Australia Post 4-State Symbols - Barcode Type¶
Australia Post Standard Customer Barcode, Customer Barcode 2, and Customer Barcode 3 are 37-bar, 52-bar, and 67-bar specifications respectively, developed by Australia Post for printing Delivery Point ID (DPID) and customer information on mail items. Valid data characters are 0-9, A-Z, a-z, space, and hash (#). A Format Control Code (FCC) is added by Zint and should not be included in the input data. Reed-Solomon error correction data is generated by Zint. Encoding behaviour is determined by the length of the input data according to the formula shown in the following table:
| Input Length | Required Input Format | Symbol Length | FCC | Encoding Table |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 99999999 | 37-bar | 11 | None |
| 13 | 99999999AAAAA | 52-bar | 59 | C |
| 16 | 9999999999999999 | 52-bar | 59 | N |
| 18 | 99999999AAAAAAAAAA | 67-bar | 62 | C |
| 23 | 99999999999999999999999 | 67-bar | 62 | N |