Label and RFID tag issuing apparatus

A label issuing apparatus, comprising:

• detecting means for detecting presence of a container by reading data written to an RFID tag attached to said container;
• a printer for recording a first information on a recording medium to be affixed to the container;
• an RFID tag reader/writer for writing to said RFID tag a second information included in the first information when the detecting means detects presence of the container;
• and
• a controller for permitting said printer to record the first information on the recording medium, provided that said detecting means detects the presence of the container after said RFID tag reader/writer has written the second information to said RFID tag.

A label issuing apparatus, comprising:

• a sensor for detecting a container carrying an RFID tag;
• a printer for recording a bar-code corresponding to information included in a first information and the first information on a recording medium to be affixed to the container;
• a bar-code reader for reading the bar-code recorded on the recording medium;
• an RFID tag reader/writer for writing a second information corresponding to the bar-code to the RFID tag;
• and
• a controller for permitting said RFID tag reader/writer to write the second information to said RFID tag, provided that information corresponding to the bar-code read by the bar-code reader conforms to the information included in the first information recorded on the recording medium and said sensor detects the presence of said container.

A label issuing apparatus, comprising:

• a sensor configured to detect a container carrying an RFID tag;
• a printer configured to record a first information on a recording medium to be attached to the container;
• an RFID tag writer configured to write a second information included in the first information recorded on the recording medium to said RFID tag when the sensor detects the container;
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• a controller configured to permit said printer to record the first information on the recording medium provided that said sensor detects the container after said RFID tag writer has written the second information to said RFID tag.