POSTNET (Style 50)
You cannot adjust POSTNET bar code attributes with ESC[(p1);..(p12)}. All attribute parameters except the style parameter (p1) are ignored by POSTNET, although they are processed, saved, and would apply to a subsequent bar code of another style if not overwritten. To select POSTNET, you need to send only ESC [50}. You cannot print
There are three variations of POSTNET. They are ZIP, ZIP+4, and ABC. The printer determines which variation is being called for by the number of characters in the symbol string. Legal characters are the numerals 0 - 9 (30 hex - 39 hex) and the dash symbol (2D hex), which is ignored. Any other printable characters in the symbol string cause an error character (diamond) to be printed.
ZIP | 5 digits plus 1 check digit |
ZIP+4 | 9 digits plus 1 check digit |
ABC | 11 digits plus 1 check digit |
The check digit is the digit that makes the sum of the digits in the symbol string, including the check digit, evenly divisible by 10. For example, if you send the ZIP symbol string "12345", then the sum of those five digits is 15, so "123455" would be the complete ZIP symbol.
If you do not send a check digit, then the printer computes it and prints it. If you do send a check digit, the printer compares your check digit with its internal computation; and if the two numbers do not agree, then an error character is printed.
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