Paxar 9855 RFID User Manual

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Monarch

9855 RFID

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Printer

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TC9855RFIDQR Rev. AN 4/08 ©2007 Paxar Americas, Inc. a subsidiary of Avery Dennison Corp. All rights reserved.

Each product and program carries a respective written warranty, the only warranty on
which the customer can rel y. Paxar reserves the right to make changes in the product, the
programs, and their availability at any time and without notice. Although Paxar has made
every effort to provide complete and accurate information in this manual, Paxar shall not be
liable for any omissions or inaccuracies. Any update will be incorporated in a later edition
of this manual.

© 2007 Paxar Americas, Inc. a subsidiary of Avery Dennison Corp. All rights reserved. No
part of this publicatio n may be reproduced, transmitte d, stored in a retrieval system, or
translated into any language in any form by any means, without the prior written permission
of Paxar Americas, Inc.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This
equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instr uction manual, may cause harm ful interference to radio communic ations.
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interfe rence in which case
the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from digital
apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of
Communications.
Le présent appareil numérique n'émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites
applicables aux appareils numériques de la classe A prescrites dans le Réglement s ur le brouillage
radioélectrique édicte par le minist ère des Communications du Canada.

Radio Frequency Interference Requirements

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two
conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interferenc e, and (2) this device must accept any
interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

WARNING

CANADIAN D.O.C. WARNING

Trademarks

Monarch® and 9855 are trademarks of Paxar Americas, Inc.
Avery Dennison® is a trademark of Avery Dennison Corp.
EPCglobal, Inc.™ and Electronic Product Code™ (EPC) are trademarks of Uniform Code
Council, Inc. Uniform Code Council, Inc.® is a trademark of Uniform Code Council, Inc.

Avery Dennison Printer Systems Division
170 Monarch Lane
Miamisburg, OH 45342

Visit www.monarch.com for sales, service, supplies, information, and telephone numbers
for our International locations.

TOLL FREE:

1-800-543-6650 (U.S.A.)
1-800-363-7525 (Canada)

Introduction

This Quick Reference contains supply loading and genera l maintenance
procedures. Additional RFID documents are available on the enclosed CD-ROM
and on our Web site (www .monarch.com).

Note: Information in this document supercedes information in previous versions.

Check our Web site for the latest documentation and release information.

RFID Overview

Your printer has been engineered to program (encode) an RFID (Radio Frequency
Identification) label (commonly called “RFID tags”) before the label’s format is
printed. RFID tags contain an embedded RFID inlay (chip and antenna).

RFID is only available on the Monarch® 9855™ printer using die cut or black mark
supplies. Linerless supplies are not currently suppor ted. The RFID printer is also
capable of printing standard (non-RFID) supplies. For more information about
supplies, see “RFID Supply Specifications.”

The UHF printer supports multi-protocol encoding, inc luding Class 1 Generation 1
(C1Gen1), Class 1 Generation 2 (C1Gen2), and EM4122 supplies.

The HF printer supports multi-protocol encoding, including ISO15693 and I•CODE®
UID protocols.

About Professional Services

Our Professional Services group can develop cus tom RFID scripts (applications) or
other types of data manipulation scrip ts. Our experts can ensure your RF ID
requirements are met. Custom programming can be fac tory-loaded at the time of
shipment. Call Customer Service for more information.

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Web Sites with RFID Information

AIM Gl obal
The association for Automatic Identification and Mobility.

EPCglobal, Inc.™
A joint venture between EAN International and the Uniform
Code Council, Inc., creating RFID standards for the
Electronic Product Code™ (EPC).

RFID Journal
An independent media company specializing in RFID.

Uniform Code Council, Inc.®
A global standards organization in supply chain management.

Avicon

Provides software to translate legacy codes to electronic
product codes (EPC) for Class 1 96-bit (and more)
representations.

www.aimglobal.org

www.epcglobalinc.org

www.rfidjournal.com

www.uc-council.org

www.epctranslato r.com

Connecting the Cables

The power supply automatically switches between 115V or 23 0V. There are no
operator settings required.

1. Plug the power cable into the socket. Plug the other end of
the cable into a grounded electrical outlet.

2. Connect the communication cable into the appropr iate port.
Secure the cable with the connecting screws (ser ial) or
spring clips (parallel).
If you are communicating with the host through the serial
port, make sure the printer's communication va lues match
those at the host. The factory default values are 9600 Baud,
8 bit data frame, 1 stop bit, no parity, and DTR flow control
(9600, N, 8, 1, DTR). Set the commun ication values on the
printer to match those at the host.
The printer also has a USB (Universal Serial Bus) version

2.0 communications port, which is compatible with
version 1.1.
Drivers are available on our Web site
for a variety of operating systems.

3. Turn on the printer. Press ( I ) to turn on
and ( O ) to turn off the printer.

Parallel Port

USB Port

Serial Port

Power Switch

Power Cable
Goes Here

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Using the Control Panel

The control panel has a two-line LCD disp lay, two
status lights, and five buttons. The control panel
displays error codes/messages, and allows you to
setup/configure the printer.

Power: The printer shows a steady green

light when it is on.

Fault: The printer shows a steady amber

light when it is out of labels or
ribbon, or when you have a supply
jam.

Feed/Cut: Prints a label in the on-demand

mode, feeds a blank label if there is
no print job, and prints a label w ith
error information that is useful to
your System Administrator if an error is displayed. When the
printer is offline, changes the displayed value by one or ten.

Enter/Pause: Pauses the current print job or resumes a paused print job.

Selects the displayed menu item.

Escape/Clear: When an error is present, clears the err or. When a job (batch) is

printing, cancels the pri nt job (batch). Enters the offline menu
mode or returns the display to th e next higher menu.

Å Displays the previous menu item.
Æ Displays the next menu item.
Å and Æ Prints a test label when you press the buttons at the same time.

Hold for one second and release.

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Loading RFID Labels

The RFID supplies are sensitive to static electricity and can be damaged
by static electricity. Ground yourself by touching some metal, such as the
printer’s metal base, before handling the supplies.

Refer to the 9855 Operator's Handbook for additional supply loading instructions if
using non-RFID supplies in your RFID printer .

1. Open the cover.

2. Unlock the printhead by turning the retaining la tch.

3. Lift the printhead assembly using the printhead tab until the assembly locks

into place.

Retaining Latch

Supply Holder

Printhead
Tab

Deflector
Tab

4. Place the roll of supply on the supply holder . For labels, the supply unrolls
from the top or the bottom. Do not pick up the printer by the supply holder.

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5. Adjust the supply holder guides so the sides barely touch the roll. Make sure
the supply roll turns freel y.
If you are using fan-fold supplies, place the supply stack behind the printer,
label side facing up.

Supply Holder Guides

6. Push down on the supply lever to unlock th e supply guides.

7. Lay the label strip across the supply guide so that a few inches extend past the

front of the printer. Tuck the supply under the nibs and in between the die cut
sensor. Do not feed supply between the sup ply roller and deflector.
For fan-fold supplies, lay the label strip over the supply holder and across the
supply guide so that a few inches extend past the front of the printer. Tuck the
supply under the nibs and in betwee n the die cut sensor.

8. For tag supplies using the optional knife, feed the supply through the knife.
Make sure at least 0.5 inches of supply is past the kn ife.

Tag

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9. Adjust the supply guides so they touch the supply. Push up on the supply lever
to lock the supply guides into place.

Deflector

Die Cut Sensor

Supply
Lever

Supply Roller

10. Hold the printhead assembly by the printhead tab while pressing down on the
printhead release.

Thumb Well

11. Close the printhead by pressing down on the thumb well until you hear it click
into place.

12. Press Feed/Cut several times to feed at least three labels/tags to properly
position the supply and the ribbon.

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