Brother 882-T51 Manuals

Table of Contents

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  Table of Contents

  • • 3

      Important Safety Instructions
    • 3

      Introduction
    • 7

      Trademarks
    • 8

      Warning Labels
    • 9

      Machine Structure and Features
    • 11

      Manual Structure
    • 11

      Read before Use
    • 11

      Read When Additional Information Is Required
    • 11

      Searching for Information
      • 12

        Table of Contents

  • 15

    Chapter1 GETTING READY

    • 16

      Names of Machine Parts and Their Functions
    • 16

      Front View
    • 17

      Right-Side/Rear View
    • 17

      Operation Panel
    • 18

      Accessories
    • 18

      Included Accessories
    • 19

      Optional Accessories
    • 20

      Setting Up the Machine
    • 20

      Setup and Transporting Precautions
    • 21

      Setup Location
    • 22

      Setting Up the Machine
    • 23

      Preparing the Thread Guide Assembly
    • 23

      Attaching the Embroidery Frame Holder a
    • 24

      Attaching the Embroidery Frame Holder E

• 25

  Chapter 2 Embroidering Tutorial

  • • 26

      Operating Precautions
    • 26

      Power Supply Precautions
    • 27

      Checking the Needle
      • 27

        Good Needle
      • 27

        Bad Needle
    • 27

      Needle Precautions
    • 28

      Bobbin Precautions
    • 28

      Display Recommendations
    • 28

      Fabric Recommendations
    • 28

      Upper Thread Recommendations
    • 29

      Basic Procedures
    • 30

      Turning ON the Machine
    • 31

      Setting Your Machine for the First Time
    • 32

      Understanding the Screens
    • 33

      Screen Overview
    • 34

      Installing the Bobbin
    • 34

      Removing the Bobbin Case
      • 34

        Oiling the Machine
    • 35

      Installing the Bobbin
    • 35

      Installing the Bobbin Case
    • 36

      Winding the Bobbin
    • 39

      Selecting an Embroidery Pattern
      • 39

        Checking a Preview Image From the Pattern List Screen
    • 40

      Selecting an Embroidery Pattern
    • 41

      Continuing to the Embroidering Screen
    • 41

      Editing the Embroidery Pattern
    • 42

      Embroidery Positioning Marker
    • 42

      Specifying Embroidering Setting
    • 43

      Checking a Preview Image
    • 43

      Previewing the Image
    • 44

      Hooping the Fabric in the Embroidery Frame
      • 44

        Embroidery Frame Types
    • 46

      Attaching the Embroidery Frame
    • 46

      Attaching the Embroidery Frame to the Machine
    • 48

      Checking the Embroidery Area

  • 49

    Chapter 5 SELECTING/EDITING/SAVING

    • 49

      Changing the Display of Thread Information
    • 50

      Upper Threading
    • 53

      Threading the Needle
    • 55

      Easily Changing the Thread Spools
      • 55

        Using the Spool Net
    • 56

      Starting Embroidering
      • 56

        Locking Mechanism
    • 57

      Stopping Embroidering
      • 57

        Continuing Embroidering
      • 57

        Temporarily Pausing
      • 57

        Resume Embroidering After the Machine Was Turned Off
      • 58

        If the Thread Breaks While Embroidering
    • 59

      Checking the Thread Tension
      • 59

        Correct Thread Tension
    • 60

      Removing the Embroidery Frame and Fabric
    • 60

      Removing the Embroidery Frame
    • 60

      Removing the Fabric
    • 61

      Turning OFF the Machine
    • 62

      Screen Quick Reference Guide
    • 62

      Key Displays
    • 63

      Understanding the Pattern Type Selection Screen
    • 64

      Understanding the Pattern List Screen
    • 65

      Understanding the Pattern Editing Screen
    • 67

      Understanding the Embroidering Screen
    • 69

      When You Have a Question, This May Help You
    • 69

      Technical Terms
    • 69

      Patterns
    • 69

      Embroidering
      • 69

        Dst
      • 69

        Wiper
    • 70

      USB Connectivity
      • 70

        The Frame Came Out From the Carriage
      • 70

        Cancel the Current Pattern and Start Again
      • 70

        Using USB Media or Embroidery Card Reader/Usb Card Writer Module
      • 71

        Connecting the Machine to the Computer
  • 49

    Upper Threading

• 73

  Chapter 3 Other Basic Procedures

  • 74

    Changing the Needle
  • 74

    Replacing the Needle
  • 76

    Correctly Using the Embroidery Frames
  • 76

    Embroidery Frame Types and Applications
  • 78

    Attaching Iron-On Stabilizer (Backing) to Fabric
  • 79

    Hooping the Fabric
  • 79

    Hooping the Fabric in the Large Embroidery Frame
  • 80

    Hooping the Compact Frame and Attaching to the Machine
  • 81

    Using the Embroidery Sheet
    • 81

      Removing the Compact Frame
  • 82

    Large/Small Pieces of Fabric
    • 82

      Embroidering Large Pieces of Fabric or Heavy Clothing
    • 82

      Embroidering Small Pieces of Fabric
    • 82

      Embroidering the Corner of Fabric
    • 82

      Embroidering Narrow Pieces of Fabric, Such As Ribbon
  • 83

    Embroidery Frame Position and Movement
    • 83

      Embroidery Frames That Cannot Be Used for Embroidering
    • 83

      Moving to the Correct Position
  • 85

    Adjusting the Angle
  • 85

    Changing the Embroidering Position
  • 87

    If the Thread Breaks or the Bobbin Thread Runs Out While Embroidering
  • 87

    If the Upper Thread Breaks
  • 88

    If the Bobbin Thread Breaks or Runs Out
    • 88

      If the Bobbin Thread Ran Out, Replace the Bobbin at This Point in the Procedure
  • 89

    Embroidering From the Beginning or Middle of the Pattern
    • 89

      To Start Embroidering From the Beginning
    • 90

      To Select the Stitch From Where Embroidering Is to Begin
  • 91

    Resume Embroidering After Turning Off the Machine
  • 93

    Adjusting the Tension of the Bobbin Thread
  • 93

    Adjusting the Thread Tension
  • 94

    Adjusting the Tension of the Upper Thread
    • 94

      Correct Thread Tension
    • 94

      Upper Thread Is Too Tight
    • 95

      Upper Thread Is Too Loose

• 97

  Chapter 4 Embroidering Settings

  • 98

    Basting Embroidery
  • 99

    Embroidering Linked Characters
  • 99

    Starting Position Settings
  • 101

    Maximum Embroidering Speed Setting
  • 102

    Embroidery Color Management
  • 102

    Thread Color Sorting
  • 102

    Uninterrupted Embroidering (Monochrome - Using a Single Color)
  • 103

    Thread Trimming Adjustment
  • 103

    Using the Automatic Thread Cutting Function (End Color Trim)
  • 103

    Using the Thread Trimming Function (Jump Stitch Trim)
    • 104

      Selecting the Length of Jump Stitch Not to Trim

• 105

  Chapter 5 Selecting/Editing/ Saving Patterns

  • 105

    Patterns
  • 106

    Embroidery Data Precautions
    • 106

      Types of Embroidery Data That Can Be Used
    • 106

      Types of USB Devices/Media That Can Be Used
    • 106

      Connecting Your Machine to the PC
    • 107

      Precautions On Using the Computer to Create and Save Data
    • 107

      Tajima (.Dst) Embroidery Data
  • 106

    Using the Memory Function
  • 107

    Concerning Optional Embroidery Cards
  • 107

    Concerning USB Media
  • 108

    General Pattern Selection
    • 108

      Pattern Type Selection Screen
    • 108

      Pattern List Screen
  • 108

    Selecting an Embroidery Pattern
  • 109

    Embroidery Patterns/ Decorative Alphabet Patterns
  • 109

    Frame Patterns
  • 110

    Alphabet Patterns
    • 113

      Changing the Text Arrangement
    • 113

      Changing the Text Alignment
  • 114

    Embroidery Cards (Optional)
    • 114

      About Embroidery Cards (Optional)
    • 114

      About Embroidery Card Reader (Optional) and USB Card Writer Module
    • 114

      Using Embroidery Card Reader
  • 115

    Saving Embroidery Patterns in the Machine's Memory
    • 115

      If the Memory Is Full
  • 116

    Saving Embroidery Patterns in the Computer
  • 116

    Saving Embroidery Patterns to USB Media
  • 117

    Retrieving Patterns From the Machine's Memory
  • 118

    Recalling From USB Media
  • 119

    Recalling From the Computer
  • 121

    Combining Patterns
  • 121

    Editing the Embroidery Pattern (Pattern Editing Screen)
  • 122

    Displaying the Enlarged Pattern Image
  • 122

    Selecting the Pattern to Be Edited
  • 123

    Flipping a Pattern Horizontally
  • 123

    Moving a Pattern
  • 124

    Changing the Size of a Pattern
  • 125

    Rotating a Pattern
  • 126

    Changing the Character Spacing
  • 126

    Changing the Text Arrangement of a Character
  • 127

    Separating Combined Character Patterns
  • 128

    Changing the Thread Density
  • 128

    Frame Patterns)
    • 128

      Reduces Thread Density
    • 128

      Increases Thread Density
  • 128

    Specifying Multi-Color Text
  • 129

    Changing the Colors of the Pattern
  • 130

    Designing Repeated Patterns
    • 130

      Embroidering Repeated Patterns
    • 132

      Repeating One Element of a Repeated Pattern
    • 133

      Assigning Thread Marks
  • 134

    Creating a Custom Thread Table
    • 135

      Adding a Color to the Custom Thread Table From the List
    • 135

      Saving the Custom Thread Table to USB Media
    • 136

      Recalling the Custom Thread Table Data From USB Media
  • 137

    Choosing a Color From the Custom Thread Table
  • 138

    Deleting a Pattern
  • 138

    Duplicating a Pattern
  • 139

    (Embroidering Screen)
  • 139

    Editing the Embroidery Pattern
  • 139

    Rotating the Entire Pattern
  • 140

    Editing a Combined Pattern

• 143

  Chapter 6 Basic Settings and Help Feature

  • 144

    Understanding the Settings Screen
    • 144

      142
    • 145

      143
  • 144

    Using the Settings Key
  • 146

    Changing the Display Guides
  • 146

    Saving a Settings Screen Image to USB Media
  • 147

    Changing the Thread Color Information
    • 147

      Sample Displays
  • 148

    Changing the Background Colors of the Embroidery Patterns
  • 148

    Changing the Embroidery Basting Distance
  • 148

    Changing the Units of Measurements
  • 148

    Or Thumbnails
  • 149

    Changing the Speaker Volume
  • 149

    Specifying the Thumbnail Size
  • 149

    Specifying Thread Sensor
  • 150

    Changing the Language
  • 150

    Selecting the "Eco Mode" or "Shutoff Support Mode
  • 150

    Setting the Opening Screen
  • 151

    Changing the Screen Brightness
  • 151

    Setting the LED Pointer
  • 151

    Turning "ON" or "OFF" the Light
  • 152

    Using the Machine Operations Guide Key
    • 152

      Contents of Categories

• 155

  Chapter 7 Appendix

  • 156

    Appliqué Sewing
  • 156

    Sewing Appliqué Patterns
    • 156

      Procedure for Sewing Appliqués
  • 157

    Using a Frame Pattern to Create Appliqués (1)
  • 158

    Using a Frame Pattern to Create Appliqués (2)
  • 159

    Embroidering Split Embroidery Patterns
  • 161

    Color Thread Table
  • 161

    Colors of Tajima (.Dst) Embroidery Data
  • 161

    Helpful Tips for the Operation of the Machine
  • 162

    Creating Beautiful Embroidery
  • 162

    Threads
  • 163

    Stabilizers (Backing)
  • 164

    Hooping Techniques
    • 164

      Frame Basics
  • 165

    Fabric/Stabilizer Compatibility Chart
  • 166

    Cleaning the Hook
  • 166

    Cleaning the LCD
  • 166

    Cleaning the Machine Surface
  • 166

    Maintenance
  • 167

    Cleaning Around the Needle Plate
  • 168

    Cleaning the Bobbin Case
  • 168

    Cleaning the Thread Paths of the Upper Threads
    • 168

      Cleaning the Thread Guides
    • 169

      Disassembling and Cleaning the Tension Unit
  • 170

    Oiling the Machine
    • 170

      Oiling the Race
    • 171

      Oiling the Needle Bar
  • 171

    About the Maintenance Message
  • 172

    Troubleshooting
  • 179

    Error Messages
  • 184

    If the Machine Does Not Respond When a Key Is Pressed
  • 185

    Embroidery Machine Specifications
  • 185

    Specifications
  • 186

    Upgrade Procedure Using USB Media
  • 186

    Upgrading Your Machine's Software
  • 187

    Upgrade Procedure Using Computer
  • 188

    Index