Data Matrix is a two-dimensional matrix bar code symbology.
Data Matrix barcode symbol is made up of square modules either black or white.
Usually Data Matrix symbols are black printed on white background, users can also print them as white upon black background.

DataMatrix is a well-designed symbology that is able to encode both 128 ASCII characters (ANSI X3.4) and values 128 to 255 characters, known as extended ASCII (ISO 8859-1).

Data Matrix is able to encode up to 1000 alpha-numeric characters. Therefore, Data Matrix is a good solution for encoding large quantities of data in one barcode symbol.

The unique finder pattern and module placement algorithm makes Data Matrix bar code symbol amazingly gorgeous.

Barcodesoft Data matrix printing solution used Reed Solomon algorithm to implement ECC 200 level of error checking and correcting.

In order to get smallest codewords stream, Data Matrix apply different encodation scheme to different data.
There are 6 encodation schemes in Data Matrix as listed below:
ASCII encodation is the default scheme that encodes ASCII data.
C40 encodation turns 3 alphanumeric characters into 2 codewords.
Text encodation is used to encode lowercase characters.
ANSI X12 encodation is used to encode standard ANSI X12 electronic data interchange characters.
EDIFACT encodation encodes 4 characters into 3 codewords.
Base 256 encodation is used to encode 8-bit byte data.

ECC200 has 30 symbol size and shape configurations. User may select one to suit specific application requirement. Otherwise, the smallest possible configuration will be used by Data Matrix encoder.

You can use either Barcodesoft Data Matrix Encoder or crUFLbcs.dll to encode your data on Windows PC.

GS1-DataMatrix users, it's important to notice that Function 1 Symbol (FNC1) character is represented by &# 232;
For example, in order to get (01)2356977712251(212)454763970158305,
you need to encode your GS1 Application Identifier and data sequence as
&# 232;012356977712251&# 232;212454763970158305

If the first AI and data are of pre-defined length, it's not necessary to put the second FNC1 character.
If the first AI is followed by variable length data, it's compulsory to add another Function 1 Symbol Character.
The first FNC1 character will be decoded as "]d2", other Function 1 Symbol Character will be decoded as GS (ASCII 29).

Demo users will find extra characters when scan your Data Matrix barcode.

For non-printable character input in Data Matrix encoding, please click non-printable.

Click the following links for instructions about how to integrate with Access, or Crystal Reports, or Visual C++, or Visual Basic.