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58978L-008 Rev. A RFID Programming Guide 11/14/2008
Who Should Use This Document
This Programming Guide is intended for use by the label format developer or printer integrator
to create label formats that will encode RFID tags. The following printers/print engines are
supported by this Programming Guide:
• R110Xi, R170Xi, and R110Xi HF
• RZ400 and RZ600
•R110PAX 4
• R4Mplus
• R2844-Z
•RP4T
How This Document Is Organized
The RFID Programming Guide is set up as follows:
Section Description
About This Document on page 7 This section provides you with contact information, document
structure and organization, and additional reference documents.
Introduction to RFID on page 13 This section describes the basic concepts of Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID) and how RFID works with your printer.
RFID Printer Setup and Operation
on page 17
How you set up your printer for RFID applications is determined in
part by the transponder that you select. This section guides you
through some tasks that you may need to perform on your printer to
make RFID reading and encoding possible. When you have
completed this section, you will be ready to program your RFID
label formats.
RFID Control Panel Parameters
on page 21
This section shows the control panel parameters that appear on most
Zebra RFID printers that have a graphic display.
Creating Basic RFID Label Formats
on page 29
After you have selected a transponder type and set your printer
appropriately, use the ZPL samples in this section as a base for
programming your own RFID label formats.
Troubleshooting on page 49 This section provides information about RFID operational errors
that you might need to troubleshoot. For other types of problems,
consult the user guide for your printer.
ZPL II Commands for RFID
on page 79
This section contains the ZPL II commands for RFID-specific
applications.
SGD Commands for RFID
on page 129
This section contains the Set/Get/Do (SGD) commands for RFID-
specific applications.
RFID Antenna Location on page 39 Operations to test the RFID functions and display RFID tag data
require you to place an RFID label over the RFID antenna area.
This section shows the location of the RFID antenna in the various
Zebra RFID printers.