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Section
5
Quick-Reference Tables
of Data Capacities
V400-R1CF/R1CS
User’s Manual
Section 5
Appendix
Quick-Reference Tables of Data Capacities
The maximum amount of data that can be stored in a code varies with the symbol size. The
character types, order and combinations of different characters also affects the data capacity.
The relation between symbol size (number of cells) and data capacity is shown in the table
below.
DataMatrix
DataMatrix ECC200
In this example, the symbol size is 12
×
12 cells.
Symbol size
Maximum data capacity
Numbers
Alphanumeric
characters
Symbols
Kanji
(two bytes)
Kana
(one byte)
10
×
10
6
3
3
-
1
12
×
12
10
6
5
1
3
14
×
14
16
10
9
3
6
16
×
16
24
16
14
5
10
18
×
18
36
25
22
8
16
20
×
20
44
31
28
10
20
22
×
22
60
43
38
14
28
24
×
24
72
52
46
17
34
26
×
26
88
64
57
21
42
32
×
32
124
91
81
30
60
36
×
36
172
127
113
42
84
40
×
40
228
169
150
56
112
44
×
44
288
214
190
72
142
48
×
48
348
259
230
86
172
52
×
52
408
304
270
101
202
64
×
64
560
418
372
139
278
8
×
18
10
6
5
1
3
8
×
32
20
13
12
4
8
12
×
26
32
22
20
7
14
12
×
36
44
31
28
10
20
16
×
36
64
46
41
15
30
16
×
48
98
72
64
23
47
12 cells
12 cells