Patent ID: 8436733

Claim:
An apparatus for communicating with an RFID tag comprising: an information creating unit configured to create RFID tag information which is to be written to an IC circuit part of an RFID circuit element that transmits/receives information, said RFID circuit element comprises said IC circuit part for updatably storing information and a tag antenna connected to said IC circuit part; a feeding unit configured to feed a tag tape on which said RFID circuit elements have been mounted, from a tag tape roll, in which said tag tape is wound, along a predetermined transport path; a guide unit configured to guide said tag tape fed out from said tag tape roll such that said transport path thereof is restricted to within a predetermined range with respect to said device antenna; and a device antenna configured to transmit said RFID tag information created by said information creating unit to said tag antenna by radio communication and write said RFID tag information to said IC circuit part, disposed to provide a communication area near said tag tape roll on said transport path; and an initializing command creating unit configured to create an initializing command signal that initializes said RFID tag information written to said IC circuit part, wherein said device antenna transmits said initializing command signal created by said initializing command creating unit to said tag antenna, and initializing said RFID tag information stored in said IC circuit part, wherein said guide unit is disposed within said communication area of said antenna.