A Delivery Point Barcode (DPBC) is a POSTNET™ barcode representation of the address. It consists of 62 bars with beginning and ending frame bars and five bars each for the ZIP + 4® Code, a value calculated based on the street address number, and a correction digit. The DPBC allows automated sortation of letter mail to the carrier level in walk sequence. Validate Address generates the data you need to assemble a DPBC.
To generate the data needed to assemble a DPBC, select the Include postal information check box on the Output Data Options tab. This will return a variety of data about the address, including data needed to construct DPBCs. For information on the specific data that this option will return, see Postal Data Output.
Field Name |
Description |
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PostalBarCode |
The delivery point portion of the delivery point barcode. |
USBCCheckDigit |
Check-digit portion of the 11-digit delivery point barcode. |
To assemble a DPBC you concatenate the values found in the Validate Address output fields as follows:
PostalCode.Base + PostalCode.Addon + PostalBarcode + USBCCheckDigit
For example, if you have the following:
- PostalCode.Base = 49423
- PostalCode.Addon = 4506
- PostalBarcode = 29
- USBCCheckDigit = 2
The assembled barcode would be:
494234506292