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Table 2-3    
DS4308 Decode Ranges
Bar Code 
Type
Symbol 
Density
DS4308-SR 
Typical Working Ranges 
DS4308-HD
Typical Working Ranges 
DS4308-XD
Typical Working Ranges 
Near 
(in / cm)
Far
(in / cm)
Near
(in / cm)
Far
(in / cm)
Near
(in / cm)
Far
(in / cm)
Code 128 2.0 mil N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.6 / 1.5 3.0 / 7.6
3.0 mil N/A N/A 1.0 / 2.5  3.0 / 7.6  0.4 / 1.0 3.3 / 8.4
Code 39 2.0 mil N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.5 / 1.3 3.0 / 7.6
3.0 mil 1.5 / 3.8 5.4 / 13.7  0.5 / 1.3  5.8 / 14.6  0.2 / 0.5 3.8 / 9.7
5.0 mil 0.0 / 0.0  11.0 / 27.9  0.0 / 0.0  10.0 / 25.4  0.1 / 0.3 4.7 / 11.9
20.0 mil 0.0 / 0.0  53.0 / 134.6  0.0 / 0.0  30.0 / 76.2  N/A N/A
100% UPC 13.0 mil 0.0 / 0.0  28.0 / 71.1  0.0 / 0.0  16.5 / 41.9  N/A N/A
PDF417 4.0 mil N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.5 / 1.3 3.3 / 8.4
5.0 mil N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.1 / 0.3 3.6 / 9.1
6.6 mil 1.1 / 2.8  8.0 / 20.3  0.2 / 0.5  7.8 / 19.7  0.1 / 0.3 4.1 / 10.4
MicroPDF 4.0 mil N/A N/A 1.0 / 2.5  4.7 / 11.9  N/A N/A
5.0 mil N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.2 / 0.5 3.1 / 7.9
Data Matrix 4 mil N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.7 / 1.8 3.0 / 7.6
5 mil N/A N/A 1.2 / 3.0  3.5 / 8.9  0.4 / 1.0 3.4 / 8.6
7.5 mil N/A N/A 1.0 / 2.5  6.5 / 16.5  N/A N/A
10.0 mil 2.0 / 5.1  9.0 / 22.9  0.8 / 1.9  8.2 / 20.8  0.1 / 0.3 4.6 / 11.7
QR Code 10.0 mil 1.1 / 2.8  8.5 / 21.6  0.0 / 0.0  7.0 / 17.8  0.0 / 0.0 4.5 / 11.4
20.0 mil 0.9 / 2.3  16.2 / 41.1  0.5 / 1.3  11.0 / 27.9  N/A N/A