Appendix G – Barcode Details
218 Class Series Programmer’s Manual
The number of columns (h) and the row / error correction index (i) combine to form a
row/column/error correction selection index (hi) which determines other characteristics of the symbol
as shown in the following table.
Row/Column/Error Correction Selection Index (h, i) Implications
hi
Columns Rows Maximum
Errors
Corrected
[1]
Symbol
Width
[2]
Symbol
Height
[3]
Maximum
Binary Data
Bytes
[4]
Maximum
Alphabetic
Characters
[5]
Maximum
Numeric
Characters
[5]
10 1 11 4 40 24 3 6 8
11 1 14 4 40 30 7 12 17
12 1 17 4 40 36 10 18 26
13 1 20 5 40 42 13 22 32
14 1 24 5 40 50 18 30 44
15 1 28 5 40 58 22 38 55
20 2 8 5 57 18 8 14 20
21 2 11 6 57 24 14 24 35
22 2 14 6 57 30 21 36 52
23 2 17 7 57 36 27 46 67
24 2 20 8 57 42 33 56 82
2522310574838 67 93
2622612575443 72 105
30 3 6 9 84 14 6 10 14
31 3 8 11 84 18 10 18 26
3231013842215 26 38
3331215842620 34 49
3431518843227 46 67
3532023844239 66 96
3632629845454 90 132
3733235846668 114 167
3833841847882 138 202
3934447849097 162 237
40 4 4 5 101 10 8 14 20
41 4 6 9 101 14 13 22 32
42 4 8 11 101 18 20 34 49
43 4 10 13 101 22 27 46 67
44 4 12 15 101 26 34 58 85
45 4 15 18 101 32 45 76 111
46 4 20 23 101 42 63 106 155
47 4 26 29 101 54 85 142 208
48 4 32 35 101 66 106 178 261
49 4 38 41 101 78 128 214 313
4A 4 44 47 101 90 150 250 366
[1]
Can be any combination of 1erasures + 2substitutions (e.g. 13 maximum number of errors corrected might
include 7 erasures and 3 substitutions).
[2]
Includes 1 module width of quiet zone on either side.
[3]
Assumes the module height is 2module width, and includes one module width quiet zones on top and
bottom.
[4]
Assumes Binary Compaction.
[5]
Assumes Text Compaction.
Table G-7: MicroPDF417 Characteristics Index
Note: In the table above, row/column/error correction selection index (hi) values increasingly large do not
necessarily result in the ability to encode more data.