Format Control Code

Australia Post 4-State Customer Codes are available in four different formats. The format determines the fields, format control code (FCC), and number of bars that compose the barcode. BarTender allows you to select a particular format, and generate a data source template for that format using the Data Source Wizard. The supported options for choosing a format are listed below.

• Standard Customer Barcode. The main function of this barcode is to provide delivery point information. No Customer Information field is used in this format.

• Customer Barcodes 2 & 3. These two formats are exactly the same as the Standard Customer Barcode except for an additional free-form Customer Information Field. The Customer Information Field is 16 bars long in Customer Barcode 2 whereas it is 32 bars long in Customer Barcode 3.

• Reply Paid Barcode. The basic format of this barcode is the same as a Standard Customer Barcode except a different format control code is used to specify the Reply Paid service is to be used.

• Set by Data Source. This option allows you to specify your own format control code after generating a data source template. If no format control code is specified, the code for a Standard Customer Barcode, 11, will be used in its place.

Supported Symbologies

• Australia Post 4-State Customer Code

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