Printronix Series 5 User Manual
HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT RFID
SMART LABEL TECHNOLOGY?
PRINTRONIX
HAS THE ANSWERS.
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Printronix has been a global leader in providing intelligent industrial and back-office enterprise printing solutions
for 30 years. During this period we have earned a reputation as a technology innovator by offering a full selection of
well-designed product solutions and unsurpassed service. We continue that tradition in the emerging
field of RFID (radio frequency identification) technology.
For example, Printronix was the first to:
In addition, Printronix offers innovations such as:
As part of our pioneering efforts, Printronix is a founding member of EPCglobal, an international
organization responsible for creating RFID industry standards and specifications.
Whether you have questions about the best RFID solution for your company, how to initiate a pilot program or how
to deploy RFID throughout your supply chain, you can look to Printronix for experienced-based answers.
PRINTRONIX.
THE FIRST NAME IN SMART LABEL TECHNOLOGY
FIRST TO DELIVER A UHF PRINTER FOR ENCODING EPC-COMPLIANT LABELS
FIRST SMART LABEL DEVELOPER’S KIT
FIRST TO PROVIDE CERTIFIED SMART LABELS
PROTECTING YOUR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT
As a founding member of EPCglobal, Printronix is working
to establish industry standards that will ensure your
RFID printers integrate smoothly into your current IT
network and supply chain operations.
We recognize that RFID standards will continue to
evolve over the next few years, and protecting your
investment in RFID technology today is a key design
goal for our products and services. Printronix helps
protect your technology investment by including a flexible
upgrade path that includes software-upgradeable
reader technology. We have also created unique models
of our thermal printers that can be field-upgraded to
support RFID technology.
One of the important first steps in developing an
RFID pilot program is creating a smart label
development environment. This will allow you to
experiment with, test and measure smart labels
to find the ideal RFID solutions for your company
without disrupting your current operations.
Printronix makes it easy for you to initiate your
pilot program by offering a comprehensive, best-of-breed Smart
Label Developer’s Kit (SLDK). The
kit includes everything you
need—printer, encoder, software,
certified smart labels, manuals
and support—to create your RFID development
environment right out of the box.
It allows you to:
➔ Print and encode smart labels
➔ Test read ranges, read speeds and
data capture
➔ Determine optimum label placement
➔ Establish the best locations for fixed
reader terminals
➔ Check for radio frequency interference
Once you’re satisfied that your test environment
has provided enough insight into your smart
labeling requirements, you can define and start
your pilot program.
SMART LABEL DEVELOPER’S ENVIRONMENT
CERTIFIED RFID SMART LABELS
Printronix certified smart labels combine the technology
of thermal-transfer, pressure-sensitive labels with
RFID. We have gone to great lengths to ensure that our
smart labels—with their many different sizes and
antenna configurations—provide the finest RF performance possible
when used with our printers. Under software
control, the printer writes data to the RFID
tag, then validates that the EPC information
can be read reliably. After completing this validation process, the
printer prints the human-readable and bar code data. If for
any reason the encoding process cannot be validated,
the label is printed with an overstrike pattern to
prevent it from entering your supply chain.
SOFTWARE MIGRATION TOOLS
Printronix has developed a set of Software Migration Tools
(SMT™) that enable our printers to automatically encode
smart labels from your existing UPC label bar code application. The SMT encodes bar code data from your current data
stream to the smart label via a selection of label templates. The
Printronix SMT resides in the printer and allows you to use existing
label design software with no modifications to create encoded smart
labels. Once selected, the tools automatically print existing bar code
labels and encode the GTIN, UPC or SSCC number in the smart label.
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➔ Ship UHF, Class 1, EPC-compliant RFID Smart
™
label solutions to help companies and their suppliers
conform to emerging specifications
➔ Offer a Smart Label Developers Kit (SLDK™)
➔ Deliver a Smart Label Pilot Printer (SLPP™) product offering to make it easy to expand pilot programs
➔ Deliver a multi-protocol smart label printer supporting all existing EPC classes
➔ RFID print-and-apply solutions that address compliance and automated application requirements
➔ Certified smart labels that ensure accurate reading, encoding and printing performance
➔ Certified RFID Integrator Program to access leading RFID experts and technicians who will help you
seamlessly integrate and deploy RFID smart label solutions
RFID SMART PRINTERS
Smart labels come from smart printers, and Printronix
offers a range of world-class UHF printers and solutions
that provide maximum versatility and flexibility.
The SmartLine™of RFID printers includes models that
support multi-protocol reader technology for maximum
flexibility as well as models with reader technology
focused on optimizing the EPC Class 1 protocol. The
SmartLine of RFID printers also supports a range of smart label sizes and
antenna configurations to provide customers with the choices they need to
implement RFID in their various applications. And all Printronix RFID printers
support software upgrades to keep up with evolving EPC standards.
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