RFID Guidelines

Creating Basic RFID Label Formats

RFID Label Format 5—Write Tag, Read Tag, and Print Data on Label

Line

Type This ZPL Code

Function of ZPL Code

Number

 

 

 

 

 

1

^XA

Indicates start of label format.

2

^RS4

Sets tag type to EPC Class 1 96-bit.

3^FO60,60

^A0N,40

^FN7

^FS

When the label prints, the data read from the tag at field variable 7 (^FN7) will be printed at location 60,60.

4^RFW,A

^FD0data

^FS

W,A = write ASCII

Writes “0data” into the block padded with 8 bytes of zeroes to make the data 12 bytes. The data written is: 306461746100000000000000 (“0data” in ASCII)

5^FN7

^RFR,A

^FS

R,A = read ASCII

Reads the tag data into field variable 7 (^FN7). After this occurs, any fields in this label format that have ^FN7 will be replaced with this read data.

6

^XZ

Indicates end of label format.

Programmed to Transponder

306461746100000000000000

Read from Transponder

306461746100000000000000

Resulting Label

0data

Front Panel Display (toggles between these two)

RFID TAG DATA 3064617461000000

RFID TAG DATA 00000000

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R110Xi/R170Xi User Guide

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