How to Reduce Curl in the Brother HL-5170DN
Brother Industries is a Japanese company that manufacturers a wide array of consumer products, including sewing machines, large machine tools, label printers, typewriters, fax machines, and computer printers. One of its products, the Brother HL-5170DN, is a duplex-style laser printer with a built-in Ethernet network interface and an expandable paper input capacity. Like many laser printers, the HL-5170DN is subject to releasing its printed paper with edges that are slightly curled if it is used infrequently, leading to distorted text on the paper. There are a number of steps you can take to mitigate those instances.
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Open the paper tray and remove the stack of paper. Fan through the four edges in succession with your thumb, flip the stack over, rotate it horizontally 180 degrees and place it back into the paper tray.
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Lift up the output tray support flap on the top of the duplex and lock it in a face-up position.
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Open the printer's driver settings in your Control Panel if you are using a Windows operating system. Choose "Print Settings" from your main navigational menu if you are using a Macintosh.
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Click on the "Advanced" tab in the driver settings menu, select "Improve Print Quality" and choose "Reduce Paper Curl" from the submenus that follow. Save your driver settings.
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Open the back cover of your printer and move the anti-curl lever up and to the right. Your printed sheets should now be completely free of curls.
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