Large embroidery area

The large embroidery area of 300mm x 200mm, as well as the variety of included and extra frames, allows you to produce a wide range of projects, from jackets and t-shirts to socks and baby clothing.

Maximum embroidery field:  200mm x 300mm ( 8" x 12")

Colour LCD Touchscreen Display

On-screen editing and letter entry are a breeze with the big 10.1" built-in high-definition LCD display. It features large defined icons, thumbnail size selector, colour navigation, scrolling menu, swipe capability, and the ability to view your design properties in 'Preview' mode. Use the newest feature of zooming up to 200% and rotate your designs by 0.1, 1, 10 or 90 degrees!

6 needles with customizable needle settings

Each needle has individual settings for speed, colour lock, and needle threader disengagement – useful when using a thin needle.

Crosshair Embroidery Droplight Laser

To position tasks faster and more accurately, see exactly where the needle will land and assure flawless and precise placement.

Connect Wirelessly (WiFi)

Get machine updates wirelessly, transmit designs from your PC to the PR680W using the NEW Design Database Transfer, and get notifications when it's time to replace thread or needles while connected to your wireless network. With the My Stitch Monitor App, you can see when your project is finished. Design Database Transfer is only compatible with a Windows PC. When using PE-DESIGN 11, you can also connect up to ten computers wirelessly.

Brother My Stitch Monitor

The Brother My Stitch Monitor allows you to keep track of your stitching. Connect your smartphone to a compatible Brother embroidery machine and keep track of the progress of your stitch outs! You can monitor thread alerts, receive notifications, and more with this free Brother app.

• Check the status of your embroidery with ease
• Receive updates about your embroidery even when you exit the app to your device’s home screen
• View thread colours, thread brands and the duration of the embroidery

Artspira

With Brother's cloud-based design platform, Artspira, you can explore a universe of creative expression. You have everything you need to create in the palm of your hand, on your mobile device! Explore the latest trends, designs, projects, and customise your own designs. All are easily transferrable to your Brother Wi-Fi enabled machine.

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Admin and Operator Lock

Security lock modes and key optimisation are intended to assist users and business owners in customising processes. The user may jump straight to the embroidery screen by using a shortcut key.

Customise designs on screen

You can customise your designs on screen and enjoy limitless capabilities like pattern rotation, adjusting sizes, text arrangement, combining designs and adding lettering!

Wide Range of Built-in Embroidery Designs

Stitch out the built-in designs as they are, or use the design editing capabilities to express your imagination. With a wide selection of built-in fonts, you can customise your work for almost any style. You’ll have 100 built-in embroidery designs, 18 monogramming font styles, 140 frame pattern combinations, 50 lettering fonts, 50 utility stitch designs and 10 buttonhole styles to work with. Change the thread density or alter the spacing to improve the look of stitching. adding originality to your designs and making them unique.

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On-screen letter input and editing

Input multiple lines of text or letters, all of which can be edited. Rearrange words or phrases, combine words, alter the style and size of individual letters, or even a full line's font style. Text may be easily aligned to the left, centre, or right. Embroidering several line poems, phrases, and wedding announcements has never been easier.

Automatic needle threading

Simply push the needle-threading button to start the automated threading process, the top thread will pass through the needle.

Automatic thread cutter

Cuts upper and lower thread automatically at the end of each colour change on embroidery.

Cylinder arm

Embroider hats, tote bags, sleeves, and trouser legs, among other items, with ease using the cylinder arm. Imagine the projects you could create!

Intuitive Colour Management

colours can be customised in the design. You may also group colours to choose multiple sections at once for colour modification. When merging designs, use the colour Sort function to reduce thread changes.

Colour shuffle

Do you have a favourite colour scheme? Not sure how to put colours together? In the Random and Gradient modes, use the pin graphic tool to ensure that your preferred colours are included in your mix.

Stitch simulator

Preview how your design will stitch out on-screen before you complete the embroidery using the stitch simulator.

Easy applique feature

Instant pattern outlines for easily creating applique. Create multiple appliques in one hoop!

Three USB ports

A high-speed port for fast design transfers, a second port for machine peripherals, and a third port for computer connectivity.

High-speed acceleration

Reach up to 1,000 stitches per minute in just seven seconds! The enhanced acceleration is noticeable not just at first startup, but also throughout thread cuts. It will help increase your productivity and efficiency so you can complete projects faster with minimal noise. The speed can also be decreased to 400 SPM, which can provide improved results in some circumstances like using specialty threads.

LED lighting

The PR680W has a generous 8” x 12” embroidery area for just about any sized project. With bright, customizable lighting, you can illuminate your work with 4 built-in LED lights to see colours clearly with virtually no shadows! Customize the light brightness between 5 settings, including ‘off’ mode to find your ideal level.

Video tutorials and help guides

You’ll have direct access to 17 valuable and informative built-in tutorial guides on the LCD touch screen, to provide you with support and assistance.

Included embroidery frames

There are four embroidery frames included with your machine, so you can create different projects to the size you desire.

Four hoops included:300mm x 200m, 180mm x 130mm, 100mm x 100mm and 60mm x 40mm