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Australia Post 4-state Barcode - .NET Windows Forms
This Symbology is also known as Australian
4-state postal barcode, Australia Post Customer Barcode
This Barcode Symbology is supported by the following
Neodynamic products:
Overview
 This Symbology is used by
Australia Post for Postal code and automatic mail sorting. Australia Post has
chosen the 4-State Barcode, a derivation that is already used successfully by
other postal administrations. It comprises four types of bars (the four
states), each of which has a distinct name, value and barcode symbol. 
4-State Barcode Bars 
Sample of an Australia Post 4-State Barcode This Symbology comes in several versions:
| Short Name |
Proper Name |
FCC code |
Structure (# bars) |
| 37-CUST |
"Standard Customer Barcode" ("Customer Barcode 1") |
FCC = 11 |
DPID (16) |
| 37-REPL |
"Reply Paid Barcode" |
FCC = 45 |
dto. |
| 37-ROUT |
"Routing Barcode" |
FCC = 87 |
dto. |
| 37-REDI |
"Redirection Barcode" |
FCC = 92 |
dto. |
| 52-FF-MET |
"Customer Barcode 2" |
FCC = 59 |
DPID (16) + CustInfo (16) |
| 67-FF-MET |
"Customer Barcode 3" |
FCC = 62 |
DPID (16) + CustInfo (31) |
| 67-FF-MAN |
(reserved) |
FCC = 44 |
dto. |
Notes
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The first number indicates the total number of bars in the barcode.
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FCC
stands for "Format Control Code".
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DPID
stands for "Delivery Point Identifier" (also named as "Sorting Code") which
identifies destination of a piece of mail = 16 bars = 8 digits (using the N
table).
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CustInfo stands for "Customer Info". Free-format customer-specific data
area, may contain any information not interpreted by Australia Post = 16 or 31
bars. If it is numeric only, it can be encoded using the N table, thus
accommodating 8 or 15 digits. Otherwise the C table has to be used, thus
accommodating 5 or 10 chars. However, Barcode Professional implementation is
based on C encoding table only.
The value to encode has the following structure:
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2 digits for Format Control Code (FCC) which only valid values are: 11, 87, 45,
92, 59, 62, or 44 (See table above for more information about each FCC)
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8 digits for Sorting Code or Delivery Point Identifier (DPID)
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Alpha numeric characters (free format) for Customer Information Field (only
available for FCC equals to 59, 62, or 44)
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For FCC equals to 59, this field is limited to 5 characters
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For FCC equals to 62 or 44, this field is limited to 10 characters
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Reed Solomon Error Correction
Barcode Professional implements C Encoding Table which allows
you to encode Customer Information consisting of:
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Uppercase characters, from A to Z
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Lower case characters, from a to z
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Space and # characters
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Digits 0 to 9
How to create Australia Post 4-state barcodes using
Barcode Professional for
| ASP.NET/Windows
Forms/Reporting Services/Compact Framework |
WPF |
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Note: Please refer to the Class
Reference documentation for more information about the properties and methods
stated in this document.
In order to get an Australia Post 4-State barcode image,
please follow these steps:
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Set the Symbology property to AustraliaPost
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Setting up dimensions and quiet zones:
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Set the Postal4StateTrackerBarWidth property to a value ranging from 0.016
to 0.024
(Values are expressed in Inches)
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Set the Postal4StateTrackerBarHeight property to a value ranging from 0.039
to 0.063
(Values are expressed in Inches)
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Set the Postal4StateBarsSpacing property to a value ranging from 0.016
to 0.028
(Values are expressed in Inches)
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Set the QuietZoneWidth property to 0.24
(Value is expressed in Inches)
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Set the TopMargin and BottomMargin properties to 0.08 (Value
is expressed in Inches)
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Setting up the value to encode:
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Set the Code property to a value with the following structure:
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2 digits for Format Control Code (FCC)
which only valid values are 11, 87, 45, 92, 59, 62, or 44
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8 digits for Sorting Code or Delivery Point Identifier (DPID)
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(Optional) Alpha numeric characters (free format) for Customer
Information Field (only available for FCC equals to 59, 62, or 44)
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For FCC equals to 59, this field is limited to 5 characters
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For FCC equals to 62 or 44, this field is limited to 10 characters
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Examples of values that can be set to the Code property based on the
stated in the previous point:
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1139987520
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1167671415
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5932211324A124B
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5977665544C A P
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5956439111ABA 9
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6282224535555439
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6279438541AaaB 155
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6243289421CAM Num 20
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Reed Solomon Error Correction is automatically calculated and appended by
Barcode Professional.
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Tip: You can rid of the Reed Solomon values from the Human Readable text
by setting up to False the DisplayChecksum property.
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Set the CodeAlignment property to AboveLeft
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Set the Text property to an Empty string
Note: Please refer to the Class
Reference documentation for more information about the properties and methods
stated in this document.
In order to get an Australia Post 4-State barcode image,
please follow these steps:
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Set the Symbology property to AustraliaPost
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Setting up dimensions and quiet zones:
All values for barcode dimensions are expressed
in INCHES by default. However, Barcode Professional supports other unit
of measurement such as Millimeter, Centimeter, and Mils.
For modifying the unit of measurement for barcoding, please set up the BarcodeUnit
property as needed.
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Set the Postal4StateTrackerBarWidth property to a value ranging from 0.016
to 0.024 (Values are expressed in Inches)
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Set the Postal4StateTrackerBarHeight property to a value ranging from 0.039
to 0.063 (Values are expressed in Inches)
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Set the Postal4StateBarsSpacing property to a value ranging from 0.016
to 0.028 (Values are expressed in Inches)
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Set the QuietZone property to 0.24, 0.08, 0.24, 0.08 - Left, Top,
Right, Bottom (Value is expressed in Inches)
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Setting up the value to encode:
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Set the Code property to a value with the following structure:
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2 digits for Format Control Code (FCC) which only valid values are 11,
87, 45, 92, 59, 62, or 44
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8 digits for Sorting Code or Delivery Point Identifier (DPID)
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(Optional) Alpha numeric characters (free format) for Customer
Information Field (only available for FCC equals to 59, 62, or 44)
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For FCC equals to 59, this field is limited to 5 characters
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For FCC equals to 62 or 44, this field is limited to 10 characters
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Examples of values that can be set to the Code property based on the
stated in the previous point:
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1139987520
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1167671415
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5932211324A124B
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5977665544C A P
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5956439111ABA 9
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6282224535555439
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6279438541AaaB 155
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6243289421CAM Num 20
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Reed Solomon Error Correction is automatically calculated and appended by
Barcode Professional.
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Tip: You can rid of the Reed Solomon values from the Human Readable text
by setting up to False the DisplayChecksum property.
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Set the CodeAlignment property to AboveLeft
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Set the Text property to an Empty string
Australia Post 4-State barcode images generated based on some
values of point 3
Code property = 1139987520 will produce the
following barcode image:
Code property = 5956439111ABA 9 will produce the
following barcode image:
Code property = 6243289421CAM Num 20 will
produce the following barcode image:
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