How to print RFID enabled badges?
February 22, 2006 11:08 AM   Subscribe

I've been given an assignment that involves encoding RFID smart tags into attendee badges for an event. What software should I be using to encode/print at the same time?

I've purchased an initial test unit: A Zebra R2844-Z RFID printer. Problem is, it came with no software nor any inkling as to how I can design, print, and encode the tags at the same time.

We need to print to 3"x4" badgestock, using either direct or thermal, and we need a 256 character tag. It seems there's a Texas Instruments tag that fits this description, but besides that I'm really stuck as to where to go from here.

Any help much appreciated!
posted by Ekim Neems to Computers & Internet (2 answers total)
 
Could you just buy tags and slip them into the back of the nametag holders?

Something similar was done by these guys at the Ubicomp 2003 conference. There's a scholarly paper about it here (PDF link).
posted by sanitycheck at 11:23 AM on February 22, 2006


Response by poster: The tags have to be embedded into the badge. So I suppose any 3x4" RFID-embedded stock will work, as long as the "eye" is compatible with the Zebra printer (so it knows where each badge begins).
posted by Ekim Neems at 11:37 AM on February 22, 2006


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