Rfid Operation In Fingerprint; Limitations; Printing - Intermec EasyCoder PM4i User Manual

RFID Operation in Fingerprint

The information in this section concerns users running Fingerprint
firmware on their PM4i printer. Be sure to also keep the EasyCoder PM4i
User's Guide and the Fingerprint 8.70.0 Programmer's Reference Manual
handy, for additional information on procedures and RFID commands.

Limitations

Note: When calling the TAGFIELD command, the start
and length parameters must be set as even numbers.

Printing

General Recommendations
The RFID inlay (or tag), which consists of a chip and an antenna, is
glued to the back of the label (between the label and the liner).
Even though the inlay is very thin, the label will be slightly thicker
in the inlay area. This may affect the printout quality and therefore a
high-quality ink ribbon, such as the TMX 2304, is recommended to use
in conjuction with RFID media. The TMX 1500 would be a suitable
low-cost alternative to this product. If results are not satisfactory, avoid
printing on the inlay altogether (if the media allows it).
As a starting point, set the ribbon constant to 80 and the ribbon factor
to 25 when printing on RFID media (refer to the EasyCoder PM4i User's
Guide for information on these procedures). Depending on the media
type, it may be necessary to change these values. This information can
also be found via the web link given in the "Media Recommendations"
section.
Note 1: In order to achieve faultless read/write operations,
some manual tweaking may be required to ensure that the
RFID labels are properly aligned with the antenna. This
involves modifying the Tagadjust variable in RFID Setup
mode. Refer to the RFID Setup section for further details.
Note 2: Each new RFID media type loaded in the printer
must be identified electronically. This can be done either by
restarting the printer, or by running a TESTFEED.
 RFID Kit (Gen 2, 869/915 MHz) User's Guide