Printer Configuration

Changing Printer Settings

RFID Menu

See the latest version of the RFID Programming Guide 3 for more information on using this printer’s RFID module. Go to the Zebra Web site: www.zebra.com

Table 10 • RFID Menu

RFID Status

Display the status of the RFID subsystem of the printer.

 

 

 

 

Accepted values:

N/A

 

 

 

 

Related ZPL command(s):

^HL or ~HL

 

 

 

 

SGD command used:

rfid.error.response

 

 

 

 

Printer web page:

N/A

 

 

 

RFID Calibrate

Use this command to initiate tag calibration for RFID media. (Not the same as manual

 

calibration for media.) During the process, the printer moves the media, calibrates the

 

RFID tag position, and determines the optimal settings for the RFID media being used.

 

Important • Before you use this command, load the printer with RFID media, ensure

 

that the printer is calibrated for the media, and close the printhead. Feed one label.

 

See Manual Calibration - Media on page 75 to calibrate the media (and RFID

 

Calibration on page 76 for a menu accessible alternative method to this command).

 

Depending on the printer, these settings include the programming position, the antenna

 

element to use, the read/write power level to use, and it read's the tag's TID to determine

 

the chip type.

 

 

To restore the printer’s default programming position at any time, use the "restore"

 

option in the rfid.tag.calibrate SGD command.

 

Leave all transponders before and after the tag that is being calibrated. This allows the

 

printer to determine RFID settings which do not encode the adjacent tag. Allow a

 

portion of media to extend out the front of the printer to allow for backfeed during the

 

tag calibration procedure.

 

 

 

 

 

Accepted values:

N/A

 

 

 

 

Related ZPL command(s):

^HR

 

 

 

 

SGD command used:

rfid.tag.calibrate

 

 

 

 

Printer web page:

N/A

 

 

 

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ZD500 specifications

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