Embroidering A Pattern Containing Seven Or More Colors; Checking If Thread Spool Changes Are Necessary - Brother 884-T20 Operation Manual

Embroidering a Pattern
Containing Seven or More
Colors
When embroidering a pattern that uses seven or
more thread colors, it is necessary to change the
thread spools. When changing the thread spools,
instruction to change the thread spools will appear
with the machine automatically stopping.
Memo
• This function is not available when you set
"Manual Color Sequence" to "ON" in
settings screen.
■ Assignment of thread colors to
needle bars
Thread colors are automatically assigned by the
machine to needle bars 1 to 6, starting with the
thread colors that are sewn first. (However, if a new
pattern has thread colors that are the same as the
previously sewn pattern, the thread colors will be
assigned to the same needle bar as before,
regardless of the sewing order.)
For example, for a pattern with 6 thread colors and
ten thread color changes, the thread colors are
assigned as shown below.
1 Needle bar 1
2 Needle bar 2
3 Needle bar 3
4 Needle bar 4
6 Needle bar 6
6
4
1
2
5 Needle bar 5
For a pattern with seven or more thread colors, the
thread spool information is updated when the
seventh thread color is needed.
Afterward, the machine adjusts the assignment of
thread colors to reduce the number of times that the
thread spools will have to be changed.
For example, for a pattern with seven thread colors
and eleven thread color changes, the thread colors
are assigned as shown below.
Needle bar 1
1
2
Needle bar 2
3
Needle bar 3
4
Needle bar 4
5
Needle bar 5
6
Needle bar 6
Change thread spools here.
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2
Needle bar 2
Needle bar 10
1
3
6
Needle bar 2
2
Since the thread colors on needle bars 1, 3 and 6
will be used again after the thread spools are
changed, they will not be replaced. However,
different colors are assigned to the other needle
bars.
Checking if thread spool changes
are necessary
When selecting a pattern, the number of thread
changes can be viewed, however, which thread
colors are used in the pattern cannot be checked
on this screen. Whether or not and when thread
spools will need to be changed can be checked
with the following indicators.
■ Time until the machine stops
embroidering
This indicator shows the amount of time until the
machine stops embroidering. The machine stops
when a spool change is required, or when the
machine is set to be stopped by other settings.
If the spool change indicator is appears, the
machine will require a spool change. When the time
is indicated in red, it is the last color embroidering
before the machine stops.
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1 Time until the machine stops