Zint: Manual

Table of Contents

1: Introduction 2: Installation 3: Using GUI 4: Using CLI 5: Using API 6: Symbologies
6.1: One-Dimensional symbols 6.2: Stacked symbologies 6.3: Composite symbols (ISO 24723) 6.4: Two-Track symbols 6.5: 4-State Postal Codes 6.6: Two-Dimensional symbols 6.7: Other Barcode-Like Markings
7: Legal & Version Info A: Character Encoding B: Footnotes

6. Types of symbology

6.4 Two-Track Symbols

6.4.1 Two-Track Pharmacode

zint -b PHARMA_TWO --compliantheight -d "29876543"

Developed by Laetus, Pharmacode Two-Track is an alternative system to Pharmacode One-Track (see 6.1.9 Pharmacode) used for the identification of pharmaceuticals. The symbology is able to encode whole numbers between 4 and 64570080.

6.4.2 POSTNET

zint -b POSTNET --compliantheight -d "12345678901"

Used by the United States Postal Service until 2009, the POSTNET barcode was used for encoding zip-codes on mail items. POSTNET uses numerical input data and includes a modulo-10 check digit. While Zint will encode POSTNET symbols of up to 38 digits in length, standard lengths as used by USPS were PostNet6 (5-digit ZIP input), PostNet10 (5-digit ZIP + 4-digit user data) and PostNet12 (5-digit ZIP + 6-digit user data), and a warning will be issued if the input length is not one of these.

6.4.3 PLANET

zint -b PLANET --compliantheight -d "4012345235636"

Used by the United States Postal Service until 2009, the PLANET (Postal Alpha Numeric Encoding Technique) barcode was used for encoding routing data on mail items. PLANET uses numerical input data and includes a modulo-10 check digit. While Zint will encode PLANET symbols of up to 38 digits in length, standard lengths used by USPS were Planet12 (11-digit input) and Planet14 (13-digit input), and as with POSTNET a warning will be issued if the length is not one of these.