Swiss Postal
Byte
Field name
0–1
Symbology ID
2
Text Location
3
Text Typeface
4
Text Style
5
Bar Height Units
6–7
Bar Height
8
Bar/Space Width
Units
9–10
Bar Width #1
(Module Width)
11–12
Space Width #1
13–14
Bar Width #2
15–16
Space Width #2
17–18
Bar Width #3
19–20
Space Width #3
21–22
Bar Width #4
23–24
Space Width #4
25–31
Reserved
Notes on Swiss Postal:
Bar Height (bytes 6–7) must be:
• Greater than or equal to 20 mm for module widths less than or equal to 0.45 mm.
• Greater than or equal to 23 mm for module widths greater than 0.45 mm.
Default
Range
value
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102 (dec)
00 66 (hex)
This value is
4 (dec)
fixed.
04 (hex)
This value is
2 (dec)
fixed.
02 (hex)
This value is
3 (dec)
fixed.
03 (hex)
0–4 (dec)
4 (dec)
00–04 (hex)
04 (hex)
See notes that
653 (dec)
follow the table.
02 8D (hex)
0–4 (dec)
02 (hex)
00–04 (hex)
0.40–0.51 mm
11 (dec)
0B (hex)
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0B (hex)
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16 (hex)
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16 (hex)
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21 (hex)
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21 (hex)
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2C (hex)
—
2C (hex)
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One-dimensional bar codes
43
Description
Selects Swiss Postal symbology.
#p parameter
#h parameter, "A" value
#h parameter, "C" value
Specifies units for bar height dimensions.
0 = Use default value
1 = 1/300 inch units
2 = 1/600 inch units
3 = 1/1200 inch units
4 = 1/720 inch units
#v parameter (in bar height units, see byte
5)
Specifies units for bar and space widths.
0 = Use default value
1 = 1/300 inch units
2 = 1/600 inch units
3 = 1/1200 inch units
4 = 1/720 inch units
All bar and space widths are determined by
the module width.
Bar/Space width K is K*(Module width).
See Module Width note above.
See Module Width note above.
See Module Width note above.
See Module Width note above.
See Module Width note above.
See Module Width note above.
See Module Width note above.
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