POSTNET Barcode Fonts (POSTNET,PLANET,FIM, OCR-a)
This package now includes POSTNET, PLANET, FIM and OCR-A fonts.

(The above sample is a POSTNET barcode encoding a ZIP+4 digit number)

Our POSTNET Font Advantage Package allows you to print POSTNET, PLANET, FIM, OCR-A and Interleaved 2 of 5 from MS Windows, Macintosh, UNIX and a variety of other operating systems; TrueType, OpenType, PCL laserjet soft fonts, PostScript (type 1) Binary and ASCII versions are provided.  Custom BDF, FON, AFP, Xerox Metacode, XES and FNT fonts can also be created with the Developer's License.  Our POSTNET Font Advantage Package is much more than just a few fonts. 

This package contains several different font versions in 6 different font formats. You also receive font tools, macros and source code to help you integrate the fonts into your applications. Implementing barcode solutions with our fonts provides a high level of scalability with operating system, application and printer independence. Learn more about the quality of our fonts.

If you are not familiar with barcode fonts, please visit out Barcode Tutorial Center for Beginners.

• With the purchase of a Developer License and 1 year of support and upgrade protection, we can convert fonts from this package to PCL 4, Xerox Metacode, XES, FNT, BDF, FON and AFP.  The Developer License also grants you the right to convert our fonts to other formats as necessary including TrueDoc and OpenType.

• We recommend you use our Font Tools to automatically perform the required check character calculations on POSTNET, PLANET, Code 128 and Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode fonts and ensure the printed barcode will scan properly.
• Although the POSTNET and PLANET bar code fonts are scaleable, you should use the font size of 12 when printing them. FIM symbols should be printed with a font size of 36 as in the example at the bottom of the page. Interleaved 2 of 5 and Code 128 fonts should be printed at 20 points for USPS Special Services.
• POSTNET barcodes can be printed as a 5 digit POSTNET bar code, ZIP+4 POSTNET bar code or a Delivery Point Bar Code which is also referred to as DPBC.  If you are in doubt on which method you should use, contact your local post office for more information. 
  • The 5 digit POSTNET bar code consists of the start/stop character, 5 digit ZIP code data, check digit and the start/stop character, for a total of 32 bars.
  • The  ZIP+4 POSTNET bar code consists of the start/stop character, 9 digit ZIP code data, check digit and the start/stop character, for a total of 52 bars.
  • The  DPBC POSTNET bar code consists of the start/stop character, 9 digit ZIP code data, two DPBC numbers, check digit and the start/stop character, for a total of 62 bars. The two DPBC numbers are usually the last two digits of the street address, PO Box or route number.  If you are planning on using DPBC, we recommend you examine chapter 5 of the USPS Domestic Mail Manual for information on handling abnormal addresses.
• The POSTNET barcodes must be printed on specific areas of mail, usually directly below the address. For more information on formatting and placement of POSTNET bar codes or FIM symbol placement, refer to Chapter 5 of the USPS document Domestic Mail Manual and USPS Publication 25 or contact your local post office Automation Specialist for assistance.
• Before sending your printed barcodes to the Post Office, we recommend you find some method of doing a test scan on the barcode or verify it with a POSTNET Barcode Verifier. We offer an easy to use Postnet scanner and verifier that will grade your barcodes with a quality assurance test and report possible problems. This is an example of the output we received when scanning a barcode that was still acceptable to the post office:
   >>> PQA from HHP <<<
  POSTNET: 62 Bars, nominally from 02.54 to 03.05 in. in Width
  Bar Sequence: 10011000110011001100010100000111100000110100011000101010011001
  [A] (Ok) < Tall Bar Heights: 0.130 in.
  [B] (Hi) < Short Bar Heights: 0.058 in.
  [A] (Ok) < Bar Widths = 0.021 in.
  [A] (Ok) < Inter-Bar Gaps = 0.024 in.

We recommend you use our Font Tools to automatically perform the required check character calculations. However, if you wish to manually calculate the check digit and add in the start and stop characters, it is not that difficult:

• The start/stop character must be used at the beginning and ending of every POSTNET barcode. For best performance, the parentheses are used for start and stop characters; "(" for start and  ")" for stop. Start and stop codes are combined for the "!, *, s, or S" characters.
• The last digit of the printed POSTNET barcode symbol is a check digit. The check digit is obtained by determining the number that when added to the sum of all numbers of the data in the POSTNET code will produce a multiple of 10.  For example; the check digit for the POSTNET number of 33727-1426 is 5 because (3+3+7+2+7+1+4+2+6=35 and 35+5=40) Therefore, the sum of all POSTNET data including the check digit must be a multiple of 10.  The actual font characters used to print this POSTNET code would be (3372714265).

The following are specifications for the POSTNET and PLANET Fonts:

The following are specifications for the OCR-A Fonts:

The following are specifications for the Interleaved 2 of 5 Font IDAutomationI25L:

The following are specifications for the Code 128 Font IDAutomationC128L :

Font names in the package and compatible functions:   (click here to view font names prior to July, 2003)

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  Pricing and Licensing:

The following is a summary of licensing and pricing, refer to the License Agreement for details about the license.

• The Small Company Developer License costs $417. With this license, the rights of the Developer License are granted to all organizations with a gross annual revenue or funding of less than 1 million U.S. Dollars (or equivalent amount in a foreign currency) if that company purchases either three (3) Single User Licenses for the same font product or the Small Company Developer License and sends us a signed Small Company Agreement.
• The Developer License costs $790 and allows one developer royalty-free distribution of the Software internally (in the same organization) and externally (outside the organization bundled with an application) up to 10,000 user licenses, provided you adhere to the Developer License distribution terms. When distributing the fonts outside your organization, you may not resell, rent, lease or distribute the fonts alone, they must be distributed as a component of an application and bundled with an application or with the application's installation files. For details, review the distribution terms. If you have more than one developer that will be developing applications using the fonts, you will need to purchase a Developer License for each additional developer.
• The 5 Developer License costs $1580 and grants the rights of the Developer License for up to 5 developers and 20,000 user licenses. This license is also granted if two Developer Licenses are purchased.
• The Unlimited Developer License costs $2370 and grants the rights of the Developer License for an unlimited number of developers and an unlimited number of user licenses. This license is also granted if three Developer Licenses are purchased.
• The Single User License costs $139 and allows use of the Software for one effective user in your organization. The number of effective users for software licensing is determined by the method defined below that returns the greatest number.
  1. The number of users contributing to the data that is printed with the Software. For example, 100 users entering or editing data on a host where only 1 program prints barcodes to 1 printer, would require 100 user licenses. According to the multi-user licensing below, this would require 4 Single User Licenses to be purchased.
  2. The number of users that have the Software installed on their CPU.
  3. The number of printers that are being printed to with the Software. For example, 1 user printing to 5 printers would require 5 licenses. Per the multi-user licensing below, only 2 Single User Licenses would need to be purchased.
• Multi-User Licenses are obtained by ordering multiple single user licenses of the same product. The effective number of licensed users is determined by the following:
  1 Single User License =  1 licensed user
  2 Single User Licenses = 5 licensed users
  3 Single User Licenses = 25 licensed users
  4 Single User Licenses = 100 licensed users
  5 Single User Licenses = 500 licensed users
  6 Single User Licenses = Developer License Granted for 10,000 licensed users
• The Complete Barcode, MICR and OCR Font License allows you to order all of our fonts in one package for a reasonable price. Single user versions are available as well as multi-user and developer licenses. View the link above for pricing on this license.
• We offer free technical support and product upgrades for a period of 90 days from the date of purchase on all software products. Technical support and product upgrades may be provided beyond 90 days if the Extended Support and Upgrade Protection option is purchased when you order.

Platform : Windows 98 or above, MAC, UNIX

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There are installation procedures for Windows 2000, Macintosh, UNIX and other operating systems.

To install the POSTNET Postal bar code font on Windows systems: 

• Click on Start, select settings and click on Control Panel.
• Click on Fonts, click on File in your main tool bar, select Install New Font.
• Select the folder where you placed the POSTNET bar code font.
• The POSTNET font will appear and look like this: IDAutomationPOSTNET (true type) - select this font and click on OK.
• Click Start and choose to shut down and restart your computer.
• The font should be active when you restart your computer.
• To create the correct output for the POSTNET Postal bar code font you will need to type in the corresponding letter as in the example:

  IDAutomationPOSTNET Barcode Fonts:

  IDAutomationPOSTNET Font Bar Code Font Symbols (print font size = 12)
  

  IDAutomationFIM Barcode Fonts:

  For Business Reply Mail, OCR Readable Mail and Courtesy Reply Mail (These fonts are included with your POSTNET font order)

  POSTNET FIM Bar Code Font Symbols (print font size = 36)
  

  POSTNET FIM Font Symbols (print font size = 48)
  

  POSTNET FIM Font Symbols (print font size = 36 to 48)
  

Barcode Fonts Packages for Organizations and Individuals

Please note that you can  purchase Barcode, MICR and OCR Font Advantage Package ( $299.95) - includes Barcode 39, Code 128, UCC-128, Interleaved 2 of 5, Industrial 2 of 5, MICR E-13B, CMC-7, POSTNET, PLANET, RM4SCC, OCR-A, OCR-B, Codabar, MSI / Plessy, Code 11, Code 25, UPC-A, EAN-8, EAN-13, EAN-14 and Code 93.

Please note that you can also purchase Universal Barcode Advantage Package - $199.95 that supports AIM USS Code 128, UCC-128, EAN-128, Barode 39, Interleaved 2 of 5, USPS Postnet, Planet, MSI and Codabar.

Or you can purchase  TrueType Barcode Font Advantage Package - $199.95
This package includes easy to install executable files for installing TrueType versions of our Code 39, Extended Code 39, Code 128, UPC-EAN, Codabar, Interleaved 2 of 5, Postnet, Planet, MICR E-13B, CMC-7, OCR-A, OCR-B and EZ Barcode font packages.

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