Barcode encyclopedia : Symbology supercode

SuperCode

A 2 dimensional barcode symbology developed by Metanetics in 1994. It is similar to PDF 417. However, the individual "codewords" do not need to be grouped together to form a rectangle.

Maximum data capacity depends on the error correction level :

Encoding data type	Recommended error correction level	Then lowest error correction level
Numeric data	4577 digits	5097 digits
Alphabetic characters	3663 characters	4079 characters
8-bit data	2284 characters	2544 characters