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A process for utilizing an adaptive algorithm to allow for variations in RFID transponders within a supply roll of a thermal printer without generation of an error, comprising the steps of:

• starting the thermal printer at a RF power level low enough not to detect a RFID transponder;
• incrementing the RF power level up in steps until a RFID transponder is detected;
• reading and saving a serialized tag identification (TID) field for the detected RFID transponder;
• increasing the RF power level;
• encoding data on the detected RFID transponder;
• reducing the RF power level back down to the selected read RF power level;
• reading and comparing the encoded data with data originally sent in a write command to confirm if the encoded data is accurately encoded;
• and
• utilizing previous detection point as a starting point for next RFID transponder and if more than one RFID transponder is detected at the previous detection point, then the RF power level will be reduced until only one RFID transponder is detected.

A process for utilizing an adaptive algorithm to allow for variations in RFID transponders within a supply roll of a thermal printer without generation of an error, comprising the steps of:

• starting the thermal printer at a RF power level low enough not to detect a RFID transponder;
• incrementing the RF power level up in steps until a RFID transponder is detected;
• reading and saving a serialized tag identification (TID) field for the detected RFID transponder;
• increasing the RF power level;
• encoding data on the detected RFID transponder;
• including the serialized TID field in the encoded data;
• reducing the RF power level back down to the selected read RF power level;
• reading and comparing the encoded data with data originally sent in a write command to confirm if the encoded data is accurately encoded;
• and
• utilizing previous detection point as a starting point for next RFID transponder and if no RFID transponders are detected at the previous detection point, then the RF power level is increased until a RFID transponder is detected.