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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.

■ 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 six thread colors

and ten thread color changes, the thread colors

are assigned as shown below.

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.

Since the thread colors on needle bars 1, 2 and 5 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.

Needle bar 1

Needle bar 2

Needle bar 3

Needle bar 4

Needle bar 5

Needle bar 6

Needle bar 1

Needle bar 4

Needle bar 5

Needle bar 3

Needle bar 6

Needle bar 2

Change thread spools here.

Needle bar 3

Embroidering a Pattern Containing Seven or More Colors 101

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 spools must be changed

This indicator shows the amount of time until

the next spool change and the current sewing

time. When the embroidering screen is

displayed, if a length of time appears here, at

least one spool change will be required.

1 Current sewing time

2 Time until the spools must be changed

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