I've been reading through some documentation but not finding the exact answers we need. We are integrating with a ZD500R printer to print off RFID tags. On the RFID tags we need to also print a barcode. Here is what we are trying to create...
1. Ability to print the built in RFID tag Identifier, plus a prefix, directly on the tag as a barcode
2. Ability to import RFID tags after printing so we can introduce those new tags to our database
OR
1. Ability to print X amount of RFID tags with a custom RFID tag Identifier AND print the RFID tag Identifier, plus a prefix, directly on the tag as a barcode. (with a single print job and no extra steps)
Is either scenario possible? We are trying to make this as seamless of an integration as possible.
Thank you
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The Link-OS SDK for PC_.NET is certainly the right direction for dealing with PC based applications with Zebra printers. In terms of RFID tags, there is not much differences than dealing with regular labels. From SDK perspective, it just sends ZPL string to the printer. For RFID tags, besides the formatting ZPL commands, the ZPL string should also have RFID related ZPL commands. So the following two documents are needed, ZPL Programming Guide and RFID Programming Guide. The latter is a subset of the former. Just make sure that all format ZPL and RFID ZPL commands are in one ZPL string, i.e. within one pair of ^XA and ^XZ delimiters for one RFID tag.
All the scenarios listed above are possible. There are examples in RFID Programming Guide showing how to read the RFID tag and return the value directly for printing on the face of the tag as label in ZPL. Hope this helps.