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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
10 × 10
12 × 12
14 × 14
16 × 16
18 × 18
20 × 20
22 × 22
24 × 24
26 × 26
32 × 32
36 × 36
40 × 40
44 × 44
48 × 48
52 × 52
64 × 64
8 × 18
8 × 32
12 × 26
12 × 36
16 × 36
16 × 48
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12 cells
12 cells
Alphanumeric
Numbers
characters
6
3
10
6
16
10
24
16
36
25
44
31
60
43
72
52
88
64
124
91
172
127
228
169
288
214
348
259
408
304
560
418
10
6
20
13
32
22
44
31
64
46
98
72
Maximum data capacity
Kanji
Symbols
(two bytes)
3
5
1
9
3
14
5
22
8
28
10
38
14
46
17
57
21
81
30
113
42
150
56
190
72
230
86
270
101
372
139
5
1
12
4
20
7
28
10
41
15
64
23
Kana
(one byte)
-
1
3
6
10
16
20
28
34
42
60
84
112
142
172
202
278
3
8
14
20
30
47
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