Patterns - Brother 882-T51 Operation Manual

5
Chapter
SELECTING/EDITING/
SAVING PATTERNS
This chapter provides details on selecting, editing and saving embroidery patterns.
Using the Memory Function .................................. 104
Embroidery data precautions ..................................................104
■ Types of embroidery data that can be used ............................ 104
■ Types of USB devices/media that can be used........................ 104
■ Connecting your machine to the PC....................................... 104
■ Precautions on using the computer to create and save data... 105
■ Tajima (.dst) embroidery data ................................................ 105
Concerning optional embroidery cards...................................105
Concerning USB media ...........................................................105
Selecting an Embroidery Pattern ........................... 106
General pattern selection........................................................106
■ Pattern type selection screen.................................................. 106
■ Pattern list screen................................................................... 106
Embroidery patterns/ Decorative alphabet patterns ...............107
Frame patterns ........................................................................107
Alphabet patterns....................................................................108
■ Changing the text arrangement .............................................. 111
■ Changing the text alignment................................................... 111
Embroidery cards (optional)....................................................112
■ About embroidery cards (optional) ....................................... 112
■ About embroidery card reader (optional) and USB card writer
module* ................................................................................. 112
■ Using embroidery card reader................................................ 112
Saving embroidery patterns in the machine's memory............113
■ If the memory is full ............................................................... 113
Saving embroidery patterns to USB media..............................114
Saving embroidery patterns in the computer ..........................114
Retrieving patterns from the machine's memory.....................115
Recalling from USB media ......................................................116
Recalling from the computer...................................................117
Editing the Embroidery Pattern
(Pattern Editing Screen)......................................... 119
Combining patterns.................................................................119
Selecting the pattern to be edited ...........................................120
Displaying the enlarged pattern image....................................120
Moving a pattern.....................................................................121
Flipping a pattern horizontally................................................121
Changing the size of a pattern.................................................122
Rotating a pattern ...................................................................123
Changing the text arrangement of a character ........................124
Changing the character spacing ..............................................124
Separating combined character patterns.................................125
Changing the thread density (only for some character and
frame patterns) .......................................................................126
■ Reduces thread density........................................................... 126
■ Increases thread density ......................................................... 126
Specifying multi-color text ......................................................126
Changing the colors of the pattern..........................................127
Designing repeated patterns ...................................................128
■ Embroidering repeated patterns ............................................. 128
■ Repeating one element of a repeated pattern......................... 130
■ Assigning thread marks........................................................... 131
Creating a custom thread table ...............................................132
■ Adding a color to the custom thread table from the list ......... 133
■ Saving the Custom Thread Table to USB media ......................133
■ Recalling the Custom Thread Table data from USB media......134
Choosing a color from the custom thread table ..................... 135
Duplicating a pattern ............................................................. 136
Deleting a pattern .................................................................. 136
Editing the Embroidery Pattern
(Embroidering Screen)............................................137
Rotating the entire pattern ..................................................... 137
Editing a Combined Pattern....................................138