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Monarch®
9855® HF
Printer
TC9855HFAN Rev. AB 12/07
©2007 Paxar Americas, Inc. a subsidiary of Avery Dennison Corp. All rights reserved.

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  • Page 1 Monarch® 9855® HF Printer TC9855HFAN Rev. AB 12/07 ©2007 Paxar Americas, Inc. a subsidiary of Avery Dennison Corp. All rights reserved.
  • Page 2 édicte par le ministère des Communications du Canada. Trademarks Monarch® and 9855 ® are trademarks of Paxar Americas, Inc. Paxar® is a trademark of Paxar Corporation. Avery Dennison® is a trademark of Av ery Denni son Corp.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S GETTING STARTED ..................1-1 Using This Manual ...................1-1 Additional Documentation .................1-2 Audience ....................1-2 RFID Terms to Know ................1-2 RFID Considerations ................1-3 MULTI-PROTOCOL ENCODING ..............2-1 About RFID Supplies................2-1 Using the RFID Setup Menu..............2-1 Getting the Tag Type ................2-3 Reading the UID Memory ..............2-4...
  • Page 4 DEFINING THE RFID DATA FIELD..............4-1 Applying Options to the RFID Data Field ........... 4-3 Using Option 30 (Pad Data) ..............4-4 Using Option 63 (Lock Tag)..............4-5 About HF RFID Tags ................4-5 Using Option 64 (Program the AFI, DSFID, and EAS Fields) ......4-6 TROUBLESHOOTING ...................

  • Page 5: Getting Started

    G E T T I N G S T A R T E D The Monarch 9855 HF (High Frequency) RFID printer has been engineered to program an HF RFID tag before the format is printed. RFID tags, also called “transponders,” contain an embedded programmable microchip and an antenna.

  • Page 6: Additional Documentation

    30 MHz. The HF RFID tags operate at 13.56 MHz. Inlay A type of media that contains a transponder and is converted for use in Monarch® RFID supplies (tags). Inlays can be made with different types of transponders (ISO15693, etc.).

  • Page 7: Rfid Considerations

    Note: The printer’s 5-coil antenna is located between the platen roller and supply guide. RFID Data The Monarch Printer Control Language II (MPCLII) data Field field containing the information to program into an RFID tag. RFID Reader An optional external device that reads the RFID tags after they are programmed.
  • Page 8 1-4 HF Application Notes...

  • Page 9: Multi-Protocol Encoding

    M U L T I - P R O T O C O L E N C O D I N G This chapter contains specific information for the HF printer, including using the RFID, Setup Menu. A b o u t R F I D S u p p l i e s RFID supplies are available in a variety of sizes.
  • Page 10 NXP ISO15693 I-CODE UID When you turn on the RFID printer, “Monarch Initializing” flashes briefly and then you see “Print Mode Ready.” If an error occurs while the printer is initializing, the error message flashes briefly on the display and then you see “Print Mode Ready.”...

  • Page 11: Getting The Tag Type

    Getting the Tag Type Use this option to determine the type of HF tag loaded into the printer. “Get the Tag Type” whenever you load supplies or open and close the printhead. To change the setting, from the Main Menu, select Setup, then RFID. Then follow these steps.

  • Page 12: Reading The Uid Memory

    Reading the UID Memory This option reads the UID (unique identifier) field from the HF RFID microchip. The UID is a unique number that was programmed into the microchip by the manufacturer and cannot be changed. Each microchip has a different UID. The data is shown on the printer’s display. To change the setting, from the Main Menu, select Setup, then RFID.

  • Page 13: Reading The User Memory

    Reading the User Memory This option reads the data in user memory. The data is shown on the printer’s display. To change the setting, from the Main Menu, select Setup, then RFID. Then follow these steps. Press ! or " until you see RFID SETUP Read User Mem "...

  • Page 14: Setting The Write Attempts

    Setting the Write Attempts Write Attempts is the number of times the interrogator tries to program the HF RFID microchip in the RF Field. If the interrogator fails to program the RFID microchip, an RFID error is generated. See “RFID Errors”...

  • Page 15: Setting The Attenuation

    Setting the Attenuation Reduces the strength of the RF Field emitted by the printer’s antenna. The higher the value, the greater the reduction in the power of the RF Field. If the attenuation is set too low (too much power), you may affect the data that was programmed into adjacent RFID tags.

  • Page 16: Clearing Data

    Clearing Data The printer keeps track and stores the following items that can only be cleared when you select “Yes” to clear data: The number of RFID tags successfully programmed. ♦ The number of RFID tags that failed programming. ♦ Depending on your application and volume of labels printed, you may want to clear this data daily or after each batch.

  • Page 17: Printing A Configuration Label

    Printing a Configuration Label The RFID configuration label displays the module’s Firmware Version, Module Type, number of Write Attempts, active Protocol, Frequency, Good RFID Tags (number of RFID tags successfully programmed since last cleared), and Bad RFID Tags (number of RFID tags that failed programming since last cleared).

  • Page 18: Setting The Protocol

    Setting the Protocol The HF printer supports the following protocols: Protocol Description AUTO Select Automatically detects the HF tag type currently loaded and sets the protocol to it. We recommend using this setting. Use in environments with mixed HF RFID tag types. You can use one type of HF tag and then load a different HF tag without changing the protocol setting.

  • Page 19: Setting Up The Printer

    S E T T I N G U P T H E P R I N T E R Use this chapter to ♦ set the supply and print positions, if necessary. set the Error Action for RFID labels. ♦ view the Diagnostics version information.

  • Page 20: Setting The Error Action

    The following table lists the Supply Menu options: Option Choices Default Use for RFID Supply Type Aperture/Die Cut/Black Mark/ Die Cut Die Cut Continuous Ribbon No/Yes/High Energy Speed 2.5/4.0/6.0/8.0/10.0/Default Default Note: The printer pauses while programming the RFID tag. Feed Mode Continuous/On-Demand Continuous Backfeed...
  • Page 21 Consider this scenario when the error action is set to Overstrike/Continue 3x: If the printer errors on the first label, an overstrike pattern is printed, but the printer attempts to reprint the image up to three times. If the third consecutive label also generates an error, an overstrike pattern is printed;...
  • Page 22 To change the setting, from the Main Menu, select Setup, then Supply. Then follow these steps. Press ! or " until you see SUPPLY Error Action Press Enter/Pause. The current setting is displayed, for example: ERROR ACTION Ostrk/Cont 1x " Press ! or "...
  • Page 23 If an RFID error occurs, an overstrike pattern is printed on the label without any data. If a non-RFID error (verifier error) occurs, the data prints on the label with the overstrike pattern. RFID Overstrike Non- RFID Overstrike printed from a verifier error Setting Up the Printer 3-5...

  • Page 24: Version Information

    V e r s i o n I n f o r m a t i o n The RFID version information is included in the Diagnostics Menu. When prompted for the diagnostics password, press Feed/Cut three times and then press Enter/Pause. M AIN MENU Diagn os tics V e rs ion...

  • Page 25: Defining The Rfid Data Field

    D E F I N I N G T H E R F I D D A T A F I E L D The Monarch Printer Control Language II (MPCLII) RFID Data Field contains the information you want programmed into the RFID microchip.

  • Page 26: Sample Format

    Example X,5,24,0,2¦ Defines an RFID Data Field (field #5) with up to 24 ASCII Hex characters and programs the 96-bits beginning with block 2 of user memory. Sample Format Format header {F,2,A,R,E,350,150,"HFRFID"¦ Text field T,1,50,V,10,10,0,1,1,1,B,L,0,0¦ RFID data field with up to 24 characters X,2,24,0,0¦} Batch header {B,2,N,5¦...

  • Page 27: Applying Options To The Rfid Data Field

    A p p l y i n g O p t i o n s t o t h e R F I D D a t a F i e l d All the normal field options (copy, merge, pad, increment, etc.) can be applied to the RFID Data Field.

  • Page 28: Using Option 30 (Pad Data)

    U s i n g O p t i o n 3 0 ( P a d D a t a ) You can add characters to one side of a field to "pad" the field. Padding allows you to fill in the remaining spaces when the entered data does not fill an entire field.

  • Page 29: Using Option 63 (Lock Tag)

    U s i n g O p t i o n 6 3 ( L o c k T a g ) Use this option to lock the user memory data. Once locked, data cannot be changed. Syntax R,63¦ R1. R Option Header.

  • Page 30: Using Option 64 (Program The Afi, Dsfid, And Eas Fields)

    U s i n g O p t i o n 6 4 ( P r o g r a m t h e A F I , D S F I D , a n d E A S F i e l d s ) Use this option to program the AFI, DSFID or EAS memory fields.
  • Page 31 Example Format header {F,45,A,R,E,350,150,"RFID1"¦ Text field T,1,20,V,30,10,0,50,11,11,B,L,0,0¦ RFID data field with up to 40 characters X,19,40,0,7¦ Option 63 – locks the data programmed into user memory R,63¦ Option 64 – programs and locks a “D” into the DSFID field. R,64,D,"D",1¦ Option 64 –...
  • Page 32 4-8 HF Application Notes...

  • Page 33: Troubleshooting

    Press Escape/Clear until you see “Print Mode Ready.” Wait several seconds and then try to access the Setup, RFID Menu again. Printer displays “Monarch This message should flash briefly on the Initializing.” display when you turn on the RFID printer.

  • Page 34: Rfid Errors

    R F I D E r r o r s Data type in the RFID Data Field must be 0 or 1. See “Defining the RFID Data Field” for more information. The starting block in the RFID Data Field is invalid. See “Defining the RFID Data Field”...
  • Page 35 Program tag failed. The RFID tag was found in the RF field, but could not be programmed. Increase the number of write attempts. If this error occurs consecutively, increase or decrease the attenuation setting by one. If the attenuation is set too low, you may affect the data programmed in adjacent labels.
  • Page 36 5-4 HF Application Notes...

  • Page 37: Index

    I N D E X data field sample ......4-7 RFID ......4-1 terms ......4-5 data storage format identifier antenna terms ......4-5 terms ......1-2 data type application family identifier ASCII ......4-1 terms ......4-5 ASCII Hex ...... 4-1 ASCII defaults data type .......
  • Page 38 option 30 (pad data) ... 4-3, 4-4 terms ......1-2 4 (copy) ......4-3 HF RFID data field 60 (increment) ....4-3 sample......4-2 63 (lock tag) ....4-5 HF tag 64 (program AFI memory field)4-6 program data....4-1 64 (program DSFID memory field) ........
  • Page 39 recovery action terms error ......3-2 AFI ........ 4-5 RF field antenna......1-2 terms ......1-3 attenuation ..... 1-2 RFID DSFID ......4-5 configuration label ..2-9 EAS ....... 4-5 data field ....... 4-1 HF ......... 1-2 supplies ......2-1 inlay ......
  • Page 40 iv HF Application Notes...

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