Printing Guide

Bar Code Usages and Formats

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Bar Code Symbols and Formats

Singapore 4 State Bar Code

The Singapore Postal Service is promoting the use of a 4 State bar code to speed up mail

sorting. This 4 State bar code encodes a six digit number, and has a checksum appended to

the data. You must input this six digit number into the Bar Code Printing function, which

automatically calculates and prints the checksum.

Note that the Singapore 4 State bar code must end with a regular text font escape sequence.

Netherlands KIX Bar Code

The Dutch Postal Service is promoting the use of a 4 State bar code to speed up mail

sorting. This 4 State bar code encodes a character string from five to 12 characters, and has

a checksum appended to the data. You must input a valid character string into the Bar Code

Printing function.

Note that the Netherlands KIX bar code must end with a regular text font escape sequence.

UK Royal Mail 4 State Customer Bar Code

The UK Postal Service is promoting the use of a 4 State bar code to speed up mail sorting.

This 4 State bar code encodes a variable number of digits and letters, and has a checksum

appended to the data. You must input the correct digits and letters into the Bar Code Printing

function, which automatically calculates and prints the checksum.

Note that the UK Royal Mail 4 State Customer bar code must end with a regular text font

escape sequence.