Dorothy, Auto/acti-feed is working fine on my Amaya that still has the black rollers in it....it is about 1 year old.....so the answer to you question would be , yes, as long as the rollers are properly maintained and/or replaced as necessary. Rod Springer Embroidery Cottage Rod & Sharon Springer Melco Amaya Tech & Trainer Design Shop Pro+ Digitizing Boise, ID 83713 208-938-3038 ----- Original Message ----- From: <DLCompton@xxxxxxx> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 12:40 PM Subject: [amayausers] Re: OS upgrade & new rollers > > Actually, I did know about inserting color changes but unfortunately this > break is not happening in lettering but the design; I don't have DS and > quite > frankly I don't want the stop, trim, start anyway. I just want to know if > the > auto-feed system will work with the older rollers. Jeff? > > > Dorothy Compton > Bee Embroidered > _www.BeeEmbroidered.com_ (http://www.beeembroidered.com/) > (916) 635-7467 > Rancho Cordova, CA > > In a message dated 2/10/2006 8:40:15 AM Pacific Standard Time, > springer37@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > Roland, Dorothy, > > Yes, you can set color breaks anywhere in the lettering you wish. After > selecting the word or line of lettering, go to properties and select the > lettering tab. You will see a color break icon next to the right side of > the > text window. Place your cursor at any point in the settering and then > click > on the color break icon.....all done......except for setting up settings > by > color ;-)) > > Rod Springer > > Embroidery Cottage > Rod & Sharon Springer > Melco Amaya Tech & Trainer > Design Shop Pro+ Digitizing > > Boise, ID 83713 > 208-938-3038 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roland R. Irish III" <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 9:10 AM > Subject: [amayausers] Re: OS upgrade & new rollers > > >> Dorothy...if you have the time to spend, I had same problem with >> thread breaking over the seam on caps (until I tried the auto feed) >> and what I ended up doing is 'splitting' the design where it hits the >> seam and then setting that as a separate color (same color but you >> need the color break) and in 'settings by color' set the MT higher. >> For a background fill, example, I duplicated the 'box' 3 times and >> then moved the ends of each 'duplicate' to make a 'left', 'center' >> and 'right' with a slight overlap. This way I had the exact same fill >> pattern, underlayment, etc. and just make sure your 'entry' and >> 'exit' points line up. With a color change between each part, you can >> set the MT as 4, 8 for the seam, back to 4, or whatever you need to >> set it. For lettering, I can't remember if you can do a color change >> between each letter? Been awhile-but I know something I did I just >> duplicated the lettering and deleted the left or right letters to end >> up with the same thing in sections. >> I'm running hats today, 3rd batch with the auto settings so I won't >> have to change anything (I hope!) >> If you can spend the time to do the changes, your hats should run >> smoothly and you'll save time not having to deal with thread breaks. >> I know when you hit the seam on some hats you are going through 4-6 >> layers of tight material. Another reason to slow it down! >> >> Roland >> > > > > > >