How to Format a USB for Embroidery Designs
After downloading some embroidery designs, the next step in the road to stitching the design out on your Janome Embroidery Machine is to transfer the designs using a USB Stick or ATA Compact Flash Card; the process for which is relatively straightforward. But before we can place the designs on the USB, we must format the USB to work with Janome Embroidery Machines. This crucial step sets the file folder structure on the USB and allows the machine to know where to look. This guide will go through the steps to formatting your USB for your Janome embroidery machine.
Requirements
- 1 USB Thumb Drive (Ideally 64MB or less)
- A Computer/Laptop
- An Embroidery Machine
How to Format the USB Stick for Machine Embroidery
Before the USB (or ATA Card) can be used to store and transfer your embroidery designs, the embroidery file system must be created on the drive. The easy method to achieve this is to connect a new (or freshly formatted) USB stick (or ATA card) to your machine, open a pre-loaded design from your machine, go to the edit function, and then save the design on the device. This will set up the folder structure and the saved design acts as a reminder of the correct saving location for your machine.
How to Transfer Embroidery Designs on to a USB Stick
It’s straightforward to transfer a design from your PC to a USB Stick or ATA Card (compact flash card) without using Janome software. Place the.jef files inside the main folder on PCs with only a main folder. Place the.jef files in the sub-folder on machines with a sub-folder in addition to a main folder. The file directories will differ from one system to the next, but the technique will remain consistent.
With the USB inserted into your computer/laptop, copy and paste your embroidery files to the corresponding Embroidery Folder for your machine below:
| Model | Embroidery Folder | |
| Combined Sewing & Embroidery Models | MC14000 | Embf |
| MC12000 | Embf | |
| MC11000 | Embf | |
| MC10000 / MC10001 | Embf | |
| MC9900 | Embf | |
| MC9500 / MC9700 | Embf | |
| Embroidery Only Models | MC370E / MC350E | MyDesigns (EMB->Embf->MyDesigns) |
| MC300E | Embf5 | |
| MC200E | Embf |
Troubleshooting:
Why does the embroidery designs on the USB not show on my embroidery machine?
Please Check:
- Is the USB correctly formatted for your machine?
- Is the Embroidery Design in the correct folder?
- Is the Design larger than the maximum embroidery area for my machine?