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TEC-IT Barcode Software Reference
The SCS also has a packaging indicator field preceding the UCC company prefix. Its symbology is
called Interleaved 2 of 5 (I-2/5) and uses a series of wide and narrow bands and spaces to
represent digits and is surrounded on two or four sides by a frame called a bearer.
The packaging indicator (historically called an assortment indicator) can be any single digit (except
8 which is reserved for future use):
Packaging
Indicator
Description
0 Is always used when the UPC code on the case and on the individual items inside the case are
different or when both a UPC Version A symbol and a UPC Shipping Container Symbol (I-2/5) must
appear on the same carton (for products where the shipping container also acts as the package for
the consumer product).
1 Is used traditionally when the UPC code on the case and on the individual items inside the case
are the same.
1-7 Can be used to signify a range of packaging levels
8 Reserved for future use
9 Is used only to signify a variable content shipment. The 9 indicates to the scanner that a mandatory
variable content add-on symbol follows the primary symbol.
Table 16: Shipping Container Symbol Packaging Indicator
6.1.86 USD-4
This symbology is identical with Codabar 2 Widths and is also known as Code 2 of 7 and as NW-7.
6.1.87 USPS Intelligent Mail® Barcode or IM® Barcode (4-State Customer Barcode)
Symbology number: 85
Valid characters: “0”..”9”, 20 digits + 0, 5, 9, or 11-digit ZIP
Code.
Quiet zone: vertical: 1/25 inch
horizontal: 1/8 inch
Module width: --
Standard print ratio: 1:1
Ratio format: 1B:1S
Default check digit: Automatic (symbology specific).
Symbol size: Up to 31 digits
This symbology is also known as
� OneCode 4CB
� USPS 4CB
� 4-CB
� 4-State Customer Barcode
� USPS OneCode Solution Barcode.
The following data is encoded:
� Barcode ID (1st digit: 0-9; 2nd digit: 0-4)
� Special services (range: 000-999)
� Customer ID (range: 000000-999999)
� Sequence number (range: 000000000-999999999)
� Delivery point ZIP code (0, 5, 9, or 11-digit ZIP code)
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