Australia Post 4-state Barcode

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

Autralia Post 4-state BarcodeThis 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
4-State Barcode Bars

Sample of an Australia Post 4-State Barcode
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
  • The first number indicates the total number of bars in the barcode.
  • FCC stands for "Format Control Code".
  • 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).
  • 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:
  • 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)
  • 8 digits for Sorting Code or Delivery Point Identifier (DPID)
  • Alpha numeric characters (free format) for Customer Information Field (only available for FCC equals to 59, 62, or 44)
    • For FCC equals to 59, this field is limited to 5 characters
    • For FCC equals to 62 or 44, this field is limited to 10 characters
  • Reed Solomon Error Correction
Barcode Professional implements C Encoding Table which allows you to encode Customer Information consisting of:
  • Uppercase characters, from A to Z
  • Lower case characters, from a to z
  • Space and # characters
  • Digits 0 to 9

How to create Australia Post 4-state barcodes using Barcode Professional for

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:
  • Set the Symbology property to AustraliaPost
  • Setting up dimensions and quiet zones:
    • Set the Postal4StateTrackerBarWidth property to a value ranging from 0.016 to 0.024 (Values are expressed in Inches)
    • Set the Postal4StateTrackerBarHeight property to a value ranging from 0.039 to 0.063 (Values are expressed in Inches)
    • Set the Postal4StateBarsSpacing property to a value ranging from 0.016 to 0.028 (Values are expressed in Inches)
    • Set the QuietZoneWidth property to 0.24 (Value is expressed in Inches)
    • Set the TopMargin and BottomMargin properties to 0.08 (Value is expressed in Inches)
  • Setting up the value to encode:
    • Set the Code property to a value with the following structure:
      • 2 digits for Format Control Code (FCC) which only valid values are 11, 87, 45, 92, 59, 62, or 44
      • 8 digits for Sorting Code or Delivery Point Identifier (DPID)
      • (Optional) Alpha numeric characters (free format) for Customer Information Field (only available for FCC equals to 59, 62, or 44)
        • For FCC equals to 59, this field is limited to 5 characters
        • For FCC equals to 62 or 44, this field is limited to 10 characters
    • Examples of values that can be set to the Code property based on the stated in the previous point:
      • 1139987520
      • 1167671415
      • 5932211324A124B
      • 5977665544C A P
      • 5956439111ABA 9
      • 6282224535555439
      • 6279438541AaaB 155
      • 6243289421CAM Num 20
    • Reed Solomon Error Correction is automatically calculated and appended by Barcode Professional.
      • Tip: You can rid of the Reed Solomon values from the Human Readable text by setting up to False the DisplayChecksum property.
  • Set the CodeAlignment property to AboveLeft
  • 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:
  • Set the Symbology property to AustraliaPost
  • 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.
    • Set the Postal4StateTrackerBarWidth property to a value ranging from 0.016 to 0.024 (Values are expressed in Inches)
    • Set the Postal4StateTrackerBarHeight property to a value ranging from 0.039 to 0.063 (Values are expressed in Inches)
    • Set the Postal4StateBarsSpacing property to a value ranging from 0.016 to 0.028 (Values are expressed in Inches)
    • Set the QuietZone property to 0.24, 0.08, 0.24, 0.08 - Left, Top, Right, Bottom (Value is expressed in Inches)
  • Setting up the value to encode:
    • Set the Code property to a value with the following structure:
      • 2 digits for Format Control Code (FCC) which only valid values are 11, 87, 45, 92, 59, 62, or 44
      • 8 digits for Sorting Code or Delivery Point Identifier (DPID)
      • (Optional) Alpha numeric characters (free format) for Customer Information Field (only available for FCC equals to 59, 62, or 44)
        • For FCC equals to 59, this field is limited to 5 characters
        • For FCC equals to 62 or 44, this field is limited to 10 characters
    • Examples of values that can be set to the Code property based on the stated in the previous point:
      • 1139987520
      • 1167671415
      • 5932211324A124B
      • 5977665544C A P
      • 5956439111ABA 9
      • 6282224535555439
      • 6279438541AaaB 155
      • 6243289421CAM Num 20
    • Reed Solomon Error Correction is automatically calculated and appended by Barcode Professional.
      • Tip: You can rid of the Reed Solomon values from the Human Readable text by setting up to False the DisplayChecksum property.
  • Set the CodeAlignment property to AboveLeft
  • 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:

Australia Post 4-State barcode images - Code property = 1139987520

Code property = 5956439111ABA 9 will produce the following barcode image:

Australia Post 4-State barcode images - Code property = 5956439111ABA 9

Code property = 6243289421CAM Num 20 will produce the following barcode image:

Australia Post 4-State barcode images - Code property = 6243289421CAM Num 20