Zebra Technologies R110XiTM Benutzerhandbuch

Overview

23063L-003 Rev. 2 12/23/04

R110Xi/R170Xi User Guide

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EPC is a product numbering standard that can be used to identify a variety of items by using 
RFID technology. The 96-bit EPC code links to an online database, providing a secure way of 
sharing product-specific information along the supply chain.

As with bar codes, EPC is divided into numbers that identify the manufacturer and product 
type. However, EPC contains the following additional information:

• Header—identifies the length, type, structure, version, and generation of EPC
• Manager Number—identifies the company or company entity
• Object Class—similar to a stock keeping unit (SKU)
• Serial Number—the specific instance of the Object Class being tagged

Additional fields may be used as part of the EPC code to encode and decode information from 
different numbering systems into human-readable form.

In the printer, you can subdivide transponder data into unique fields. You can customize these 
fields to create “smart” labels that meet your needs or that meet the standards necessary in 
EPC programming. 

The 

^RB

 ZPL command is used to define EPC structure. EPC field data can be delimited with 

any of the following characters: 

, ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * | . < > / \ : ;

See 

 for more information about and examples for defining EPC structure.

This printer contains the XML-Enabled Printing option, which offers increased flexibility and 
interoperability by making it possible to integrate Zebra printers quickly and easily into most 
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and their applications. XML-enabled printers 
print directly from Oracle Warehouse Management System (WMS), Mobile Supply Chain 
Applications (MSCA), and many other ERP vendor applications. XML-enabled label formats 
upload directly to the label printer, and the XML data stream is sent via TCP/IP directly to the 
appropriate Zebra printer.

For more information about XML-Enabled Printing, refer to the Zebra XML-Enabled Printer 
Reference Guide (part number 13426L-001). A copy is available on the R110Xi/R170Xi 
User CD (part number 23062-003) and online at 

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