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MaxiCode

UPS package sorting

Hexagonal modules around a bullseye let a scanner read packages moving fast on a conveyor. It holds the postcode, country and service class.

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At a glance

Introduced: 1992
Created by: UPS
Characters: Text and numbers, structured carrier messages
Length: Fixed 1 inch square, 33 rows of hexagons
Check: Reed–Solomon
Capacity: 93 characters

Example: `MaxiCode sample`

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Generation and reading use rxing (Apache 2.0), a Rust port of ZXing. Barcodes you make or scan are processed to answer your request and are not stored. GS1 prefix ranges show the issuing GS1 office, not the country of manufacture.

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