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For string format see figure 3.48.
3.3.23. Options for QR Code
QR code is a variable size matrix symbology with selectable error correction levels.
Maximum data capacity:
Model 1:
alphanumeric data: 707 characters
8-bit data: 486 characters
numeric data: 1167 characters
kanji data: 299 characters
Model 2:
alphanumeric data: 4296 characters
8-bit data: 2953 characters
numeric data: 7089 characters
kanji data: 1817 characters
Symbol size:
Model 1:
minimum: 21 * 21 modules
maximum: 73 * 73 modules
Model 2:
minimum: 21 * 21 modules
maximum: 177 * 177 modules
Error correction:
Four levels of Reed-Solomon error correction.
Additional features:
extended Channel Interpretation (ECI, model 2 only): support for different
character sets and data interpretations.
structured append: represent data in up to 16 QR Code symbols.