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missjmac		#1 Posted : Tuesday, July 20, 2010 6:32:39 AM(UTC)
Rank: Newbie Reputation:		New to machine embroidery and just got a Janome 350e Embroidery machine, WOW, have a great time with my new "toy" and all the designs that came with the machine, but I am having HUGE problems getting designs from the internet and pulling them up on the machine. Here's what happens:. I put a USB drive in the machine and format it. It shows me that it was successful and places a "My Designs" folder on the USB drive. Then, I go to the internet and try to download a design. It looks like I don't have a program on my computer that will open up the design so I can see it. So, what I do is save it to the USB drive, but it saves it in a Zip file. I then can't open it on my computer and when I go to the machine it doesn't show anything in My Designs. So, my questions are first: (1) Do I need a software program on my computer that will open JEF files and is there a freebie somewhere on the internet and (2) Can my Janome machine not open zipped files, so I need to find a way to open them on my computer and save them to the USB drive fully opened? Help!!! I love the machine and would like to take the next step!!! Thanks soooooooooo.... much!


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pattiann		#2 Posted : Tuesday, July 20, 2010 8:36:09 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Reputation: Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		(1) You need a catalog program software in order to view the designs-like these - http://www.annthegran.com/Search.aspx?q=atgswaresearch&ssp=/0/0/1/9/0 http://www.smrsoftware.com/Buzz_Tools_Plus.shtml (2) The files have to be unzipped or extracted before sending to the EM. Downloaded design files are zipped/compressed and this format cannot be read by any embroidery machine. After downloading, mouse over the file you want to unzip and you will get a mini screen. Select Open or Extract All. Save the opened file to a designated folder on the hard drive of your pc. Later, you can delete the zipped files after checking to be sure all is well. If you cannot download a design file in the format of your machine (JEF), then you can use either of the two software programs listed above, or download Wilcom to convert to JEF. This is a free conversion program that you can download to your pc. I created a folder on my hard drive and named it Embroidery. This is where I download to and then after unzipping, I rename and save the new file; deleting the zipped file. Then, I send those I want to stitch-out to the USB. I use a second USB as a designated backup and send the Embroidery file to this USB each time I make a change - it will overwrite the last back-up.


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bbsue@btconline.net		#3 Posted : Saturday, July 31, 2010 1:27:01 PM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation:		Hi, You have to extract the zipped files on your computer. Format USB on machine. I don't know what emb software you have. But I use embird and I bring extracted files up in embird editor then when I put USB in to save file, I save it to whatever drive the USB is in, in jeff format, then an emb-embf folder comes up, and I doubleclick those and save design to that folder. Then when you put it in machine the design will show. Hope this helps.


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kmbeukema		#4 Posted : Tuesday, October 18, 2011 10:21:46 AM(UTC)
Rank: Newbie Reputation:		Hi, I just came across this post this evening. I just purchased a Janome 350E embroidery machine. I purchased several applique designs from a reputable internet source. Once I downloaded them to my computer, I then brought them over and saved them to my USB memory stick. I saved them in the MyDesigns folder which is within the Embf5 folder. I see these designs (all in JEF format) when my memory card is plugged into my computer. When I take the memory card and insert into the embroidery machine and bring up the MyDesigns folder not one of my designs show up?? Today, I was actually speaking with a representative for Needleheads. I had a few quesions on my MWP software. I told him about the problem I was having. He had me send it to him and then he emailed it back to me and I was then able to open it up in my embroidery machine. Do you have any advice. I am really confused.


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