Brother Print server User manual

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Congratulations on choosing our product!

Thank you very much for purchasing our product. To obtain the best performance from this unit and to ensure

safe and correct operation, please read this instruction manual carefully, and then keep it in a safe place

together with your warranty.

Please read before using this product

For safe operation

• Avoid dropping a needle, a piece of wire or other metallic objects into the card slot.

• Do not store anything on the unit.

For a longer service life

• When storing the unit, avoid direct sunlight and high humidity locations. Do not store the unit close to a

heater, iron or other hot objects.

• Do not spill water or other liquids on the unit or cards.

• Do not drop or hit the unit or cards.

For repairs or adjustments

• In the event malfunction occurs or adjustment is required, please consult your nearest service center.

Notice

The purpose of instruction manual is not to explain how to use your computer and it’s Windows based program.

Please refer to the Windows manuals for additional information on installation of programs. It may also be help-

ful if you visit the web site for www. microsoft. com for driver updates.

Caution

This software included with this product is protected by copyright laws. This software can be used or copied

only in accordance with the copyright laws.

“For additional product information and updates, visit our web

site at : www.brother.com”

“SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS”

“This product is intended for household use.”

Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machine Corporation.

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Before Use

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Product description...................................................................................................... 1

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Package includes ......................................................................................................... 1

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Optional supplies......................................................................................................... 1

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Principal parts.............................................................................................................. 1

Installing the Software

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System requirements .................................................................................................... 2

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Installation ................................................................................................................... 2

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Online registration ....................................................................................................... 5

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Uninstalling ................................................................................................................. 5

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Technical support ........................................................................................................ 5

Getting Started

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Operation screen ......................................................................................................... 6

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Operating procedure.................................................................................................... 8

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Selecting patterns......................................................................................................... 9

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Other operations.......................................................................................................... 9

Menu Bar Commands

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File ............................................................................................................................ 10

Print................................................................................................................................................. 10

Print Setup ....................................................................................................................................... 10

Print Preview ................................................................................................................................... 11

Exit .................................................................................................................................................. 12

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Option ....................................................................................................................... 12

Select System Unit ........................................................................................................................... 12

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Help .......................................................................................................................... 12

Contents .......................................................................................................................................... 12

Using ............................................................................................................................................... 13

Online Registration .......................................................................................................................... 13

About PED-Basic.............................................................................................................................. 13

Contents

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Product description

This system allows you to perform simple editing operations of embroidery data (.pes ﬁles) created with

our embroidery design software, then write them to original cards. PES ﬁles can also be purchased or

obtained from the Internet.

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Package includes

Check that the following items are included. If anything is missing or damaged, contact your service repre-

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Optional supplies

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Principal parts

This product cannot be used to create embroidery data.

The only original cards that can be used with this

USB card writer box are those like the one enclosed

or optional original cards of the same type.

Since power is supplied to the USB card writer box through the USB connection with the computer,

there is no power supply cable or power switch.

Before Use

CD-ROM Original card Instruction manual

USB card writer box

Original card

USB connector

Connect to the computer.

LED

cator

This indicator lights up when the unit is turned on, and

ﬂashes when the USB card writer box is communicating

with the computer.

Never remove an original card or

unplug the USB cable while this indi-

cator is ﬂashing.

Card slot

Insert an original card here.

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System requirements

Before installing the software in your computer, make sure that the computer meets the following require-

ments.

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Installation

This section describes how to install the driver and application software.

Turn on the computer and start Windows.

Quit all other applications.

Plug the USB connector into the USB

port on the computer.

Make sure that the connector is fully

inserted.

Computer

IBM PC or compatible (DOS/V) computer originally equipped with a USB port

Operating system

Windows 98, ME, XP or 2000

Processor

Pentium 133 MHz or higher

Memory

Minimum 32 MB (64 MB or more is recommended)

Hard disk free space

Minimum 10 MB

Monitor

SVGA (800

600), 16 bit color or higher

Port

USB Ver. 1.1

Printer

Printer supported by your system (for printing pattern information)

CD-ROM drive

Required for installation

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Power is supplied to this USB card writer box through the USB connection. Connect the USB card

writer box to a USB connector of the computer or to a self-powered USB hub that can supply

enough power to the card writer box. If the card writer box is not connected in this way, it may

not operate correctly.

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This product may not operate correctly with some computers and USB expansion cards.

Be sure to perform the installation according to the following instructions. If the installation is inter-

rupted or not performed according to the instructions, the software will not be installed correctly.

The following installation procedure includes descriptions and dialog boxes for Windows 98. The

procedure and dialog boxes for other operating systems may be slightly different.

Installing the Software

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After a short while, the first Add New

Hardware Wizard dialog box appears.

Click [Next].

Make sure that “Search for the best

driver for your device.

(Recommended)” is selected, and then

click [Next].

Insert the enclosed CD-ROM into the

computer’s CD-ROM drive.

Select “CD-ROM drive”, and then

after 5 to 10 seconds, click [Next].

When UsbWriter appears, click [Next].

When the dialog box shown at the

right appears, click [Finish].

This completes the installation of the driver

software.

When using XP, select “Install from a list

or speciﬁc location (Advanced)” on the

ﬁrst Wizard screen and click [Next].

Depending on the operating system, the

dialog box shown in step 9 may also

appear; however, the operation

described in step 8 should be performed

before continuing to step 9.

Depending on the operating system, the

message “No digital signature.” may

appear; however, the installation can be

continued.

A message may appear, indicating that

the computer should be restarted; how-

ever, it is not necessary to restart yet, so

click [Cancel].

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The Choose Setup Language dialog

box appears. Select the desired

language, and then click [OK].

After a short while, the application

installer automatically starts up.

If the installer does not automatically start

up:

1) Click the [Start] button.

2) Click [Run].

The Run dialog box appears.

3) Type in the full path to the installer, and then click [OK] to start up the installer.

For example: D:\Setup (where “D:” is the name of the CD-ROM drive)

When the InstallShield Wizard appears,

click [Next] to continue with the

installation.

Click [Next] to install the application

into the default folder.

To install the application into another folder:

1) Click [Browse]. Select the drive and folder (if

necessary, type in the name of the new

folder).

2) When the desired folder is selected, click

[OK].

3) The “Choose Destination Location” shows

the selected folder. Click [Next] to install the

application into that folder.

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Click [Back] to return to the previous step.

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Click [Cancel] to exit.

When the installation is completed,

the dialog box shown at the right

appears.

This completes the entire setup operation.

With Windows 98 and ME, the computer

must be restarted. Be sure to click

[Restart] to complete the setup.

With other operating systems, it is not

necessary to restart the computer. Click

[Finish] to complete the setup.

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Online registration

If you wish to be contacted about upgrades and provided with important information such as, future prod-

uct developments and improvements, you can register your product online by following a simple registra-

tion procedure.

Click Online Registration on the Help menu to start up the installed Web browser and open the online

registration page on our Web site.

In addition, while registering, trial embroidery data can be downloaded at no cost from the online registra-

tion page of our Web site.

For details on downloading, refer to our Web site.

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Uninstalling

Turn on the computer and start Windows.

Click the Start button in the task bar, select [Setting], and then click [Control Panel].

In the Control Panel window, double-click “Add/Remove Programs”.

In the Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box, select program, and then click

[Add/Remove].

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Technical support

Please contact Technical Support if you have a problem.

Please check the company web site to ﬁnd the Technical Support address for your area.

Online registration may not be available in some areas.

Have the following information ready before contacting Technical Support.

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The make and model of your PC you are using as well as the Windows version. (Please check the

system requirements for this product once again. See page 2.)

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Information on any error messages that appear.

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Operation screen

NO.

Name/Button Function

Title bar

This allows you to adjust the size of the window or quit the application.

Menu bar

This contains commands for the various functions that you can perform. (See page 10,

“Menu Bar Commands”)

Hoop size

selector

This is used to select the size of the embroidery hoop that can be used with your

embroidery machine. (See page 8, “Select the embroidery hoop size.”)

Browse button

()

Select the folder where the pattern ﬁle (.pes) is saved. (See page 8, “Select the folder.”)

Available

patterns list

Images of the pattern ﬁles (.pes) saved in the folder selected after clicking (

) are

displayed here. The name of the ﬁle appears below the image.

Size display

This displays the size of the pattern selected in the “Available patterns list” (

Getting Started

6 7 9

C D E F

Do not select a hoop size larger than the embroidery hoop that can be

used with your embroidery machine. The created card will not work

correctly with the embroidery machine.

If you change the hoop size while selecting patterns, remove the pat-

terns that have already been selected.

For details on .pes ﬁles, refer to “Product description” on page 1.

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Patterns that are either too large or have too many stitches

for the embroidery hoop size, selected with the “Hoop

size selector” (3), are crossed out with a red .

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Patterns that are larger than the speciﬁed embroidery hoop

size are marked with a yellow . The program will automat-

ically reduce the design to ﬁt within the hoop size speciﬁed. It

may be possible to reduce the design more by using the “Pat-

tern size slider” (7), but, 90% is the lowest it can be reduced.

•Patterns created for the optional extra-large embroidery

hoop are marked with the symbol.

•This is available only if one pattern in the Available patterns list (5)

is selected.

•If the pattern is sized, the new pattern size is displayed here.

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NO.

Name/Button Function

Pattern size

slider

This can be used to size the pattern selected in the “Available patterns list” (

). The

pattern size can be changed by a ratio between 90% and 120%.

Select button ( )

Click this button to add the pattern selected in the “Available patterns list” (

) to the

“Selected patterns list” (

). (See page 8, “Select the patterns.”)

Write button

()

Click this button to write to an original card the patterns displayed in the “Selected pat-

terns list” (

). (See page 9, “Write the data to an original card.”)

Deselect button

()

Click this button to remove the pattern selected in the “Selected patterns list” (

Selected

patterns list

Patterns selected with (

) are displayed here. The data will be written to an original

card in the order displayed.

Card capacity

indicator

This shows the capacity of the patterns selected in the “Selected patterns list” (

). (See

page 9, “

Reading the Card capacity indicator:

”)

Icon size button

()

Click this button to switch between large and small the display

size of the pattern images shown in the lists.

Properties button

()

Click this button to display the information (size, number of

stitches, and colors) for the pattern selected in the “Available pat-

terns list” (

) or the “Selected patterns list” (

Preview button

()

Click this button to display a three-dimensional image of the pattern selected in the

“Available patterns list” (

) or the “Selected patterns list” (

Print button

()

Click this button to print the information for the pattern selected in the “Available pat-

terns list” (

) or the “Selected patterns list” (

) according to the settings speciﬁed after

clicking [File], then [Print Setup].

The pattern cannot be sized to exceed the size of the selected hoop

size.

•The new size can be checked with the “Size display” (6).

•This is available only if one pattern in the Available patterns list (5)

is selected.

Example)

This is available only if one pattern is selected.

Click the button indicated on the right at the bottom of the dialog box to

change the display magniﬁcation as described below.

Zooms so that

the image fills

the dialog box

Zooms so the pattern can

be compared relative to the

size of the embroidery hoop

This is available only if one pattern is selected.

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Operating procedure

Start up the application.

From the desktop, double-click the icon shown at the right.

Select the embroidery hoop size.

With the Hoop size selector, select the size of the embroidery hoop that

can be used with your embroidery machine.

Select the folder.

1) Click

. The Folder dialog box appears. Select the folder

where the pattern ﬁle (.pes) is saved, and then click [OK].

2) Images and ﬁle names for the pattern ﬁles saved in the

selected folder appear in the “Available patterns list”.

Select the patterns.

1) From the “Available patterns list”, click the pattern that you

want to write to the card. The highlighted pattern is selected.

2) Then, click to add the selected pattern to the “Selected pat-

terns list”.

3) Continue this operation for all patterns that you wish to write

to an original card. Viewing the “Card capacity indicator”dur-

ing this process will allow you to plan which designs you

would like to save an original card.

Make sure that the USB card writer box is connected to the computer’s USB port

and that an original card is inserted.

Do not select a hoop size larger than the embroidery hoop that can

be used with your embroidery machine. The created card will not

work correctly with the embroidery machine.

If an original card was selected , the patterns saved

on the inserted card can be seen.

If there are any patterns on the card that you do not wish

to erase, be sure to add them to the “Selected patterns

list”. (See page 8, “Select the patterns.”)

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If an original card was selected , the patterns saved on the inserted card can be seen.

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If there are any patterns on the card that you do not wish to erase, be sure to add them to the

“Selected patterns list”.

“Available patterns list”“Selected patterns list”

Highlighted

“Card capacity indicator”

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