Brother Z-8550B Instruction Manual page 57

Setting the needle stop position to left or right
When the plain zigzag, 2-step zigzag, 3-step zigzag or scallop sewing patterns are selected, you can set whether
the needle stops when it is at the right side or the left side of the sewing pattern. (If stopping on the right has been
set, the needle stop position will be the position shown by ○ in the illustration below. )
When the straight stitch, blind stitch, T stitch or custom-made sewing patterns have been selected, the zigzag
stop position setting is ignored.
Sewing machine operation when sewing stops
When right stopping or left stopping is set, the sewing machine will keep running until the set position is reached,
even if the treadle is returned to the neutral position or depressed backward.
• For plain zigzag, 2-step zigzag and 3-step zigzag, the needle will stop at the stitch furthest to the right if right
stopping has been set, or at the stitch furthest to the left if left stopping has been set.
• For the scallop sewing pattern, the needle will stop at the next right-side stitch if right stopping has been set,
or at the next left-side stitch if left stopping has been set.
When right stopping has been set
Plain zigzag
When the needle stops in the needle up stop position, the last stitch does not form part of the seam. If the
treadle is depressed backward at this time, the seam is formed at that position.
Needle left/right stop position setting method
Sewing start position after the treadle is depressed backward
If right stopping has been set, sewing will start from the right side, and if left stopping has been set, it will start
from the left side.
• If the needle stops in the needle down stop position, the needle will be raised to the needle up stop position
when the treadle is depressed backward. (The sewing item can then be changed. )
The next sewing operation starts from the same position.
Do not press (Half stitch key) or turn the machine pulley by hand to move the needle to the needle up
stop position. Doing so will cancel the effect of the zigzag stop position function.
3-step zigzag
• The indicator illumination changes as shown in the
illustration at left and the zigzag stop position setting
changes each time
pressed.
• If you press the zigzag stop position key once more
when right stopping has been set, the stop position
setting will be canceled.
Scallop
(Zigzag stop position key) is
44