Symbol Size and Data Capacity
The relation between symbol size and data capacity (the maximum number of character) of DataMatrix code is shown
below.
Symbol Size
10 x 10
12 x 12
14 x 14
16 x 16
18 x 18
20 x 20
22 x 22
24 x 24
26 x 26
32 x 32
36 x 36
40 x 40
44 x 44
48 x 48
52 x 52
64 x 64
72 x 72
80 x 80
88 x 88
8 x 18
8 x 32
12 x 26
12 x 36
16 x 36
16 x 48
*1 : Though the codes indicated with "255 *" can contain more than 255 digits based on their standard, in the laser marker
255 digits are the max. amount of the code data to be input.
*2 : In Alphanumeric, according to the number (0 to 9) and capital alphabet (A to Z) combination, there is a case that the
max. digits of the input data can exceed the number shown above list. If the code data includes lower-case characters,
symbols or control codes, the available data capacity may be smaller than the above specified number.
322
Alphanumeric: 0 to 9,
Numeric: 0 to 9
A to Z, space
(single byte)
(single byte) *2
6
10
16
24
36
44
60
72
88
124
172
228
255 *
10
20
32
44
64
98
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Kanji
3
0
6
1
10
3
16
5
25
8
31
10
43
14
52
17
64
21
91
30
127
42
169
56
214
71
86
101
138
255 *
182
226
255 *
6
1
13
4
22
7
31
10
46
15
72
23
Error correction
overhead [%]
62.5
58.3
55.6
50
43.8
45
40
40
38.9
36.7
32.8
29.6
28
28.1
29.2
28.6
28.1
29.6
28
58.3
52.4
46.7
45
42.9
36.4