Appendix G – Bar Code Details
238 Class Series 2 Programmer’s Manual
W1m / W1M: Australia Post 4-State Bar Code
Length: 37, 52, or 67 bars
Usage: This symbol is used for processing mail in the Australia Post System. The symbol
is 37, 52 or 67 bars in length, and the height and ratios are fixed according to the
specification (see “Customer Barcoding Technical Specifications” from Australia Post for
more information).
Syntax for the Australia Post 4-State Bar Code (spaces added for readability):
a W1 m c d eee ffff gggg hh iiiiiiii j…j
Where:
Field Valid Inputs Meaning
a
1,2,3, and 4 Rotation
W1
W1 Fixed value, extended bar code set
m
m and M
Lowercase selects the Australia Post bar code, and
uppercase selects the Australia Post bar code with a
hu
man readable field.
c
0 Not used.
d
0 Not used.
eee
000 Not used.
ffff
0000 to 9999 Label position, row
gggg
0000 to 9999 Label position, column
hh
11, 87, 45, 92, 59, 62,
44
Format Control Code (FCC):
FCC Value Resulting Format
11 Standard Customer Bar Code
87 Routing Bar Code
45 Reply Paid Bar Code
92 Redirection Bar Code
59 Customer Bar Code 2
62 Customer Bar Code 3
44 Reserved
iiiiiiii
00000000-99999999 8-digit Delivery Point Identifier (DPID)
j…j
0-9, a-z, A-Z, #, space
Optional – Customer information, Bar Code 2 or 3 (Bar
Code 2 has a maximum of 8 digits or 5 alphanumeric
characters, while Bar Code 3 has a maximum of 15 digits
or 10 alphanumeric characters), where if all numeric then
data will be encoded in N-type; otherwise, C-type will be
used.
Example 1:
The following example prints a standard Customer Bar Code using a DPID of
“39987520”:
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