Glossary

The use of materials which comply with USA FDA 21 CFR and EU food regulations for the safe use on...

In printing, when the artwork covers the entire surface and edges of a product without an unprinted border at the...

Internet of Things – A generic term to describe when physical items interact with or have online counterparts. Related Wikipedia...

A description of the materials on the top layer of an NFC tag.

Manufacturer of RFID inlays and hardware. Related Identiv

The near field wireless transmission of electrical energy between two magnetically coupled coils. Related Wikipedia – Inductive Coupling

A print methodology based on relief plates; as opposed to . Related Wikipedia – Flexographic Printing

Computer software that is run on a hardware device to control the hardware; sometimes can be upgraded by the user....

The range of frequencies that light (photons) can exist; includes visible, x-ray, radio (RF) gamma. Related Wikipedia – Electromagnetic Spectrum

Software used to encode NFC tags. Related Encoder Software

A print methodology in which the artwork is rendered digitally for each product to be printed as opposed to ....

An iron-based material used to absorb certain unwanted RF frequencies; used to allow  to work on metal surfaces. GoToTags calls...

The smallest quantity of product that has to be purchased per order. Related  

A Bluetooth based tag technology; often refers to Apple’s iBeacon. Related iBeacon – Wikipedia  

A hardware transmitter that broadcasts to nearby devices.

An NFC encoding method that matches variable printed data on a physical tag to the data encoded to the NFC...

A tag that is not readable by a device. Related

Color model that consists of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key (Black). Other Resources CMYK Color Model – Wikipedia

A virtual line on a printed product indicating the approximate location of a die cut after printing.

A virtual line on a printed product indicating the maximum printable area prior to die cutting.