15
Adjust ing the tensi on of t he bobbi n thread .... ...... .... ....... .... 124
Adjust ing the tensi on of t he upper thread ...... ........ ....... ...... 1 25
Chapter4 EMBROIDERING SETTINGS 127
Basting E mbroidery ................... .................... ... 128
Creating an Appliqué Piece ....... ............. .......... 129
Creat ing an a ppliqu é piece ........ ........... .......... ........... ........ 129
Selecti ng/Managi ng Threa d Color s for
Each N eedle Bar (Ma nual Colo r Sequenc e) ... ... 132
Conve nie nce o f the manua l col or se quen ce ..... .... .... ..... .... . 13 2
Spec ifyin g t he man ual c olo r se quen ce . .... ...... .... .... ..... .... ... 13 2
Using the manual col or sequence .... ....... ...... .... ...... ....... .... 133
Prec autions on the manual color sequ ence ..... ...... ....... ...... 133
Automatic Lock Stit ch Setting ................ .......... 134
Starting /Ending Pos ition Settings ...... ............. ... 135
Repea tedly s ewing a pattern along a diag onal ....... ....... ...... 1 36
Embroi dering li nked char acters ...... ....... .......... ........... ........ 137
Maximum S ewing Spee d Setting ....................... 139
Setting the Machine to Stop at Color Changes
.... 140
Stopping the m achine at the next color change .................. 140
Specifying pause locations before embroidering ................ 140
Tempor ary Needle Bar Setting ............... .......... 142
Uninte rrupte d embroider ing (monoch rome) ........ ........... .... 142
Reserv ed Ne edle Ba r and
Sewing Speed Settin gs ......... ................... .......... 143
Chapter5 SELECTING/EDITING/SAVING
PATTE RNS 147
Using t he Memory F unction ............. ............. ... 148
Embroi dery dat a precaution s .......... ........... ........ ...... ....... .... 148
Concer ning USB medi a . ....... ...... ........... .......... ........ ....... .... 149
Selecting an Embroid ery Patte rn ...................... 150
Gener al pattern se lection ... ........ ...... ....... ...... .......... ......... .. 150
Embroi dery pa tterns .... ....... .......... ......... ...... ...... ...... ........... 151
Frame patte rns .. ...... ...... ....... .......... ......... ...... ...... ....... ........ 152
Monogram and frame designs ............................................ 153
Alphab et patter ns ........ ....... .......... ......... ...... ...... ...... ........... 155
Decor ative alpha bet patte rns ... ...... ....... .......... ........... ........ 158
Savin g embroide ry patt e rns in the m achine’s m emory...... .. 159
Savin g embroid ery pa tterns to USB media/ SD card ...... .... .. 160
Savin g embroid ery pa tterns in the comput er ... ...... ....... ...... 161
Connecting the USB using the i ncluded USB cord clamps
.... 162
Retr ieving patt erns from the machine’s me mory ........... ...... 164
Recall ing from USB media/S D card ....... ...... .... ...... ....... ...... 164
Recall ing from the comput er .......... ........... .......... ........... .... 165
Saving em broidery pat terns from an y mem ory source
to an other m emory ... ....... .......... ........... .......... ........... ........ 167
Sendi ng Embr oider y Patt erns Fr om a Comput er
to the Mac hine (Link Function) .............. .......... 169
Operat ions availabl e with the L ink fun ction ........ ........... .... 169
Embroi dering using t he Link funct ion ........ ...... ...... ........... .. 170
Disabli ng the Link functio n ........ ...... ....... .......... ........... ...... 173
Editi ng the Embr oide ry Pat tern (Pa ttern Ed iting
Screen) ...... ................... ............. ............. .......... 174
Enlar ge the p atter n image o n the s creen .. ...... .......... ........... 174
Combin ing pat terns ....... ........... ........ ....... ...... ...... ......... ...... 17 4
Selec ting the patt ern to be edited ..... ....... ...... .......... ........... 175
Grouping multiple select ed patterns ................................... 176
Moving a pat tern ....... .... ....... ...... ...... ......... ...... ...... ....... ...... 176
Flipp ing a patter n horizonta lly ......... ........... .......... ........... .. 177
Changing the size of a pattern (Norm al resizing mode) ...... 178
Chang ing the patt ern siz e wh ile m ain tain ing the desi red
threa d densi ty (sti tch recalcul ator) ...... ........... .......... ........... 179
Rotati ng a patter n ........ ....... ...... .......... ........... .......... ........... 180
Changi ng the text arrangeme nt of a charact er ... ...... ....... .... 181
Changi ng the c haracte r spacin g ... ...... ..... ...... ...... ....... ........ 181
Separa ting combi ned character pat terns ........ .... ...... ....... .... 182
Trimm ing the threads b etween char acters ... ...... ........... ...... 183
Combin ing the separate d char acter pa tterns ...... ...... ........... 183
Speci fying mul ti-color text ....... ........... ........ ....... ...... ...... ..... 184
Changi ng the c haracte r fon t .... ....... .......... ........... .......... ..... 184
Chang ing the font an d si ze o f ind ivi dual ch arac ters .... ...... .. 18 4
Changing the thread density (only for selected character
and f rame pa tterns)........ ...... ........... .......... ........... .......... ..... 185
Changi ng the colors of the patte rn ........ ........... .......... ......... 185
Find new color schemes with th e color visualizer f unction
.... 18 7
Threa d color sort ing .. ...... ........... .......... ........... .......... ........ . 190
Desig ning re peated pa tterns ....... .... ...... ...... ....... ........ ...... ... 190
Creat ing a c ustom th read ta ble ....... .......... ........... .......... ..... 195
Choosing a c olor from the custom t hread t able .................. 197
Saving and recallin g the custom thread table
using USB media ....... .......... ........... ........ ...... ....... ...... ......... 198
Duplic ating a patt e rn......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ....... 199
Delet ing a patter n ........ ...... ........... .......... ........... .......... ....... 200
Editi ng the Embr oidery Pat tern ( Embroid ering
Settings Screen).... ............. ............. .................. 201
Rotati ng the entir e patt ern .......... .......... ........... .......... ........ . 201
Editing a C ombined P attern ..... ................... ..... 202
Using t he Came ra to Conn ect Pa tterns ............ 206
Connecting three pat terns .......... ....................................... .. 206
Changi ng the p ositi on of a sticker..... ...... ...... ..... ...... ...... .... . 212
Connecting rota ted patterns ............................................. ... 214
Connecting pat terns to be j oined along an edge ................. 216
Resume feature........ ...... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... . 218
Chapter6 BASIC SETTINGS AND HE LP
FEATURE 219
Using t he Settings Ke y.............. ............. ........... 220
Unders tandin g the settings scr een .... ...... ...... ........... .......... . 220
Changi ng the d isplay guides .... ........... ........ ....... ...... ...... ..... 223
Changi ng the threa d color inf ormatio n ....... ....... ...... ...... ..... 225
Selecting the thre ad color informati on
for “ PES” format d ata ..... .......... ......... ...... ...... ....... .......... ..... 226
Changing the background col ors of
the embr oidery patterns or thu mbnails ..... ....... ...... .... ...... ... 22 7
Spec ifyin g jum pst itch trim min g /
“DST” ju mp codes for trim ming ... ...... .... ...... ....... .... ...... ..... 22 7
Delet ing sh ort stit ches ....... ...... ....... .......... ........... .......... ..... 2 28
Speci fying the remaining le ngth of thr ead ........ ...... .... ...... ... 22 8
Changi ng the e mbroidery bastin g distan ce . ....... ...... .... ...... . 2 29
Selecting the “Eco Mode” or “Shutoff Su pport Mode” ......... 229
Changi ng the screen sa ver settings ... ...... ...... ....... .......... ..... 229
Sett ing the opening screen ... ....... ...... .... ...... ....... ...... ........ ... 231
Specifying the spool stand LED setting . ............................... 231
Adjustin g the brightne ss of the sewing li ght ....... ...... ...... ..... 232
Changing the speake r volume ........................ .................... 232
Speci fying thr ead sensor .... ...... ........... .......... ........... .......... . 233
Changing the pointer shape when a USB mo use is used . .... 233
Changi ng the units of me asurement s .. ...... ......... ...... ...... ..... 234
Adju stin g the br ight nes s of the scre en d isp lay ..... .... .... ...... .. 23 4
Changi ng the langua ge ...... ...... ....... .......... ........... ........ ...... . 234
Using t he Machine Ope rations G uide Key ....... 235
Viewi ng the opera tion guide s ....... ...... ...... .... ....... ...... ...... ... 235
Playi ng a tutoria l video.......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ... 236
Playi ng MPEG-4 (MP4) vid eos ........ .......... ........... .......... ..... 237
Chapter7 APPENDIX 239
Appliqué Sewing ...................... ............. ........... 240
Sewing appliqué patterns .. ...... ........... .......... ........... .......... . 240
Using a fram e patter n to cr eate a ppliqués (1) ....... ...... ......... 241
Using a fram e patter n to cr eate a ppliqués (2) ....... ...... ......... 242
Sewing Large-size (Split) Embroidery Patterns
.... 244
Helpful Tips for the Operati on of the Machine
.... 247
Chec king the thr ead tens ion o f buil t-in p atte rns ...... ...... .... .. 24 7
Sewi ng a pa tter n alig ned with a mark on th e fabr ic .... ...... .. 248
Color th read table ... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... ....... 250
Colors of Tajima (. dst) embroi dery data ...... ....... ...... .... ...... . 250
Creating Bea utiful Embroide ry ....... ............. ..... 251
Threa ds .......... ........... .......... ........... ........ ...... ....... ...... ......... 251
Stabi lizers ( backing) .. ...... ...... ........... .......... ........... .......... ... 251