POSTNET

POSTNET Command Format

BARCODE

POSTNET; [DIR;] [BFn;L;] [DARK;] SR; SC [(D)data field(D)]

STOP

BARCODE

The Bar Code command; enter BARCODE.

POSTNET

Designates bar code type POSTNET; enter

 

POSTNET.

DIR

Optional parameter that allows for rotating a

 

barcode. Enter CW for clockwise rotation. Enter

 

CCW or VSCAN for counter-clockwise rotation.

 

Enter INV for inverted rotation. If DIR is not

 

entered, the barcode is horizontally oriented.

BFn;L

Optional parameters for assigning a dynamic bar

 

code data field location on a form and for

 

designating the length of the data field. With these

 

parameters, the actual data for the bar code data

 

field is provided dynamically during the Execute

 

Form mode; the data is not specified during the

 

Create Form mode. To use this field, perform the

 

following steps:

 

a.

Enter BF.

 

b.

Replace n with a number ranging from 1

 

 

through 512 to identify the bar code field. The

 

 

SR and SC parameters specify the exact

 

 

location of the bar code field identified by n.

 

c.

Replace L with a number equaling the total

 

 

number of characters in the field. The data

 

 

field must be numeric and contain exactly 5, 9

 

 

or 11 digits.

 

d.

The information for the data field is entered

 

 

dynamically during the Execute Form mode.

 

 

(Refer to “Execute Form: Dynamic Bar Code

 

 

Data” on page 63.) Do not use the data field

 

 

parameter to enter data when the BFn;L

 

 

parameters are used. However, refer to the

 

 

data field description for available characters.

DARK

Optional parameter to produce darker bar codes.

 

Enter DARK. Refer to “Dark Printing” on page 28

 

for more information.

SR

Defines the starting row for the bar code. Enter a

 

value in the range of the 4-inch vertical address

block. Character row or dot row is specified based on the Scale command (page 83), or use the CP.DP format (page 26).

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