Brother HL-5250dn paper wrinkles: solved

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On my Brother HL-5250dn, the first sheet of every job
had a vertical crease or two, 2 to 6 inches long. I
called a local Brother authorized repair shop, and
they suggested I that bring it in because the springs
that hold the heated fusing roller to its unheated
sister roller might be too tight. He quoted me $87
to fix it. But armed with his conjecture, I opened
it up, removed the two springs, stretched each by a
few millimiters, and put them back. Bingo, problem
solved. Cost: $0.00.

Brother's web site wasn't helpful: it suggests that
creasing is due to inferior paper or to humidity.
I've concluded that it was due to inferior design
or slack quality assurance.

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1366294709
 
On my Brother HL-5250dn, the first sheet of every job
had a vertical crease or two, 2 to 6 inches long. I
called a local Brother authorized repair shop, and
they suggested I that bring it in because the springs
that hold the heated fusing roller to its unheated
sister roller might be too tight. He quoted me $87
to fix it. But armed with his conjecture, I opened
it up, removed the two springs, stretched each by a
few millimiters, and put them back. Bingo, problem
solved. Cost: $0.00.

Brother's web site wasn't helpful: it suggests that
creasing is due to inferior paper or to humidity.
I've concluded that it was due to inferior design
or slack quality assurance.

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1366294709
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Interesting stuff. Thanks for posting.
Tony
MS MVP Printing/Imaging
 
This seems strange to me, I'm not familiar with the brother machines, but
normally such fuser springs operate in compression: stretching them a few
millimetres should have increased the pressure not reduced it.
 
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