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l Text: Enter the text used to generate the Barcode.
l
Add button: Click to display a list of variable data that could be used for
generating the Barcode.
This includes metadata fields which must previously have been added in the
Metadata options, likely at the Document Tags level (see Metadata Options), as well
as some information fields.
l Condition: Enter the condition which determines whether or not the Barcode will be
added to the document at print time. For details on how to create a conditional, see "How
to Set Conditionals" on page1314.
l
Add button: Click to display a list of metadata fields, information fields to add, or
common expressions to the condition.
Royal Mail 4 State Mailmark L Settings
Royal Mail 4-State Mailmark L is used by the British Royal Mail postal service. The barcode
contains an address, encoded in alpha-numeric format (0-9, A-Z).
The content (or message) of the barcode consists of the following 6 parts (or fields), which are
detailed here:
Field Length Allowed Characters
Format 1
[01234]
Version ID 1
[1234]
Class 1
[0123456789ABCDE]
Supply Chain ID 6
[0123456789]
Item ID 8
[0123456789]
Destination Post Code
plus DPS
9
[
0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ]
The value "XY11 " is used for this field to specify an
International Designation.
As an example, the message "11299999966448822CC00AA0A " has Format = 1, Version ID = 1,
Class = 2, Supply Chain ID = 999999, Item ID = 66448822 and Destination Post Code plus
DPS = "CC00AA0A ".
Note: the quotes are not part of the message, but are used here to indicate that the space is
part of the message.
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