Has anybody had any luck doing a 5x7 frame with the SE Brother SE 400? I make shirts and want to be able to do larger designs
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I have used the 5x7 with my Brother SE400. You can still only do 4x4 designs but if you add names under the design the larger hoop allows you to do that without unhooping the shirt. You will simply move the hoop up. I like having the larger hoop to add names or additional design but your machine will only do 4x4 designs.
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I use 4x6 as well. but we also use it to print labels for FBA as well. pretty versatile. I think those are 1 x 3 or 1x2
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Sadly (if you're on a budget at all), the next step up I believe is the Brother 1250...a gorgeous machine, but runs about $1700. Not available at Amazon; I think you have to buy it from a dealer. I want exactly the same thing, but not to spend that much on a hobby I only do once in awhile. I ordered the Singer Futura XL-400 because it just is TOO tempting despite the reviews....has large embroidery area and some nice regular sewing stitches....guess what? The machine CROAKED the first time we tried to embroider with it! My husband is a computer guy and I'm experienced at embroidery...we read the directions carefully..... VERY disappointing, I should have believed the reviews here on Amazon....would not recommend that machine, no matter how tempting it looks! Getting customer service from Singer is nearly impossible, too. Hope you find this helpful....wish Brother would come out with something as dependable as the se400, but with 5x7 capabilities at the lower price!
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Depending on what you mean by larger. The machine has a limit of 4 x 4 and you will not be able to make it any higher the the 4 inches but with the larger hoop you will be able to extend to almost 4 x 8 inches to do writing that is longer then 4 inches long and the large hoop has a double set of attachment on the hoop to move the hoop to continue your writing etc. Hope that this is helpful. I do not have the LB600 though but the SE 400 is what I have and it's almost the same machine, and I'm able to extend the embroidery in the length wise direction.
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I'm not familiar with the SE425 but I have the SE400 and this works well! You may want to check on the Brother.com website under the sewing/embroidery machines for your particular model number. I've done that with multiple items and that site is very informative.
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Thanks - did find them, but they don't have the handy 3x5 size. Not a big deal, I guess. I printed out the .pdf file and placed it in an 8x10 notebook for reference.
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The multi-rotor designs that I have looked at on Thingiverse are a little too big for the build platform on this printer. This does not mean that you couldn't make it work. You could redesign any components to a size that fits the build plate or use a tool like netfabb to slice the components into printable chunks. To make it easier on you, I would consider a printer with a build platform closer to the 200mmx200mmx200mm range.
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I've used my Brother PE500 for applique and loved the results! Many machine embroidery designs are made to include applique. Just about any design can be appliqued to a background using a shaped frame design from those pre-installed in the PE500. Design websites have excellent tutorials to guide you.
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I have the same problem. Our printer doesn't see it and when I looked at the part that should have a small post it is actually a spring instead. They are not compatible with the Brother printer.
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To be honest, you *may* have to get a custom sized frame for this print. I went to my local Target (which normally has a surprisingly great selection of frames), and all the frames were either too small or too large.
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I am able to print beautiful 13 x 19 prints with this printer. I only use Epson paper and inks. They frame well and are archival. I love this printer except for smaller sized paper which does not feed reliably. I thinbk you should be satisfied with the quality of the work it produces.
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I print 3 inch wide pages on a regular basis and it handles them without any issues. I only use mine with macs so I can't speak to the windows 7 compatibility, but knowing brother I doubt there would be any issues.
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Can you also use the auto duplex feature with 5x7 photo prints? I am needing to print double sided invitations on special cardstock and was wondering if I should by normal letter size & cut out or if I was able to just do 5x7 double sided photo paper. Thanks so much in advance!
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Thanks Coconut. I'll check it out in a sec.BTW, I read the review on CNET of the 2270DW, and they said it prints terrible graphics, but is otherwise excellent.So, I called Brother and asked someone there whether there's any difference in graphics quality between the two models. The Brother rep said that the 5370 is better because it has "1200 by 1200 depth per integer".DEPTH PER INTEGER???I asked him whether he meant dots per inch, and he said, "oh yeah...dots per inch. My bad."Yikes.
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I'm very happy with my Brother 2240D. Fast, quiet, compact. But it only does black and white.
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The machine will allow you to use your own designs as long as they are PES or DST files. But to create your own designs you would need software that you can digitize a design and then import. Brother sells software or there are numerous apps available online. But this machine will not let you digitize directly on the machine itself. I think Brothers version of a machine that does that is the Duetta - far, far from the price point of the PE770.