Bernina E 16 PRO User Manual page 144

If the needle is not at the presser foot adjustment point, the presser foot will not appear to move. Even if the
needle is at the adjustment point, it may be difficult to see a change in the presser foot. The material of the
cap is pressing up against it and you may not see it lift off the material. This is normal and will not affect the
actual adjustment.
With the presser foot adjusted all the way down, rotate the gear clockwise and bring the presser foot back up.
Count the clicks of the gear. Raise the presser foot two to five clicks back up. Again, you most likely will not
see the presser foot move. You may need to adjust further based on the sew-out experience.
Centering a Design on a Cap
Unless you hooped absolutely perfectly, and that is exceedingly difficult to do, you will most likely need to
adjust the hoop position on the machine to better center the design on your cap.
The best way to accomplish this is to have the hoop loaded on the machine first.
Screen Versus Cap
Pressing the Center Hoop button on the Transform screen is convenient, but it doesn't work well for caps. It
functions by centering the hoop or frame to the machine's origin.
The View Window will display the hoop limits. Centering the design within these limits will not necessarily
center the design on the cap. Because caps have different profiles and embroiderers hoop inconsistently,
small adjustments may need to be made to the hoop placement.
When the design is centered on the cap, the placement may appear to be off in the software and on screen.
Centering Vertically
Centering the design vertically will take a bit of measuring, but it only needs to be done once for a particular
style of cap. Additional caps will not require vertical adjustments.
To find an appropriate vertical placement on the cap, measure from the bill of the cap to where the curve
really starts to come over the head. This is similar to measuring the design height that the cap can
accommodate. Once measured, divide the measurement in half. Measure up from the bill that half distance
to find a good vertically centered placement for the design.
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