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RFID Smart Label Developer ’ s Kit and Smart Label Pilot Printer Quick Setup Guide The Printr onix T5000 e T M Series of Thermal Prin ters.
This Quick Setup Guide cont ains a CD -ROM with the followin g materials: • The User ’s Manual • Programme r ’s Reference Manual s • Useful utility programs The CD-ROM is l ocated in a plastic pocket in the back cover . Do not discard this guide.
The Printronix T5000 e Series of Thermal Printers RFID Smart Label Developer’s Kit and Smart Label Pilot Printer Quick Setup Guide.
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9 1 RFID Smart Label Application And Refe renc e Notes ........ ....... ..... ....... ... 11 Overview ......... ............. .................... ................... ................ 1 1 What To Expect W hen Running Your RF ID Applicati on ..... 12 Factors Aff ecting Smart Label Performa nce .
T able of Contents 10 Printing A djustments . ................... ............. .................... .......3 4 Printhe ad Pressure Adjustm ent ................ ............. ....... 34 Printhe ad Pressure Block Ad justments ..... ................... .
11 1 RFID Smart Label Application And Refer ence Notes Over vi ew Congratul ations on your purchase of the industr y’s firs t Smart Labe l Develope r’s Kit or Smart Label Pilot Printer . The in tent of the k it is to provid e a comp lete envi ronment for the prin ting and e ncoding o f RFID sma rt labels ri ght out o f the box.
Chapter 1 What To Expect When Running Your RFID Application 12 • Smart La bel Devel oper’s Q uick Se tup Guid e (this man ual) • Applic ation and r eferenc e notes ( this ch apter) • Techni ca.
Over stru ck Sma rt La bels 13 Over struck Smart Labels If an RFID tag within a smart labe l is dee med unacc eptable after executi on of the defin ed number of retries, th e followin g actions are pe.
Chapter 1 Trans itioning F rom UCC/GTIN App lications Using Printronix Soft- 14 T ransitioning From UCC/G T IN Applic ations Using Printronix Sof tware Migr ation T ools (SMT) It is li kely tha t your softwa re is a lready set up to cr eate bar cod es.
What We Can Do 15 • EPC: This tool allo ws EPC data to be di rectly enc oded into the smart l abel’s R FID tag . Simply ha ve yo ur existi ng softwar e applica tion writ e the desi red EPC number to a Code 3 of 9 barcode. The printer will then wr ite the EPC d ata to th e RFID tag wit hout printin g the ba r code.
Chapter 1 Hardware/Infrastructure Considerations 16 Hardwa re/Infra structu re Consider ations Once your smart lab els have be en applie d to their target conta iner or pall et you will n eed externa l readers to track the m through your supply chain.
Reference M aterial 17 Useful Industry W eb Links Refere nce Mate rial EPCglobal, Inc. www.epcglobal inc.org Auto-ID Labs www.autoidlabs .org Uniform Code Council, Inc. ® www.uc-council.org RFID Journal www.rfidjournal.com Alien Technology ® Corporation www.
Chapter 1 Useful Industry Web Link s 18.
19 2 Printer Setup Unp acking And Ins t alling The Printer Unp ack ing The Print er The printe r is s hipped in a carton and protect ive bag. K eep all packin g material i n case shi pping is r equired. CAUTI ON Avoid touching the electrica l connectors to prevent electrostatic discha rge damage while setting up the printer.
Chapter 2 Unpacking And Installing The Printer 20 Remov ing T he In ternal Pa cking Ma terial Remove th e tape st rips an d foam pad s from the print er as indic ated below.
Installation 21 Inst a llation 1. Place th e printer o n a flat lev el surfac e that allo ws easy ac cess to all side s of the pri nter. CAUTI ON Never operate the printer on its side or upside down. 2. Make su re the prin ter power s witch is in the Off ( O) position.
Chapter 2 Controls A nd Indicators 22 Controls And Indicator s Power Switch The powe r switch i s locat ed on the b ottom b ack panel of the printer. T o apply po wer , pla ce the sw itch in th e | (On) positio n.
Con tro l Pan el 23 S ta tus And Display Indicators Indic ator Description Function in Onlin e M ode Function in Offline Mod e Function in Menu Mode Online S ta tus Indicates when the printer is online, offline, or when there is a fault condition. S tays lit when the printer is online, ready to print, and accept data f rom the host.
Chapter 2 Controls A nd Indicators 24 Contro l Panel Keys Button Description Funct ion in Online Mode Functio n in Offli ne M ode Function in Menu Mode P AUSE Key T oggles the printer between Online and Offline modes. Sets pri nter to Offline mode. Sets printer to Online m ode.
Con tro l Pan el 25 Contro l Panel Keys (cont.) Button Description Funct ion in Onli ne M ode Function in Offline Mo de Functio n in Menu Mode CANCEL Key When the CANCEL key is enabled, pressing it will clear al l data in t he printer buffer and prevent printing of that data.
Chapter 2 Loading Media And Ribbon 26 Loading Media And Ribbon IMPORT ANT Printron ix recommen ds using the s upplied st arter roll o f 100 labels to se t up and verify printer operation. This will avoid expendi ng the more e xpensive s mart labels for this t ask.
Loading Roll Media 27 3. Slide th e media wi dth guide cl ose to the outside e nd of the media dam per. 4. Slide th e suppli ed starter media ro ll onto an d towards the back of the medi a hanger . 5. Place th e media ha nger guide u nder the media hang er and against t he lowe r part of the label co re at a 45 degree a ngle (as sh own).
Chapter 2 Loading Media And Ribbon 28 6. Raise the media dam per. 7. Route th e media as il lustrated on the medi a and ribbon l oading instructi ons (or refe r to the ar rows on the printer fr ame). NOTE: The media m ust rest on top of the R FID encod er and the RFID tag m ust be in proximity of the antenna when the RFID tag is programmed .
Loading Roll Media 29 8. Lower the media dam per. 9. Verify tha t the le ft edge of th e media i s against the fixed gu ide on the botto m of the media dam per. 10. Push the media width guid e in until it is fl ush with t he outer edge of t he me dia.
Chapter 2 Loading Media And Ribbon 30 12. Align th e left (ins ide) edge of the medi a with the left stra ight edge of the platen ( rubber driv e roller). 13. Close the pr inthead by pres sing down on the piv oting deck and rotating the deck lock l ever ful ly count erclockw ise.
Loading Ribbon 31 Loading Ribb on 1. Install the ribbon ta ke-up c ore on the ribbon tak e-up spindl e. NOTE: The first r ibbon take- up core com es with the pr inter. Thereafter , use the core fr om the old (used u p) ribbon. 2. Slide the ribbon r oll onto the rib bon suppl y spindl e until it s tops against t he spindl e flange.
Chapter 2 Loading Media And Ribbon 32 4. Thread th e end of the ribb on under the rear ribbon gu ide rol ler, then betwee n the plate n and the pr inthead.
Loading Ribbon 33 5. Route the ribb on as illustrate d on the media and r ibbon loadi ng instructi ons (or refe r to the ar rows on the printer fr ame). IMPORT ANT Do not attach the ribbon to the ribbon take-up spindle without a ribbon take-up co re instal led.
Chapter 2 Pr inting Adjustments 34 Printing Adjustment s Printhead Pressu re Adjustment Adjust t he printh ead pres sure to the s ettin g of 4. Printhead Pressure Block Adjustment s Lef t Pressure Block Manually adjust t he left pre ssure bloc k so its ha ndle is a ligned wit h the bold m ark on th e pressure b lock ad justment scale.
Positioning The Media Sens ors 35 Posi tion ing The Media S ens ors Your pr inter is e quipped wi th upper and lower media se nsors that detect the top-of-f orm positi on on medi a with label l ength indi cators (gaps, n otches, hol es, or bl ack mark s).
Chapter 2 Running Auto Calibr ate 36 Running Auto Calibrate Due to manu facturin g differenc es in med ia and ribb on, the medi a sensor may hav e difficulty distingu ishing b etween the l abel and th e liner (g ap). To ensu re proper operation, y ou must n ow run Au to Calibrate : 1.
Positioning The Media Sens ors 37 13. Once the sens ed distanc e value and per formance is confirme d, save it to the d esired co nfigur ation menu as descr ibed belo w before po wering of f the printer . Saving The Configuration 14. Press t he key until QUI CK SETUP displays .
Chapter 2 QUICK SETUP Me nu 38 QUICK SETUP Menu QUICK SETUP Print In tensity 6 ips* 2-10 ips 1 Print Speed Pri nt Mod e Paper Feed Sh ift Label Wi dth Label Leng th Orientati on Transfer* Dir ect 4.1, 6.6, or 8.5 inches* 2, 4 Portrait* L andscape Inv.
QUICK SE TUP Submenus 39 QUICK SETUP Submenus Print Intensity Specifi es the level of thermal energy fro m the printhe ad to be u sed for the ty pe of medi a and ribbon inst alled. Large nu mbers impl y more h eat (therma l energy ) to be ap plied for each dot.
Chapter 2 QUICK SETUP Me nu 40 Print S peed Specifi es the sp eed in in ches per second (ips) at whi ch the med ia passes thr ough the p rinter whi le printing .
QUICK SE TUP Submenus 41 • Cut . When the optional m edia cutt er is i nstalled, it automa tically c uts media after each l abel is printed or can cut after a s pecified number o f labels hav e been pr inted using a softwa re cut comm and. It cut s contin uous roll p aper, la bels, or tag stock.
Chapter 2 QUICK SETUP Me nu 42 Labe l Width The allowab le range in in ches is 00.1 to the max imum print wi dth of the prin ter. The al lowable r ange in m illimeters i s 2.5 to th e maximum width of th e printer. V er Image S hif t Specifi es the am ount to sh ift an ima ge up (- ) or down ( +) for p recise positio ning on the label.
QUICK SE TUP Submenus 43 • Inv. Portrait . In verse Po rtrait refe rs to vertic al page orienta tion, where the height of a page is gr eater than its width. The top edge of the image is parall el to the tr ailing edge of the media. The foll owing examp le is vi ewed from the front of th e printe r.
Chapter 2 QUICK SETUP Me nu 44 • Inv. Landscape . Inverse L andscape refers to hor izontal orientat ion, wh ere the w idth of a p age is g reater than its height. The top e dge of the i mage is parallel to the righ t edge of the media. T he follow ing examp le is view ed from th e front of the printer .
QUICK SE TUP Submenus 45 • Advanced G ap . Select whe n using m edia that h as liner g aps between di e cut labe ls with blac k backgroun d. The top -of-form positio n is the lead ing edge of th e die cut la bel (tra iling edge of the gap, no tch, or h ole).
Chapter 2 QUICK SETUP Me nu 46 Power-Up Confi g. You can specify one of the eight con figurati ons as the po wer-up configur ation. T he defaul t is Factor y. SMT : Status See “So ftware Migr ation Tools (SMT)” o n page 65. • Disabled .T he prin ter disabl es the use of the Sof tware Migration T ools.
QUICK SE TUP Submenus 47 For Mor e Info rmatio n This cha pter has provide d genera l informatio n for us e of your printer. T he next cha pter provi des informati on about the RFID encoder .
Chapter 2 For M ore Information 48.
49 3 Smart Label Development Over vi ew This chapter describes how to use the RFID encoder. Th e RFID encoder is design ed to be tr ansparent to the prin ter operati on. It provid es the ca pability of program ming sma rt labels ( with embedded RFID tags) wh ile printi ng the labe l format.
Chapter 3 RFID CONTROL M enu 50 RFID CONTROL Menu Alien Squig 64 * Tag Type RFID CONTROL RFID Reader Stop Error Handling Tag Wr ite Cnt 1 Clear Tag Stat Faile d Tag C nt 1 Overstrike* None Enable* Disable Label Retry Notes: * = Default. Ital icize d items ar e available only when yo u enable Admin User in the PRINTER CONTRO L menu.
RFID CONTROL Submenus 51 RFID CONTROL Submenus RFID Reader This m enu item ena bles or disab les the RFID e ncoder. T he defaul t is Enab le. Error H andling This m enu item s elects the error hand ling mod e for RFI D failures. The defa ult is O verstrike.
Chapter 3 RFID CONTROL M enu 52 Label Retry NOTE: Label Retry only appli es when the Error Handl ing mode i s set to Over strike. This menu item sel ects the number of label retr ies that t he RFID encoder will attempt before de claring a fault.
RFID CONTROL Submenus 53 Precheck T ags When this me nu item is set to Enabl e, the RFID encoder chec ks the tags for a pre-pro grammed qual ity cod e. If the code is abs ent, the tag im mediately fa ils a nd the selec ted Err or Handling mode is performed (Overst rike, None, o r Stop).
Chapter 3 RFID CONTROL M enu 54 Admin User Menu Items To see these menu items, set Admin Use r to Enab le in the PRINTER CONTROL menu. (Refer to the User ’s Manual .) IMPORT ANT Admin User menu items should only be used for troubleshooting. Ta g Ty p e This menu item sel ects the tag type i n use.
Admin User Menu Items 55 When Cus tom Tag i s set to D isable, the s ettings in the custo m tag menus ar e ignored b y the RFI D encoder. When it i s set to Enabl e, the RFID encoder use s the setting s in the cust om tag menu s, which must be s et to match the char acteristi cs of the cus tom tag.
Chapter 3 RFID PGL Commands 56 RFID PGL Comma nds Wr i t e T a g Purp ose To prog ram no n-incr emental d ata i nto an RFID tag (embedd ed in the s mart lab el). MODE CREATE Format RFWRITE;[ HEX;][EPC m ;][RF n ;L;][LOCK; ]AT p ;[(D ) data fie ld (D)] RFWRITE; The RFID W rite Tag comm and.
Read Tag 57 datafield is igno red, and d ynamic data must be entered v ia the RF command i n the EXEC UTE mode . The len gth of the dynamic data mus t be equal to L . LOCK; Optional pa rameter to write-prot ect the data. Curren tly not s upported. AT p ; p speci fies t he decim al sta rt position where dat a will be wri tten to the tag.
Chapter 3 RFID PGL Commands 58 length The dec imal num ber that spec ifies t he length of the data to be read. format Replace the opti onal format parameter with an y non-zer o number to c onvert the data to hex adecima l format. EPC Programming Examp le This pro grammin g exampl e shows rea ding and wr iting dy namic EPC data t o a tag.
ASCII Programming Example 59 ASCII Progr amming Exampl e This p rogrammin g example shows r eading an d writing dynamic ASCII data to a tag. ~CREATE ;READTAG //Create a form named RE ADTAG. RFWRITE;RF3;8;AT1; //Write Ta g with data fr om dynamic RFID element 3.
Chapter 3 RFID P PI1 Commands 60 RFID PPI1 Commands Get T ag Uniqu e ID Purp ose Rea d the uniqu e identifi cation numb er of the RFI D tag (embedd ed in the s mart lab el). Format ^RI x ^RI Get Tag Uniqu e ID command. x The fi eld numb er to which the data w ill be assign ed.
Read Tag 61 Read T ag Purp ose Thi s command al lows data from the RFID tag (embedde d in the s mart label) to merg e into any previo usly defin ed dyna mic data fi eld. It is equiva lent to the Field N umber co mmand (^F N) except that the data come from t he RFID tag .
Chapter 3 RFID P PI1 Commands 62 motion Set t his flag to 1 to read data f rom the tag withou t moving the labe l. The printer may adjust th e label p osition w hile it read s data f rom the tag, but th is adju stment wi ll reverse before an y subseque nt normal label mo vement.
Host Ver ification 63 Even if this flag is set to 1, other commands (i.e., a lpha or bar code) may move the lab el. protect This flag in dicates whether the da ta should b e protec ted from b eing overwritt en later. Th e default is 0, meaning t he data ar e not prot ected.
Chapter 3 RFID P PI1 Commands 64 EPC Programming Examp le ^XA //Begin ZP L form. ^WT0^FH^FD_6 8_65_6C_6C_ 6F_74_61 _67^FS //Write Tag with data = “6865 6C6C6F746 167” //(hex for mat). ^RT1,0,1,1^ FS //Read Ta g into data element 1, 16 charact ers lon g //(hex for mat).
Tools List 65 Sof tware Migration T ools (SMT ) There ar e SMTs for six sepa rate end-use a pplicati ons suppor ting both PGL and PPI1 datastreams for a total o f 12 too ls. Each to ol interce pts bar cod e data in a host data stream and c opies the da ta to an RFID tag (embedde d in a sma rt label) according to a set of rules as defi ned below .
Chapter 3 Software Migration Tools (SMT) 66 • EAN8: Copies d ata from an E AN8 bar code to an RFID tag . EAN 8+2 and EAN 8+ 5 variant s are bot h suppor ted. Data written to the RFID ta g is right jus tified a nd zero padd ed. Checks um data ca lculated by the prin ter is n ot encoded onto the RFID tag.
Selecting T he Tools 67 Selecting The T ools 1. Press until Q UICK SET UP displ ays. 2. If necess ary, pres s ↓ and ↵ at the same time to unl ock the ↵ key. 3. Press ↓ until SMT: S el Toolset di splays. 4. Press ↓ until Too lset [1] (PGL emulatio n) or Toolset [2 ] (PPI1 emula tion) di splays .
Chapter 3 Er ror Messages 68 Error Mess ages The RF ID encoder c an detect a number o f errors. W hen one of these erro rs occurs, the RFID encode r alerts the pri nter to pe rform the curr ently sel ected erro r action (see “Error Handling ” on page 51) and disp lay the ap propriate error mes sage on t he control panel’s LCD (see T able 2).
69 T roublesho oting If you ar e having t rouble with t he RFID encod er, cons ult Table 3 for a list o f symptom s and possi ble sol utions. T able 3. T r oubleshooting the RFID Encoder Symptom Solut ion No communic ation between the printer an d the read er 1.
Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 70 The RFI D encoder works, but it does not m eet expec tations Make s ure that bo th Error Handling a nd Label Retry a re set to desir ed valu es in the RFID CONTROL menu.
71 A Auto Cali brate option , 45 running , 36 Auto Retr y, 54 B Barcod e demo tes t, 37 C Characte ristics, sm art labe ls, 13 Clear Tag Stat, 52 Configu ration, sav ing, 3 7 Cont rol pan el, 22 Contr.
Index 72 M Max Retry E rror, 52 Media Han dling opti on, 40 Media se nsor, po sitioni ng, 35 Medi a, roll, 26 O Online Status in dicator , 22 Ordering smart labe ls, 15 Orientati on option, 42 Over st.
Index 73 Set Tag Type PPI1 comma nd code, 6 0 Smart l abels, 49 charac teristics, 1 3 developm ent overvi ew, 49 ordering, 15 overst ruck smar t labels , 13 performanc e, 12 reading See Reading a tag .
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