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Designing Labels

Designing an RFID Smart Label

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Data type: The data can be encoded as ASCII string or as HEX encoded string.

Locked: If you set the block as locked, the data will be permanently encoded into the tag. You

will not be able to erase this block to re-program it with some other value. Use this option with

caution!

RFID Tag Locking

Tag locking is not available for all tag types, printers, and drivers. If the Locking Settings...

button is not displayed in the

RFID tag dialog window, you may be using an unsupported

RFID tag type, printer, or driver. The locking settings are available for some GEN2 tag types.

For more information, see your printer and driver documentation.

RFID tag locking enables the user to lock the RFID tag, so that no changes can be made to it

without unlocking the tag first. If the tag is permanently locked, it is not possible to unlock it,

and the RFID tag can never be changed.

Preserve original locking setting: The original locking setting cannot be retrieved, but the

default option assumes that the tag setting should remain unchanged.

Lock: The RFID tag is locked and further changes to it are prevented.

Unlock: The RFID tag is unlocked, so that it can be changed.

Relock: The RFID tag is unlocked, the changes are applied, and the tag is locked immediately

after.

Permanent lock/unlock: Checking this box will apply your selection above permanently and

prevent later changes to it. This setting cannot be undone.

RFID Tag Settings

Tag Information: This section provides the information about the selected tag type. You can see

the structure of the selected RFID tag. The outlook of the information depends on the selected

type of the tag. For RFID Gen2 you will see table-like structure with the information about the

available data fields, number and size of the block, read or write support.

For other RFID tags, you can review the following structure:

Number of blocks: The number of blocks that are available in the RFID tag.

Reserved blocks: The number of blocks that cannot be accessed and used.

Block size: The size of each block (in bytes).

Unique RF Tag: This property is set to Yes, if you have the printer and/or the tag type that can

provide you with the Unique Tag ID. Each tag has a unique ID encoded already in the

production line. If your printer can read this information from the tag, you can use it with the

label objects using

RFID Tag Contents contents provider.

For example: The printer scans Unique Tag ID, remembers it and prints it on the label encoded

in a bar code element. The value of Unique Tag is never returned to the labeling software. It is

handled internally by the printer.