diff --git a/mac/daemon.py b/mac/daemon.py
index 91f2084..f9f6f0d 100644
--- a/mac/daemon.py
+++ b/mac/daemon.py
@@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ def do_print(body, encode):
                 return {'ok': False, 'error': 'RFID encode failed verification',
                         'epc': epc, 'epcBefore': before, 'readBack': p.read_uhf(),
                         'note': 'nothing printed -- no label wasted'}
+        # DISARM the firmware's own RFID pass before printing. We have already encoded and
+        # verified the chip ourselves (above), so the PRINT job carries no RFID data -- and with
+        # encoding armed the firmware treats that as a failed encode and VOIDs the label,
+        # overprinting "VOID VOID VOID" across the bottom third, on top of the info line and the
+        # QR. Seen on the bench. SET RFID OFF stops it, and it costs nothing: proven live that
+        # both UHF READ and UHF WRITE keep working with the firmware pass off, and the module
+        # stays alive for the next label. So it is simply never re-armed.
+        if encode:
+            p.cmd('SET RFID OFF')
+            time.sleep(0.4)
         # 1) direct thermal. Wait out transient busy states before feeding to clear,
         #    so we don't waste a label on a momentary post-print code.
         p.ribbon_off()