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Contact smartcard encoding
Evolis printers may be equipped with an encoding device for contactless smartcards (RFID). This consists of an encoding module and an integrated antenna.
Integration of such a module must be carried out by specialist. The Evolis product catalog has printers equipped with a built-in encoder for contactless chips.
This encoder is connected to your PC via a USB interface, which means encoding cannot be done with an Ethernet connection.
There is a very wide variety of contactless cards, and each card has specific technical properties associated with an equally specific type of encoder.
See your Evolis reseller for further information.
Location of the antenna (or the encoder including an antenna)
Using a specific command, the card is positioned close to the antenna so that the card lies within its radio range.
From this time, reading data from or writing data to the card can begin.
The programming sequence for a smartcard is always carried out before printing.
Card positioning
There are no restrictions on card positioning when programming in contactless mode (apart from cards that include other encoding technology: magnetic
and/or contact chip).
However, the ongoing reduction in size of components has resulted in cards that are fitted with mini-antennae.
In this situation, please see your card supplier for further information about where such mini-antennae are located within the card, in order to place the card
as close as possible to the encoder’s antenna. This operation will allow optimum card encoding.
