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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2008
Lance D. Neuhard, New Carlisle, OH (US);
Clyde N. Tharp, Dayton, OH (US);
Lance D. Neuhard, New Carlisle, OH (US);
Clyde N. Tharp, Dayton, OH (US);
Avery Dennison Corporation, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed a hand-held portable printer having an internal antenna, convertible to an RFID printer capable to receiving RFID data from a scanner coupled to the printer. The printer preferably shares a common RFID reader/writer with an RFID scanner. The scanner has an external antenna which can be coupled to and preferably attached to the printer. The scanner preferably includes the RFID reader/writer. The internal antenna is close to but separate from the printer's print head and the internal antenna is movable as a unit with the print head.