IBM AS/400 manual Jpbc, Ibm

The

Royal Mail Bar Code (RM4SCC) consists of

four

parts;

the

Interna

Prefix

(optional),

the

Outward Code

(required),

the

Inward

Code

(r

the

Delivery Point Suffix (optional).

The

International Prefix, when used, contains three numeric digits.

The

Outward Code contains from two

to

four

characters in one of th

seven

forms where

A

is alphabetic

and

N is

numeric:

ANA

AAN

AANN

AANA

AN

ANN

AAA

The Inward Code contains one numeric character followed by two alph

characters.

The

Delivery Point Suffix, when used, contains one numeric digit follo

one

alphabetic character other than C,

I,

K,

M,

O,

and

V.

Ÿ JPBC

The following characters are valid.

ð123456789

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

-

The

length of data can be from 7 to 50 characters.

For

additional information about JPBC bar code data,

press

the Help

the

cursor in the Bar code data prompt on

the Define Bar Code o

Code

display. For a complete set of rules,

see

the

Japan

Postal

B

Command

Specifications.

Check Digit: The following explainsCheckthe digitprompt in detail.

Ÿ3-of-9 code, 2-of-5 Industrial, 2-of-5 Matrix, Interleaved 2-of-5, Coda CODE128.

YGenerates a check character and prints it with the bar c

NPrints the bar code with no printer-generated check charact

The default value is N.

ŸMSI

1

Prints

the

bar

code

with IBM modulo-10 check

digit

generate

the

printer,

and places this check digit

at

the

end

of

t

modulo-10

check

digit

is the second check digit.

2

Prints

the

bar

code

with

both

check

digits

generated

by

and

places

them

at

the end of the data. The first and

s

digits

are

IBM

modulo-10.

3

Prints

the

bar

code

with

both

check

digits

generated

by

and

places

them

at

the end of the data. The first check

modulo-11. The second check digit is IBM modulo-10. The

remainder

equals

the

check

digit. A

check

digit

of

10

is

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