Postek G2000e - RFID Functionality and Settings

G2000e/G3000e/G6000e User’s Manual Chapter 3: Operations and Settings
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3.3 RFID Operations
Make sure the RFID FUNCTION is enabled in the setting menu, refer to 3.1.4 Setting Menu.
3.3.1 RFID Calibration
When installing a new type of media or switching to media of different specifications, please
perform RFID calibration to ensure successful encoding. To perform RFID calibration, please
follow the steps shown below:
1. Install the media and ribbon, turn on the printer and wait for the printer to boot normally.
2. Press and hold the [FEED/Calibration] button for 4 seconds to perform calibration. If media
calibration fails, “MEDIA ERROR” would be displayed on the screen and [READY] and
[MEDIA] indicators would blink simultaneously, please refer to 5.2 LED Error Indications to
solve the problem. If media calibration succeeds, the printer would continue with RFID
calibration automatically.
3. If RFID calibration succeeds, the LCD screen will return to the ready state. If error occurs
during the process, the LCD screen will display “RFID CALIB ERROR XX” and both the
[READY] and [MEDIA] indictor will start blinking, please refer to 5.3 RFID Error to solve the
problem.
3.3.2 Reading RFID Data
The data encoded in the RFID label can be checked through the use of the Read RFID function.
Please follow the steps below for more details:
1. Install the media and ribbon, turn on the printer.
2. After “READY” is displayed on the screen, press the [PAUSE/Self Test] button, and then press
and hold [FEED/Calibration] button to enter the setting menu, find “READ RFID DATA”.
3. Press the [FEED/Calibration] button to confirm select of “READ RFID DATA”, the printer will
now display any RFID data read on the LCD screen.
4. Push down the Printhead Release Lever to release the Printhead Module, take a piece of label
with encoded RFID data and gently slide it in and out above the RFID antenna bracket. Once
the RFID antenna inside the label is within a readable range of the built-in printer RFID
antenna, the RFID data stored within the label will be displayed on the LCD screen.
• The printer can only read one RFID label at a time. To read the RFID data stored in
multiple labels, swap the label being read with another one and the LCD screen will
display the data stored within the current label.
• The data is displayed in hexadecimal format.
5. Press the [FEED/Calibration] button again to stop receiving data, the screen will return to
settings menu.