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Following a successful market launch in the USA, Paxar's one-inch self-adhesive RFID labels are now launching in Europe, providing the ability to tag small items that are not traditionally easy to tag.
In launching the one-inch (2.54cm) label, Paxar offers the option of labelling smaller packages for which standard-use labels (up to 15cm long) would be considered an eyesore. According to the US trade magazine Managing Automation these labels "can be placed in optimum location on any size carton for best read rates".
The label, which carries an integrated RFID tag and antenna, was introduced to the US market at the end of 2004 in the American 915MHz specification, and has since proven popular with users such as retail giant Wal-Mart. Paxar has re-engineered the label to meet the European 868MHz specification, and has made it available for immediate shipment using the Philips U-Code 1.19 chip.
Spacing challenge
During the development of the one-inch label, the biggest technical challenge was to ensure that the RFID units located less than two centimetres apart on the label roll did not interfere with each other. The labels are processed with the Paxar 9855 RFID system. This stationary RFID barcode printer works with thermal transfer or thermal direct barcode labels, and also writes to RFID tags embedded in the labels. The system also tests the functionality of each label so that incorrect tagging is eliminated.
In April 2004, Paxar began series production of RFID printers. Since then, the company has also launched a solution for mobile RFID pallet labelling (with the NVE-2-EPC Starter Kit) that can be integrated with existing processes and also meets the Metro Group's requirements. Paxar is a partner in the Metro Group's Future Store Initiative, and is providing 53 Marks & Spencer stores with RFID technology by 2006 in the UK.
Source: Paxar
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