322Symbol Size and Data CapacityThe relation between symbol size and data capacity (the maximum number of character) of DataMatrix code is shownbelow.Symbol Size Numeric: 0 to 9(single byte)Alphanumeric: 0 to 9,A to Z, space(single byte) *2Kanji Error correctionoverhead [%]10 x 10 6 3 0 62.512 x 12 10 6 1 58.314 x 14 16 10 3 55.616 x 16 24 16 5 5018 x 18 36 25 8 43.820 x 20 44 31 10 4522 x 22 60 43 14 4024 x 24 72 52 17 4026 x 26 88 64 21 38.932 x 32 124 91 30 36.736 x 36 172 127 42 32.840 x 40 228 169 56 29.644 x 44255 *214 71 2848 x 48255 *86 28.152 x 52 101 29.264 x 64 138 28.672 x 72 182 28.180 x 80 226 29.688 x 88 255 * 288 x 18 10 6 1 58.38 x 32 20 13 4 52.412 x 26 32 22 7 46.712 x 36 44 31 10 4516 x 36 64 46 15 42.916 x 48 98 72 23 36.4*1 : Though the codes indicated with “255 *” can contain more than 255 digits based on their standard, in the laser marker255 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 themax. 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.ME-LP400V-OP-6
