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The Australia Post 4-state customer barcode carries an address's DPID - the 8-digit Delivery Point Identifier Australia Post gives every address - so sorting machines can route the letter. Each bar is one of four kinds: full height, top half, bottom half or short.
![]() Standard Customer | ![]() Customer Barcode 2, with customer information |
| What it holds | |
| Characters | The 2-digit FCC (Format Control Code), the 8-digit DPID and, in some barcodes, customer information - all typed together, with no spaces. |
| Check digit | Error correction (Reed-Solomon) is built into the bars by Labeljoy. |
| Readable text | The FCC, the DPID and any customer information, with a space between them. |
| Modes | |
| Standard Customer | For ordinary mail. Start with the FCC:
11 - the Standard Customer Barcode: FCC and DPID, 10 digits. 59 - Customer Barcode 2: then up to 8 digits of your own, or up to 5 characters (letters, digits, space, #). 62 - Customer Barcode 3: then up to 15 digits, or up to 10 characters. |
| Reply Paid | Reply paid mail, FCC 45. |
| Routing | FCC 87. |
| Redirect | Redirected mail, FCC 92. A new Australia Post barcode starts in this mode: choose Standard Customer for ordinary mail. |
For Reply Paid, Routing and Redirect you can type the DPID alone, 8 digits: Labeljoy adds the FCC the mode stands for. Typing the FCC as well works too.
The rest of the settings - text position, quiet zone, color - are in the Barcode section.
| What goes wrong | |
| FCC and DPID must be numeric data. | The first 10 characters must all be digits - no spaces between the FCC and the DPID. |
| Invalid Format Control Code. | The FCC isn't one the mode takes: 11, 59 or 62 for Standard Customer, 45 for Reply Paid, 87 for Routing, 92 for Redirect. |
| Input data wrong length. | Fewer than 10 digits for the FCC and DPID. |
| Input is wrong length for Format Control Code 11. | FCC 11 takes no customer information: exactly 10 digits. |
| Input is wrong length for selected AusPost symbol. | Reply Paid, Routing and Redirect take the DPID, 8 digits, or the FCC and DPID, 10. |
| Customer information this long must be digits only. | Over 5 characters (FCC 59) or 10 (FCC 62), the customer information can only be digits. |
| Invalid data for Character encoding. | The customer information has a character it can't hold - only letters, digits, space and #. |
| Input is wrong length for Customer Information Field. | More than 8 digits (FCC 59) or 15 (FCC 62). |
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