Patent ID: 8258929
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A RFID printer, comprising: a RFID reader/writer; an index sensor configured to detect a leading edge of a RFID record member, the RFID record member including one or more RFID transponders; an antenna configured to emit a RF field and coupled to and cooperating with the RFID reader/writer to read and/or write to a RFID transponder; a printing system having a print head and a drive mechanism to drive a web of RFID record members past the print head for printing data thereon; a memory; and a processor, the processor coupled to the memory, the index sensor, the printing system, and to the RFID reader/writer and operable to encode and print on the RFID record member as the web continues in motion, the processor configured to perform the steps of: adjusting the web speed to the determined continuous web speed to encode the RFID transponder.