Wireless tag-containing medium issuing apparatus and information processing apparatus

A label printer for printing on wireless tagged labels, the label printer comprising:

• a conveying roller configured to convey a label stock with a plurality of labels with wireless tags;
• a printer unit for printing on the plurality of labels;
• an antenna for communicating with a wireless tag of a label on the label stock;
• a wireless tag reader configured to read a tag ID from the wireless tag of the label on the label stock using the antenna;
• and
• a control unit configured to:
• compare the read tag ID of the label to previously read tag IDs, and
• execute a first operation on the label if the read tag ID matches a previously read tag ID and a second operation on the label if the read tag ID does not match a previously read tag ID, wherein
• the first operation is different from the second operation.

A label printing system, comprising:

• a server device;
• and
• a label printer connected to the server device, the label printer including:
• a conveying roller configured to convey a label stock with a plurality of labels with wireless tags;
• a printer unit for printing on the plurality of labels;
• an antenna for communicating with a wireless tag of a label on the label stock;
• a wireless tag reader configured to read a tag ID from the wireless tag of the label on the label stock using the antenna;
• and
• a control unit configured to:
• send the read tag ID of the label to the server device and receive a comparison result for the tag ID indicating whether the tag ID matches a previously read tag ID stored on the server device,
• execute a first operation on the label if the read tag ID matches a previously read tag ID and a second operation on the label if the read tag ID does not match a previously read tag ID, wherein
• the first operation is different from the second operation.