Brother PR1050X

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Brother PR1050X

Introduction

The Brother PR1050X is a high-end consumer and professional entry level embroidery machine.

In Switzerland, list price is 12'000 CHF, in Germany 11'000 Euros. Street prices can be less and even lesser for education.

I ordered such a model and by fall 2017 there should be more information in this page - Daniel K. Schneider (talk) 09:02, 4 July 2017 (CEST)

Specifications

• The machine can stitch up to 10 different colors with one needle at the time
• Size: 48 x 48 x 60cm ?
• Size of the box: ?
• Weight: 44 kg (60 kg in the box ?)

• Size of a table (add-on): 70 - 100 cm height, 49 cm length, 80 cm width

Connectivity

• USB host cable
• USB media slot
• SD card slot

Thread colors

• Default colors
• Each needle bar can be assigned a color through either the control panel or software (the latter is called manual color sequence).
• Thread colors in a design can be sorted at the control panel (this may mess up order of printing of course)
• Several manufacturers/makes color schemes are builtin. E.g. Madeira Poly, Sulky, R-A Poly.

Formats

The Machine can not directly stitch from design files like EMB or ART.

PES

• The PES format is the most important native machine instruction format for both small and semi-professional Brother embroidery machines. Designs can be somewhat modified.
• Several version of PES seem to exist. Newer versions may not work on older machines
• PES is the default format to export from your embroidery software.

PEN

• A Brother format that only works on some machines that can stitch "Disney" designs. Some machines can be registered to decrypt.

PEC

• An older Baby Lock/Brother/Deco format. Avoid.

PHC

• Older Brother format. Avoid.

DST

• DST is a Tajima data file and it does not include color information (therefore avoid)

Hoops

Standard

Compact Frame

Use of stabilizers

There are several types of stabilizers, e.g.

• Water soluble: Used for freestanding lace (FSL) and also as topping for some fabrics, e.g. towels
• Self-adhesive tear away: Used for heavy fabrics (but also lighter and softer ones with less good results since , but it is the most easy to use)
• Tear away: Medium-heavy woven fabrics and sturdy fabrics. This has to be ironed or glued to the fabric depending on the brand.
• Polyester mesh cut away: Used for T-shirts and similar
• Cut-away: pullovers and such

Brother recommends fabric/stabilizer combinations of which we reproduce slightly modified excerpts:

Fabric/Garment	No. of Backing Pieces	No. of Topping Pieces	Comments
Denim	1 tear-away	None	Lower speed if problems
Terry cloth (bath towels)	1 tear-away	1 water soluble	Increase density and avoid small lettering.
Fine woven shirts	1 tear-away	None	For high-density or highly detailed designs use two pieces of lightweight backing
Golf shirt	1 cut-away	Optional
Corduroy 1	tear-away	1 water-soluble	Use denser stitcher or denser/more understiches.
Lingerie or silk	1 or 2 lightweight tear-away	Optional	Reduce sewing speed
Kit wweater	1 cut-away or adhesive tear-away	1 water-soluble	Use tightly woven organza or curtain fabric in a matching color if knits have holes.
Sweatshirt	1 cut-away or adhesive tear-away	Optional	Two layers for detailed designs
T-shirt	1 light-weight cut-away or adhesive tear-away	Optional	Avoid stitch-heavy designs and make them low tension.

As general rule: Very small lettering needs topping on most fabrics.

The Touch Screen Interface

Embroidery Settings

(chapter 4 of the manual) Color settings (p 133, 143)

• On page 5 of the settings screen, set manual color sequence to on

Machine Settings

The settings screen includes seven screens

Links

Official

Manuals and Drivers

• Support & Downloads
  • Operation Manual
  • Quick Reference Guide
  • Embroidery Design Guide
• FAQs & Troubleshooting

• Brother Sewing Machines Europe
  • Brother Sewing Switzerland

Manuals in French

• Support et téléchargement
  • Manuel d'instructions
  • Guide de référence rapide