Machine format · PES
PES embroidery files for Brother PR machines.
PES is Brother’s embroidery format, with the thread colours inside. Make a PES from any logo with Qepe, written as version 6 and checked before it is saved.
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What is a PES file?
PES is Brother’s embroidery format, the file Brother’s PR multi-needle machines read. Unlike DST, it keeps each thread’s maker, number and name, so the machine shows the colours you chose. Qepe writes PES version 6 and reads every file back before it is saved.
- Choose a thread chart under Thread changes and the PES carries real thread numbers: 75 charts come with Qepe, Madeira, Isacord, Gunold and Robison-Anton among them.
- Brother’s PR1055X reads DST as well. For a DST, set the jump codes it trims at (1 to 8, 3 when bought) and the same under Trim in Qepe.
- For older Brother machines and embroidery cards, Qepe writes PEC, the stitch part of a PES.
How to make a PES file from a logo
Open the logo
PNG, JPEG, WebP, SVG, PDF or AI. Qepe grades the file first: Good file, OK file or Poor file, with the reason.
Pick the machine
Choose Brother PR in the machine chip, and Qepe uses its needles and hoops. PES is the machine’s own file there, or one click away under Export.
Set the size, garment and colours
Left chest, cap front, sleeve, full back or your own size in millimetres; ten garments, each with its own underlay, density and pull compensation.
Digitize and check
The Auto Digitizer makes the stitches. Quality scores them against the artwork out of 100, and Fix all corrects what is safe to correct.
Export PES
Qepe writes the file, reads it back and compares every needle point with the screen. A file that doesn’t match is never saved, and the old one stays.
Convert DST to PES
Open the DST file, or one in any of the 40 formats Qepe opens: it opens stitched as the file has it, to recolour, move or add a name to. Export writes the PES and checks it like any other file. A machine file has no shapes to stitch again, so resizing it by more than 10 % changes its density: for a new size, digitize from the logo.
What Qepe compares before a PES is saved
- Every needle point, each within 0.06 mm of the screen
- Every thread change and needle
- Every trim and stop
- The header the machine reads: stitch count, colours, extents and label
- The thread names, where the format keeps them
Questions
- What is a PES file?
- Brother’s embroidery format: the needle points, trims and colour changes, with the maker, number and name of every thread. Brother PR machines read it, and many programs open it.
- Which PES version does Qepe write?
- Version 6. Qepe opens PES files from other programs too, as designs you can recolour, move or add a name to.
- How do I convert PES to DST?
- Open the PES in Qepe: it opens stitched as the file has it. Pick a DST machine, or choose DST under Export, and Qepe writes the DST and checks it. The thread colours stay in your design and on the worksheet, since a DST can’t hold them.
- How big can a PES design be?
- A PES reaches 204.7 mm from the design’s centre, 409 mm across, with up to 256 colour blocks. Qepe says so before it writes a design that doesn’t fit, instead of writing a broken file.
The other formats Qepe writes
Your next logo, ready to embroider.
Turn the next logo your customer sends into a checked, machine-ready file, on your Mac or PC.
Not released yet. From the first release: 7 days free, then €149 a year