Read Tag position,length[,format]; Chapter 3 length format EPC Programming Example ASCII Programming Example RFID PPI1 Commands Get Tag Unique ID Set Tag Type Read Tag Write Tag protect reserved ASCII y Host Verification EPC Programming Example Software Migration Tools (SMT) Tools List Page Selecting The Tools Chapter 3 Error Messages Troubleshooting Quick Setup Guide Quick Setup Guide Chapter 3 Index A B C E M O P Q R T U V W Page Page For technical assistance, contact your Distributor/VAR/Reseller for service. *177393-001*