Usps® Planet Code Barcode - Pitney Bowes DA80F Service Manual

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PLANET Code
Barcode
✍
Other valid tilde
TIP:
commands are:
~^ (IMBC) generic
~! Japanese 4-state
DA80F/DA95F AddressRight™ Printers Service Manual (SV61962 Rev. A)
Postal Alpha-Numeric Encoding Technique (PLANET) provides features that
are not currently available with the POSTNET barcode. PLANET barcodes
are broken down to a list of planets. The following is a list of each planet and
the applications supported by that planet's particular PLANET barcode.
Planet Digits
12
Jupiter
12
Mercury
12
Earth
12
Pluto
12 or 14
Saturn
12
Neptune
12 or 14
Venus
The PLANET barcodes have the exact same dimensional requirements as
POSTNET barcodes.
Most PLANET barcodes are placed in the address block portion of the mail
piece.
NOTE: Only PLANET Earth and Saturn barcodes may be printed in the tradi-
tional lower right area.
Example of using a PLANET bar code in the address block while placing a
USPS barcode below the address.
A PLANET code barcode will print on a line when the first two characters in the
line are a tilde followed by the pound character (~#) then the digits that repre-
sent the desired PLANET code (see figure below).
Printer Standards • Appendix E
Description
Barcode containing mail piece rate, presort bureau origin,
and customer identification
Barcode used for CONFIRM or CIPS service
Barcode used for sorting foreign mail.
Barcode for automated address correction requests.
Barcode for RTS or CFS mail
Barcode for mailer use
Barcode used for electronic tracking
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