15
Adjusting the tension of the bobbin thread ......................... 124
Adjusting the tension of the upper thread ........................... 125
Chapter4 EMBROIDERING SETTINGS
127
Basting Embroidery .......................................... 128
Creating an Appliqué Piece .............................. 129
Creating an appliqué piece ................................................ 129
Selecting/Managing Thread Colors for
Each Needle Bar (Manual Color Sequence) ...... 132
Convenience of the manual color sequence....................... 132
Specifying the manual color sequence ............................... 132
Using the manual color sequence ...................................... 133
Precautions on the manual color sequence ........................ 133
Automatic Lock Stitch Setting .......................... 134
Starting/Ending Position Settings ...................... 135
Repeatedly sewing a pattern along a diagonal.................... 136
Embroidering linked characters .......................................... 137
Maximum Sewing Speed Setting....................... 139
Setting the Machine to Stop at Color Changes .... 140
Stopping the machine at the next color change .................. 140
Specifying pause locations before embroidering ................ 140
Temporary Needle Bar Setting ......................... 142
Uninterrupted embroidering (monochrome)....................... 142
Reserved Needle Bar and
Sewing Speed Settings ...................................... 143
Chapter5 SELECTING/EDITING/SAVING
PATTERNS
147
Using the Memory Function ............................. 148
Embroidery data precautions.............................................. 148
Concerning USB media...................................................... 149
Selecting an Embroidery Pattern ...................... 150
General pattern selection ................................................... 150
Embroidery patterns ........................................................... 151
Frame patterns ................................................................... 152
Monogram and frame designs ............................................ 153
Alphabet patterns ............................................................... 155
Decorative alphabet patterns ............................................. 158
Saving embroidery patterns in the machine’s memory........ 159
Saving embroidery patterns to USB media/SD card ............ 160
Saving embroidery patterns in the computer ...................... 161
Connecting the USB using the included USB cord clamps .... 162
Retrieving patterns from the machine’s memory................. 164
Recalling from USB media/SD card.................................... 164
Recalling from the computer .............................................. 165
Saving embroidery patterns from any memory source
to another memory ............................................................ 167
Sending Embroidery Patterns From a Computer
to the Machine (Link Function) ........................ 169
Operations available with the Link function ....................... 169
Embroidering using the Link function ................................. 170
Disabling the Link function ................................................ 173
Editing the Embroidery Pattern (Pattern Editing
Screen) ............................................................. 174
Enlarge the pattern image on the screen ............................. 174
Combining patterns............................................................ 174
Selecting the pattern to be edited ....................................... 175
Grouping multiple selected patterns................................... 176
Moving a pattern................................................................ 176
Flipping a pattern horizontally ........................................... 177
Changing the size of a pattern (Normal resizing mode) ...... 178
Changing the pattern size while maintaining the desired
thread density (stitch recalculator)...................................... 179
Rotating a pattern............................................................... 180
Changing the text arrangement of a character .................... 181
Changing the character spacing ......................................... 181
Separating combined character patterns............................. 182
Trimming the threads between characters .......................... 183
Combining the separated character patterns....................... 183
Specifying multi-color text.................................................. 184
Changing the character font ............................................... 184
Changing the font and size of individual characters............ 184
Changing the thread density (only for selected character
and frame patterns)............................................................. 185
Changing the colors of the pattern ...................................... 185
Find new color schemes with the color visualizer function .... 187
Thread color sorting ........................................................... 190
Designing repeated patterns ............................................... 190
Creating a custom thread table ........................................... 195
Choosing a color from the custom thread table .................. 197
Saving and recalling the custom thread table
using USB media ................................................................ 198
Duplicating a pattern.......................................................... 199
Deleting a pattern............................................................... 200
Editing the Embroidery Pattern (Embroidering
Settings Screen)................................................ 201
Rotating the entire pattern .................................................. 201
Editing a Combined Pattern ............................. 202
Using the Camera to Connect Patterns ............ 206
Connecting three patterns................................................... 206
Changing the position of a sticker....................................... 212
Connecting rotated patterns................................................ 214
Connecting patterns to be joined along an edge ................. 216
Resume feature................................................................... 218
Chapter6 BASIC SETTINGS AND HELP
FEATURE
219
Using the Settings Key...................................... 220
Understanding the settings screen ...................................... 220
Changing the display guides ............................................... 223
Changing the thread color information ............................... 225
Selecting the thread color information
for “PES” format data .......................................................... 226
Changing the background colors of
the embroidery patterns or thumbnails ............................... 227
Specifying jumpstitch trimming /
“DST” jump codes for trimming ......................................... 227
Deleting short stitches ........................................................ 228
Specifying the remaining length of thread........................... 228
Changing the embroidery basting distance ......................... 229
Selecting the “Eco Mode” or “Shutoff Support Mode”......... 229
Changing the screen saver settings ..................................... 229
Setting the opening screen.................................................. 231
Specifying the spool stand LED setting................................ 231
Adjusting the brightness of the sewing light ........................ 232
Changing the speaker volume ............................................ 232
Specifying thread sensor ..................................................... 233
Changing the pointer shape when a USB mouse is used ..... 233
Changing the units of measurements .................................. 234
Adjusting the brightness of the screen display..................... 234
Changing the language ....................................................... 234
Using the Machine Operations Guide Key ....... 235
Viewing the operation guides ............................................. 235
Playing a tutorial video....................................................... 236
Playing MPEG-4 (MP4) videos ............................................ 237
Chapter7 APPENDIX
239
Appliqué Sewing .............................................. 240
Sewing appliqué patterns ................................................... 240
Using a frame pattern to create appliqués (1)...................... 241
Using a frame pattern to create appliqués (2)...................... 242
Sewing Large-size (Split) Embroidery Patterns .... 244
Helpful Tips for the Operation of the Machine.... 247
Checking the thread tension of built-in patterns.................. 247
Sewing a pattern aligned with a mark on the fabric ............ 248
Color thread table .............................................................. 250
Colors of Tajima (.dst) embroidery data .............................. 250
Creating Beautiful Embroidery......................... 251
Threads .............................................................................. 251
Stabilizers (backing) ........................................................... 251
