User guide

64 Label Studio User’s Guide
Intelligent Mail barcode
data
The Intelligent Mail barcode supports 20, 25, 29, or 31 character digits of data.
Label Studio encodes the data into the Descender, Ascender, Tracker, and Full
barcode characters. The following table outlines the data layout.
Adjusting the height
and width of the
Intelligent Mail
barcode
In Label Toolbox, you can adjust height and width of the Intelligent Mail barcode
if you’re using a Windows or PCL print driver. You may need to adjust the height
and width, depending on your printer’s output, to make the barcode meet USPS
requirements.
1. Select the Intelligent Mail barcode on your mail piece design.
2. Right-click and choose Properties.
3. Adjust the Width and Height settings as needed.
Set default You can change the default Intelligent Mail barcode width if you’re working with
a Windows or PCL print driver. The default setting is used in the following cases:
 For any new Intelligent Mail barcode objects that you place.
 When a new design is created using the Label Toolbox wizard and an
Intelligent Mail barcode is selected to be added to the label.
 To adjust the Intelligent Mail barcode width default in Label Toolbox:
1. Choose Tools > Options.
2. At the Miscellany tab, adjust the Default IM barcode font width for new
objects setting as needed.
Data Digits Description
Application ID 2 Identifies the barcode for internal USPS use only. The
second digit must be a number between 0
– 4.
Service 3 Identifies the type of service or product. Use any of the
the current 2-digit Confirm Service codes with the addi-
tion of a preceding zero.
Subscriber ID 6 The Confirm identification number assigned to you by
the USPS. This number was expanded to 6-digits to
accommodate growth. Append your current subscriber
ID with a preceding zero.
Unique ID 9 Any number that you use for unique identification.
Routing ZIP None, 5,
9, or 11
The Delivery Point ZIP Code for the addressee. This
data is the same as used for the current POSTNET code.