Evolis Primacy - Contactless Smartcard Encoding

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C 1c - C O NTACTLESS SMARTCARD ENC O DING
Evo lis p rinte rs ma y b e e q uip p e d with a n e nc o d ing d e vic e fo r c o nta c tle ss sma rtc a rd s (RFID). This c o nsists o f a n e nc o d ing mo d ule a nd a
b uilt-in a nte nna .
A mo d ule suc h a s this must b e insta lle d b y a sp e c ia list. The Evo lis p ro d uc t c a ta lo g ue inc lud e s p rinte rs e q uip p e d with a b uilt-in e nc o d e r
fo r c o nta c tle ss c hip s.
This e nc o d e r c o nne c ts to the PC via a USB inte rfa c e .
There is a very wide variety of contactless smartcards, and each card has specic technical properties associated with an equally specic
typ e o f e nc o d e r. Se e yo ur Evo lis d e a le r fo r furthe r info rma tio n.
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Lo c a tio n o f the a nte nna (o r the e nc o de r inc luding a n a nte nna )
By means of a specic command, the card is positioned close to the antenna such that the card lies within its radio range.
Re a d ing d a ta fro m o r writing d a ta to the c a rd c a n the n sta rt.
The p ro g ra mm ing se q ue nc e fo r a c hip is a lwa ys c a rrie d o ut b e fo re the c a rd is p rinte d .
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C a rd po sitio ning
The re is in the o ry no re stric tio n o n c a rd p o sitio ning whe n p ro g ra mming in c o nta c tle ss mo d e .
However, the miniaturisation of components is bringing about the emergence of cards tted with mini-antennae.
If this is the c a se , p le a se se e yo ur c a rd sup p lie r fo r furthe r info rma tio n a b o ut whe re suc h mini-a nte nna e a re lo c a te d within the c a rd , so a s
to p o sitio n the c a rd a s c lo se a s p o ssib le to the e nc o d e r’ s a nte nna . Do ing so will e nsure o p timum e nc o d ing o f the c a rd s.
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