How Can I Write RFID Tags with My Zebra Printer?

How Can I Write RFID Tags with My Zebra Printer?

Assumed you have a Zebra printer capbable of RFID writing and you have a label stock with integrated RFID tags, TFORMer can help you with RFID programming.
Make sure you use the latest version of TFORMer (8.3 or later). If the RFID Control is not visible in the ribbon (insert section) you have to enable it in the TFORMer Options ➔ Page Experimental ➔ RFID. You can insert the RFID control to any position in the layout where your data is available, usually the Detail band. The size of the control is not important.

Decide if you pass the data as Hex codes or as string (may depend on your tag type). For binary data you usually use Hex. If you need Hex codes, you can convert them with BinToHex() and other functions (see function reference). For converting a string to hex codes you can use:

BinToHex(TextToBin("Hello1234", "ANSI", 0), 0)

The control will add the following ZPL commands to the print job:

^RFW‚H‚‚‚^FD<your data>^FS

The Zebra printer should adapt itself to the Tag Type (see also options at printer level). If there are more complex ZPL commands needed for your Tag, you can send them with the ZPL Control directly to the printer (please contact Zebra support for the correct commands needed).

Important: The RFID Control is available (or will work) only with TFORMer printer type ZEBRA! For other printer types, the control is ignored. It acts like a helper to create some basic RFID commands for Zebra/ZPL. For printing through Windows drivers (TFORMer printer type WIN32) you may have options for RFID programming specific to the printer model and manufacturer (e.g. parse text with a specific prefix/post fix or text with a specific font as RFID command) – please contact the printer manufacturers support for details.