Systems and methods for determining physical location of RFID tags on embedded print media

Apparatus for determining the position of tag on media having one or more embedded pre-programmed radio frequency tags comprising:

• a printer assembly having a media pathway and a print engine for achieving a plurality of printing functions;
• an interface coupling said printer assembly to a radio frequency reader/programmer capable of reading data from and writing data to radio frequency identification tags;
• storage means for storing pre-programmed position data indicating the position of at least one radio frequency identification tag on a sheet of print media, said pre-programmed position data obtained by a radio frequency tag reader/programmer reading data from at least one radio frequency tag on a sheet of said print media;
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• process logic for receiving and processing print request data streams and comparing pre-programmed position data to position data received in a print request data stream to determine the position of at least one tag on said sheet of print media.