RFID labels, hang tags and paper tickets

What are they used for?

Retail, fashion and uniforms

Hang tags and labels that carry the barcode, the size and the price on the outside and a UHF chip inside, so a whole rail is counted in one pass instead of piece by piece.

Retail and loyalty →

Theme parks, attractions and events

Paper tickets with an NFC chip that open the turnstile in a tap and go in the bin at the end of the day. When the ticket has to stay on the guest, the same chip goes in a Tyvek band.

Events and festivals →

Hotels, restaurants and car parks

NFC stickers on tables, menus and room signage that open a page on any phone, and parking tickets printed for the barrier and the pay station the property already runs.

Hospitality →

Specifications

Hang tags and labels

Paper, card and PET with the inlay inside, for stock, assets and anything a reader or a phone has to identify.

RFID hang tags

UHF, for stock counts

Coated paper or card with a UHF inlay, printed with brand, barcode, size and price. Hung with string or applied as a label from the same roll.

Standard sizes

100 x 40 mm110 x 37 mmCustom shapes

UHF labels

Read at a distance

Self-adhesive paper or PET labels for inventory, logistics and assets, printed with serial numbers or barcodes in line with the EPC.

Sizes

70 x 14 mm100 x 30 mm

NFC labels and stickers

Read by a phone

Round or square stickers that open a menu, a review page or a product sheet with a tap. An on-metal version is made for equipment.

Sizes

Round 20 to 50 mmSquare 25 to 50 mm

Tickets

Single use paper with a chip, a stripe or a barcode, read at the gate and thrown away at the end of the day.

RFID paper tickets

Theme parks and attractions

Thermal or coated paper with an NFC inlay, read in a tap at the turnstile. Numbered, with QR codes and a hologram against copies.

Formats

85.5 x 54 mmLong format 208 x 80 mmFan-fold and rolls

Parking tickets

Car parks

Magnetic stripe, thermal barcode or NFC paper tickets, printed with the car park artwork and supplied to fit the dispenser.

Types

Stripe · barcode · NFC

Tyvek wristbands

When the ticket stays on

For parks and festivals where the ticket has to stay on the guest all day, the same NFC chip goes into a light Tyvek band with a tamper-evident closure.

Widths

19 mm25 mm

Which frequency do you need?

Two bands cover almost everything on this page: HF for a tap at a gate or on a phone, and UHF for counting from a distance.

High frequency (NFC)

13.56 MHz, NTAG, MIFARE Ultralight and ICODE SLIX

Ultra high frequency

860 to 960 MHz, Impinj M730, Monza R6-P and NXP UCODE

Magnetic stripe

LoCo and HiCo, for parking pay stations

Encoding

URL, ticket ID or EPC written to your plan, UID list in Excel

Samples

Available

Lead time

Confirmed with the quote

What can be printed on them?

Labels, tags and tickets are flat, so everything is print, and every piece can carry different data.

Full colour

CMYK offset or digital, one or both sides

Brand colours

Pantone matched on request

Barcodes and QR

Printed in line with the chip, one per piece

Finishes

Matte, gloss, epoxy dome or hologram

Thermal area

Left blank for printing at the ticket office

Variable data

Numbers, SKU, size, price and chip data, per piece

Which one do you need?

Start with what reads it: a phone, a gate, a handheld reader or a pay station. That decides the chip, and the chip decides the format.

	Read by	Fixing	Chip
Hang tags	UHF reader	String or loop pin	UHF
UHF labels	UHF reader	Adhesive	UHF
NFC stickers	Any NFC phone	Adhesive	NFC
Paper tickets	Gate reader	None, held in the hand	NFC
Parking tickets	Pay station	None, taken at the barrier	Stripe or NFC
Tyvek wristbands	Gate reader	Adhesive, tamper evident	NFC

Will it work with your system?

Send us the reader, printer or pay station model and tell us what has to read the piece. We confirm the chip and the format before you order, rather than guess.

What can we confirm?

Frequency and chip family, from the reader, the RFID printer or the gate model, or from a label or ticket you use now. You can also post us a sample and we verify it here.

Where are the limits?

UHF read distance changes with what the label sits on, so a tag that reads well on the bench still has to be tried on the product and in the store. Metal and liquids need an on-metal version or an inlay tuned to the product.

What do we recommend?

Ask for a free sample in the format and chip you need, and run it through your printer, your reader or your gate before the order.

Standards the chips are built to

ISO/IEC 14443 Type AISO/IEC 15693ISO/IEC 18000-63

Read by

NFC phonesTurnstiles and gatesUHF RFID printersHandheld UHF readersFixed UHF portalsParking pay stations13.56 MHz readers

Not sure?

Send us your reader or printer model

What do we need from you?

What reads it

A phone, a gate, a handheld reader or a pay station. It decides the chip before anything else.

Your system or printer model

The reader, RFID printer or barrier model, or a photo of it. The chip and the format are confirmed in writing.

Your artwork

A print-ready PDF for each side, plus the data file if every piece carries a different number or code.

The quantity and the date

Rough figures are enough. The minimum order and the lead time come back with the quote.

Questions we hear the most

Which one should we choose?

It is decided by what reads it. A phone means NFC, a turnstile means an NFC ticket, a stock count means UHF, and a classic pay station means a magnetic stripe. Tell us the reader and the use and we will narrow it to one.

What is the difference between NFC and UHF?

NFC works at a few centimetres and most smartphones read it, so it suits tickets, menus and product pages. UHF reads from several metres and many tags at once, so it suits stock, laundry and logistics.

Do they work with the printers we already have?

UHF hang tags and labels can be supplied on rolls for RFID printers, with the core and roll size matched to the printer. Send us the printer model with the request.

Can a ticket be copied?

A photocopy cannot open the gate, because the gate reads the chip and not the print. Each chip has a unique ID that the system checks, the face can carry a hologram and a serial number, and MIFARE Ultralight C adds a key for parks that need the chip itself to be harder to clone.

Can each piece carry a different number?

Yes. Serial numbers, barcodes, QR codes and chip data are printed and encoded per piece. Send the data as a spreadsheet, one row per tag, label or ticket.

Do labels work on metal or bottles?

Standard labels lose range on metal and liquids. For equipment there is an on-metal version with a ferrite layer, and for bottles the inlay is chosen and tested on the product.

Can the ticket office print on them?

Yes. Thermal paper tickets keep an area blank, so the date, the time or the plate number can be printed on site, and the rest of the face is printed with your artwork.

Do they use the same chips as your cards?

The NFC labels and tickets use the same 13.56 MHz chip families as the cards, NTAG, MIFARE Ultralight and ICODE SLIX. Hang tags and UHF labels use UHF chips from Impinj and NXP.

Can we test one before ordering?

Yes. Ask for a free sample in the format and chip you need, and run it through your printer, your reader or your gate first.