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Select encoding for the Data Matrix. The code will be generated in the sorting field "Bc2D_" and then converted into a 2D code in the print layout. If you are using the PostSort production system, select Standard /GS1 encoding. If you use a production system from another operator, obtain information from that operator regarding the required format.
The subsequent processing in another production system determines which of these code formats should be generated.
Example GS1: (00)873132911111111111(420)13025(403)09099(4320)692(90)12345678
•Used as the standard format in PostSort
•The parentheses make the GS1 string human-readable by clearly indicating the boundaries between different data fields, especially between fixed-length and variable-length fields.
•The numbers in parentheses are AI (Application Identifiers), which specify the type of information contained in the following data field — for example SSCC, postal code, or internal reference.
•In the actual barcode, FNC1 and GS (Group Separator) are used instead as control and separator characters to help scanners correctly interpret variable-length fields.
Example with Leading Caret: ^0087313291111111111142013025^40309099^4320692^9012345678
•Here, ^ is used as a text representation of separator characters to indicate where a variable-length data field ends and the next AI field begins.
•Apart from the initial caret character, group separators are only required between variable-length fields and subsequent data.
•The SSCC field (00) has a fixed length (18 digits), allowing the scanner to automatically determine where the field ends. Therefore, no separator character is required between the SSCC field and the next field (420).
•Used to create a standard Data Matrix when a GS1-formatted Data Matrix cannot be generated.
•If caret notation is used, PostNord prefers the inclusion of this leading caret character: ^
Example Caret-notation: 0087313291111111111142013025^40309099^4320692^9012345678
•In this example, the leading caret character is omitted, which may be preferable in subsequent processing.
•If the information later needs to be converted into a GS1 Data Matrix in another application, this format can sometimes simplify the process.
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