Creating Basic RFID Label Formats
Sample RFID Label Formats
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RFID Label Format 2—Encode a Gen 2 Tag in ASCII
This label format is different in what shows on the control panel. The control panel always
displays RFID data in hexadecimal.
Resulting Label
Programmed to Transponder
00 rfid data
Control Panel Display (toggles between these two)
Line
Number
Type This ZPL Code Function of ZPL Code
1
^XA
Indicates start of label format.
2
^RS8
Sets tag type to Gen 2
3
^FO50,50
^A0N,65
^FDSimple write example
^FS
Prints “Simple write example” on the label at
location 50,50.
4
^RFW,A
^FD00 rfid data
^FS
W,A = write ASCII
Encodes the 12 bytes of data (96 bits) to the tag. The
data written is: 00 rfid data
5
^XZ
Indicates end of label format.
Simple write example
RFID TAG DATA
3030207266696420
RFID TAG DATA
64617461