Embroidering a Pattern Containing Seven or More Colors 101

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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 t hread 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.

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.
1Current sewing time
2Time until the spools must be changed
1 Needle bar 1
2 Needle bar 2
3 Needle bar 3
4 Needle bar 4
5 Needle bar 5
1
6 Needle bar 6
3
4
5
1 Needle bar 1
4 Needle bar 4
5 Needle bar 5
3 Needle bar 3
6 Needle bar 6
2 Needle bar 2
3
Change thread spools here.
3 Needle bar 3
1
5
2
3 Needle bar 3
2
1