Patent ID: 7475819

Claim:
A tag-label producing device comprising: a communication device that performs transmission/reception of information in a non-contact manner with respect to an RFID circuit element provided in a tag medium having a said RFID circuit element arranged therein, said RFID circuit element including an IC circuit part for storing information and an antenna for performing transmission/reception of information; a relative moving device that imparts relative movement between said communication device and said tag medium; a related-information processing portion that performs predetermined processing relating to tag-medium-movement-related information based on the relative movement produced by said relative moving device; a control signal outputting portion that outputs a control signal according to a result of processing by said related-information processing portion; a printing device that performs printing onto, while moving relative to, a predetermined print area of said tag medium or a print-receiving medium that is bonded onto said tag medium; wherein said relative moving device imparts relative movement between said printing device and said tag medium or said print-receiving medium; said related-information processing portion is sequence determining portion that determines, as the predetermined processing relating to said tag-medium-movement-related information, a chronological sequence relation between arrival of said RFID circuit element at a predetermined position, where transmission/reception of information is performed with respect to said communication device, due to said relative movement, and completion of printing by said printing device with respect to said predetermined print area corresponding to said RFID circuit element; and said control signal outputting portion is a first coordinative control portion that outputs said control signal for switch-controlling operation modes of said relative moving device, said communication device, and said printing device in a coordinated fashion, in accordance with a result of determination by said sequence determining portion.