§ FILE FORMAT · DST

DST Tajima Stitch File

If you sell decoration to other shops or push files between machines, DST is the lingua franca. Almost every commercial machine will read it.

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ORIGIN

Originally the native machine format for Tajima industrial multi-heads; the most widely interchanged commercial embroidery format.

MACHINES THAT READ DST
  • Tajima TFMX / TMEX
  • Barudan BEXT / BEXY
  • ZSK Sprint / Racer
  • Most contract-shop multi-heads
HOW VALIDSTITCH HANDLES DST

ValidStitch parses DST stitch and command records, recomputes the design extents, and runs every applicable validation check. Color information is missing from DST by design — operator color sequence is recovered from the companion .EDR or .CON file when present.

COMMON GOTCHAS
  • DST has no embedded color palette — sending a DST without a printout sheet leads to wrong-thread runs.
  • Origin offsets vary by machine head — a design centered in software may not be centered in the hoop.
  • Trim and jump commands look different across DST emitters; some machines stitch the jumps as visible threads.
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TRY IT

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