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centeredsymmetricalbullseyeisusefulinautomaticsymbollocationregardlessoforientation,andit
allowsMaxiCodesymbolstobescannedevenonapackagetravelingrapidly.
AllMaxiCodesymbolsincludeaStructuredCarrierMessagecontainingkeyinformationabouta
package.ThisinformationisprotectedwithastrongReed-Solomonerrorcorrectioncode,allowingit
tobereadevenifaportionofthesymbolisdamaged.Thesefieldsinclude:
Anationalpostalcode.MaxiCodesupportsbothnumericpostalcodes(e.g.aZIPCode),andalpha-
numericpostalcodes.
l A3-digitcountrycodeencodedperISO3166
l A3-digitclassofservicecodeassignedbythecarrier
l A20-charactertrackingnumber
l A2-4charactercodeindicatingtheoriginatingcarrier
AdditionalinformationcanbeencodedinaMaxiCodesymbol,butitmayrequirereducederrorcor-
rectionprotection:
l Purchaseordernumber
l Customerreference
l Invoicenumber
ThelabelingsoftwaresupportstwoMaxicodemodes:
l Mode2-Usedfornumericpostalcodes(primaryuseisUSdomesticdestinations)
l Mode3-Usedforalphanumericpostalcodes(priaryuseisinternationaldestinations)
Youcandefinethevaluesforindividualdatafields.Thevaluescanbefixed,justtypeinthevalue.
YoucanalsolinktheMaxicodefieldswithsomeofthevariabledefinedinyourlabeltemplate.
Edit Bar Code Dialog Box
ThisdialogboxisdisplayedwhenyouclicktheDefinebuttonontheBarCodedialogbox.
Inthisdialogboxyouspecifythetypeofbarcodeyouwanttouseonthelabelandallbarcodeprop-
erties:
n Howthebarcodeshouldbegenerated
n Automaticormanualcheckdigitcalculation
n Positionofthehumanreadable
n Otheroptionsdependantonthebarcodetype
ClicktheoptionEnable previewtopreviewthebarcode.Thebarcodesymbolwasdisplayedonthe
rightsideofthedialogbox.
ClicktheOKbuttontoconfirmthechangesyoumade.
ClicktheCancelbuttontodiscardthechanges.
General Tab
Onthistabyoucanselectthebarcodetypeyouwanttouseandthepropertiesofthebarcode.
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