Patent ID: 8366223

Claim:
An apparatus for communicating with a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, comprising: a feeding device that feeds a tag tape including an RFID tag circuit element having an IC circuit part storing information and tag antenna that performs information transmission and reception, said RFID circuit element being disposed on one side area along a width direction of said tag tape; an inkjet head disposed fixedly so as not to be moved during an operation so that said inkjet head faces said one side area of said tag tape and color printing is applied to said one side area of said tag tape that is fed by said feeding device; a thermal head that is disposed to face an other side area of said tag tape along the width direction other than said one side area of said tag tape that is fed by said feeding device to apply monochrome printing to said other side area; and an apparatus antenna that is disposed so as to face said one side area of said tag tape and performs information transmission and reception via radio communication with said RFID tag circuit element, wherein an arrangement position of said thermal head along the width direction and an arrangement position of said inkjet head along the width direction are overlapped partially with each other and printing by said inkjet head and said thermal head is performed so as to produce an RFID label.