Postal Alpha Numeric Encoding Technique
| Value | Encoding |
|---|---|
| 6 | | | | | | |
| 7 | | | | | | |
| 8 | | | | | | |
| 9 | | | | | | |
| 0 | | | | | | |
The Postale Post Office's "CONFIRM" services.
The PLANET barcode is either 52666666666666666666666666666666666 digits long. This limitation is contributing to its supersession by OneCodeSOLUTION (OCS).
The barcode:
- identifies mailpiece class and shape
- identifies the Confirm Subscriber ID
- includes up to 6 digits of additional information that the Confirm subscriber chooses, such as a mailing number, mailing campaign ID or customer ID
- ends with a check digit
Like POSTNET, PLANET barcodes encodes the data in half- and full-height bars. Also like POSTNET, the barcode always starts and ends with a full bar (often called a guard rail) and each individual digit is represented by a set of five bars using a two-out-of-five code. However, in POSTNET, the two bars are full bars; in PLANET, the two-of-five are the short bars. As with POSTNET, the check digit is calculated by summing the other characters and calculating the single digit which, when added to the sum, makes the total divisible by 10.