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US 2006/0138229 A1Published application
Printer having RFID read/write function
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMakoto Sugiyama
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Abstract
A printer having a feed unit to feed a label or tag containing an RFID tag, a print unit to print on the surface of the label or tag, an RFID read/write unit to read/write the RFID tag. The printer has a control unit to control the RFID read/write unit to write data to the RFID tag while the feed unit is feeding the RFID tag.
Claims20
A printer comprising:
- a feed unit configured to feed a label or tag containing an RFID tag;
- a print unit configured to print on the surface of the label or tag;
- an RFID read/write unit configured to read/write the RFID tag;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the RFID read/write unit to write data to the RFID tag while the feed unit is feeding the RFID tag.
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A printer comprising:
- a feed unit configured to feed a label or tag containing an RFID tag;
- a print unit configured to print on the surface of the label or tag;
- an RFID read/write unit configured to read/write the RFID tag;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the RFID read/write unit to write data to the RFID tag after the feed unit feeds the RFID tag by a fixed amount.
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A printing method comprising:
- a feeding a label or tag containing an RFID tag;
- a printing on the surface of the label or tag;
- reading/writing the RFID tag;
- and
- controlling to write data to the RFID tag while feeding the RFID tag.
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A printing method comprising:
- a feeding a label or tag containing an RFID tag;
- a printing on the surface of the label or tag;
- reading/writing the RFID tag;
- and
- controlling to write data to the RFID tag after the feed unit feeds the RFID tag by fixed amount.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.