PLANET stands for Postal Alpha Numeric Encoding Technique. PLANET was designed by U.S Post Office capable of encoding inbound and outbound letter mail.

Character set of PLANET barcode symbology

The character set of PLANET barcode symbology contains numbers (0-9) with a length of 12-14 digits long.

Structure of PLANET barcode symbology

PLANET barcode structure consists of class, shape, confirm subscriber ID and a check digit (calculated according to modulo 10).

PLANET barcode structure encodes data using half and full height bars. Each digit specifies a pair of five bars including two small and three complete bars.

Applications of PLANET barcode symbology

United States Post Office use PLANET to track incoming and outgoing mails.

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