Toshiba B-EX4T1 manual Printing on Bump Chip/Antenna Area

7. SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS

ENGLISH VERSION EO1-33089

7.1 Media

(7) Printing on Bump (Chip/Antenna) Area

Embedding an RFID tag in labels creates bumps on the label surface, causing incomplete printing.

Uneven printing or incomplete printing can occur easily, especially within 5 mm back and forth, and right and left sides of the RFID-tag embedded area, as shown in the figure below.

NOTE: The degree of poor printing quality differs depending on height of a chip/antenna used.

Media feed direction

RFID-tag Embedded area

5 mm

Poor printing may occur in this area due to a bump.

5 mm

Poor printing may occur in this area due to a bump.

(8) Ambient Temperature

As low temperature deteriorates wireless performance, writing data on an RFID tag may fail under such conditions.

(9) Head-up Reverse Feed

When an RFID label is used, a reverse feed may be required before an issue depending on the location of an RFID tag in the label.

A printer without the ribbon saving module may not be able to perform a reverse feed properly because the print head may be caught by an edge of the label. For this reason, the ribbon saving module must be installed in the printer when media, which requires a reverse feed before an issue, is used.

(10) Strip Issue

Stripping performance in strip issue mode depends on the type of glue, tag, and backing paper. For some RFID supplies used, a strip issue may not be performed properly.

(11) Caution for Minimum Label Pitch Length

When media, of which label pitch length is short, is used, data may be written on an RFID tag next to the target RFID tag.

As the location, where data is to be written, differs among RFID tag types, a check must be performed to make sure that the data is written on the target RFID tags. The B-EX RFID Analyze Tool can be used for this purpose. For details, please contact the nearest TOSHIBA TEC support representative.

(12) Defective RFID Supply

RFID supplies may include defective RFID tags at the time of shipment from the maker. The defect rate differs depending on tag types, method of converting to supplies, etc.

The RFID supply manufacturer should provide a way to identify defective tags by printing a mark on them or any other methods.

Or, defective tags should be rejected in the production process.

The end users must be notified on how to identify a defective tag from a good one.

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