TEC B-372-QP Manual page 103


Format ID
Data Matrix can handle all codes including alphanumerics, symbols and Kanji. Since
data compression rate varies according to codes, however, a code to be used is
designated using the format ID.
Format ID
1 Numerics
2 Alphabets
3 Alphanumerics, symbols
4 Alphanumerics
5 ASCII (7-bit)
6 ISO (8-bit)
11 Numerics
12 Alphabets
13 Alphanumerics, symbols
14 Alphanumerics
15 ASCII (7-bit)
16 ISO (8-bit)

Maximum number of digits
The maximum number of digits varies according to the ECC type or format ID.
Since each Kanji character uses 2 bytes, the maximum number of digits for it becomes
half of the following values.
ECC
0 10
ID
1 to 6
11
12
13
14
15
16
ECC
0
ID
1 500
2 452
3 394
4 413
5 310
6 271
Numeric
ECC200 2000
For the maximum number of digits in cell units, see the next page.
Code
0 to 9 space
A to Z space
0 to 9 A to Z space . , - /
0 to 9 A to Z space
00H to 7FH
00H to FFH (Kanji)
0 to 9 space
A to Z space
0 to 9 A to Z space . , - /
0 to 9 A to Z space
00H to 7FH
00H to FFH (Kanji)
40 50 60 70 80
500 digits
2000 digits
2000 digits
[Before ECC200 was available]
50 80 100
457 402 300
333 293 218
291 256 190
305 268 200
228 201 150
200 176 131
Alphanumeric
2000
- 87 -
Details
90 100 110 120
2000 1692
1973 1476
2000 2000 1547 2000 2000 1546
1550 1160
1356 1015
140
144
105
91
96
72
63
8 bits
1556
130 140
2000 1691
1972 1475
1549 1159
1355 1014