# MaxiCode barcode in Markdown to PDF

The parcel-sorting code sits on its hexagonal grid, with the postal primary message of modes 2 and 3 or free text in modes 4 to 6.

The parcel-sorting symbology on a hexagonal grid. Modes 2 and 3 carry a postal primary (postcode, country, service), modes 4 to 6 free text.

- PDF: https://legivel.com/examples/barcodes-qr-codes/maxicode.pdf
- Page: https://legivel.com/examples/barcodes-qr-codes/maxicode
- Open in the editor: https://legivel.com/markdown-to-pdf?sample=barcode-maxicode
- More barcodes and QR codes in Markdown to PDF: https://legivel.com/examples/barcodes-qr-codes

## Markdown source

````markdown
# MaxiCode

Mode 2, a numeric postcode with the country code and service class, then the secondary message:

```barcode
type: maxicode
data: 1Z12345678[)>0196PARCEL
mode: 2
primary: 06810231840850
```

Mode 3 takes an alphanumeric postcode:

```barcode
type: maxicode
data: Fragile, this side up
mode: 3
primary: W1A1AA826001
```

Mode 4, a plain standard-error-correction message:

```barcode
type: maxicode
data: MaxiCode mode 4 payload
mode: 4
```
````