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Find the perfect fit for your embroidery business needs

PR1055X – ten needle embroidery machine

The PR1055X incorporates many features which work together to enhance your productivity. Ten needles give you a much wider range of colours. Coupled with an extra-large embroidery area and InnovEye intelligent camera positioning sensor, the PR1055X offers increased versatility and precision.

The compact design makes it the ideal embroidery machine for small workshops or even within the home, and makes it portable enough to take to events. A wide variety of accessories give you the flexibility to embroider a huge range of items.


Get acquainted with the PR1055X’s features here

PR680W – six needle embroidery machine

If you’re ready to take your embroidery passion to the next level, the PR680W is the perfect machine to do it on. Incorporating the innovative, easy-to-use features you’ll find in Brother’s home embroidery range with the speed, accuracy and finish of our semi-professional machines this is the perfect choice for those moving from hobbyist to small business owner, or those looking to add an embroidery offering to an existing business.

 

See what makes the PR680W perfect for you here

PR1 – single needle embroidery machine

Live free and follow your embroidery dreams with the PR1. Whether you want to launch a range of custom bags or hit the road with colourful festival-wear, this innovative single-needle machine is the perfect match for you.

Designed with the small business in mind, the PR1 is compact enough to fit into smaller spaces. With a large embroidery area, fast stitching speeds, laser cross positioning feature and much more you’ll soon see why the PR1 x you is the ultimate collaboration.


Find out what makes the PR1 so special here

VR – single needle embroidery machine

Designed to deliver the most intricate embroidery with a crisp, accurate finish, this high-speed embroidery machine also quickly converts into a free-motion quilting machine.

Built with Brother’s 100+ years of expertise, the VR lets you easily personalise everything from towels and clothes to bags, shoes and dog collars.


Get up close and personal with the VR here

Not sure which machine is the right one for you? Don’t worry, we’ve made a handy comparison chart, just for you.

A tablet displaying the BEaaS Name Designer app, with a finger tapping the screen to customize fonts and colors for text.

BEaaS Name Designer

Personalisation just got easier with the BEaaS Name Designer*.
With Brother’s BEaaS Name Designer application, anyone can easily convert text to embroidery data and wirelessly transfer it to a compatible Brother embroidery machine.

  • More choice – fonts, colours, frame sizes, font size, thread density settings, character spacing adjuster and under-sewing options
  • Eliminate errors – customers type direct into the web application
  • Faster workflow – stitch out while a new customer types
  • Save time – limit customer font colour selection to the threads on your machine
  • Expand – add personalisation as a service
  • Compatible with PR1055X and PR680W embroidery machines

 

Learn more about BEaaS Name Designer here

What features make our machines so popular?

Extreme close up of embroidery machine needles

Super easy needle threading

Unlike most industrial embroidery machines, our range features automatic needle threading. Simply press the button! It couldn’t be easier than that.

LCD colour touchscreen of PR embroidery machine

Intuitive interface

Our embroidery machines are intuitive to operate and totally user-friendly. No ugly looking, commercial style screens here! We’ve spent a long time developing easy-to-use colour touchscreens that our customers love.

 

Camera function on embroidery machine shows design position

Embroidery pattern positioning

The hardest part of embroidery can be making sure you embroider in the correct place, especially if you’re new to machine embroidery. With the PR1055X there’s no such problem – we’ve provided a built-in camera to help you position your design exactly where you want to embroider it, all in real-time!

Live camera
Position your design exactly where you want to embroider it, all in real-time!

Position scanning
Scan projects in the hoop and display them on the large screen, so you can easily position the design before you start to embroider. Patterns can be re-sized, edited and the angle adjusted as required to suit the garment or project.

Camera positioning sensor
Rotate and position the embroidery exactly where needed, thanks to the built-in camera and the snowman sticker system.

Crosshair laser pointer for perfect needle positioning (PR680W & PR1 only)

With the largest crosshair pointer on the market you can see exactly where your needles will drop, ensuring perfect pattern placement every time. Position and align the embroidery patterns in a simple and accurate way, thanks to Brother’s unique positioning function. So the angle and direction of the embroidery pattern will be automatically adjusted. The exact placement can be selected from nine reference points: the center, four corners and four midpoints of the sidelines.

Red LED pointer on golden embroidered lion on blue fabric

LED pointer for positioning

Use the built-in LED pointer on the VR embroidery machine to help you start your embroidery in exactly the right spot. The LED pointer shows you the needle-drop position. Just another user-friendly feature we’ve designed in to help you perfectly position your embroidery designs.

 

PR embroidery machine in shop setting with mannequin and frames

Additional features which makes business sense:

  • Variable speed: 400 to 1,000 stitches per minute

    Select the best embroidery speed for your project or choose different speeds for individual needles to suit speciality threads.
  • Link up to 10 machines via Wireless LAN with the PR1055X and PR680W

    With the PE‑Design 11 software (separate purchase required), it’s possible to link up to 10 machines via a single PC to enhance productivity.
    Send designs to multiple machines. Queue name changes with the new name drop feature. Ideal when making personalised items such as team shirts.
  • Automatic frame determination

    Detect the attached frame and display its contents directly on the screen.

Screen of embroidery machine showing video tutorials

Video tutorials and help guides

Our machines all come with on-screen video tutorials and several built-in help guides that will guide you through any embroidery question you may have. Whatever your query, we’re always at your side.

 

37 different styles of fonts

Variety of built-in fonts and designs

The PR and VR embroidery range comes with a generous amount of built-in fonts, so personalising items with names and phrases is child's play. Simply enter the text your customer wants onto the colour touchscreen, select the size, even choose to curve or extrude the letters - all in a few easy steps.

My Design Center (for PR1055X)

My Design Center integrates seamlessly with the PR-embroidery machines’ Camera Scanning Technology to offer new design capabilities at your fingertips, all without a PC. Draw or doodle directly onto the LCD display, and watch your design spring to life in the large drawing area.

Or, use the scanning frame to scan line art, handwriting or printed clip art and have it transformed into embroidery data. Easily add stippling or fill patterns to your embroidery designs and quilt blocks.


Still can’t decide, speak to one of our specialists today

Our wide variety of frames give you the versatility to embroider a wide range of products.

Blue and red shoe in embroidery machine
White and pink bag in clamp frame on embroidery machine
Frame scan for embroidery machine
Round embroidery frame on polo shirt
Blue and red cap in embroidery machine
White embroidered handkerchief in small oval frame
Polo shirt on cylinder frame in embroidery machine
Embroidered golden letters in embroidery frame
Magnet embroidery frame

See all embroidery frames and their compatibility by downloading our handy frame guide here

Want to see our machines in action?  Have a look at what you can embroider with the wide variety of frames available.

Brother PR embroidery machine on blue background

Learn more about the PR and VR range of embroidery machines

Learn more about the PR1055X

Learn more about the PR1050X

Learn more about the PR680W

Learn more about the PR670E

Learn more about the PR1

Learn more about the VR

 

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