printer's error

American  

noun

1. an error introduced into typeset copy by the compositor, so that the printer cannot charge for correcting it. p.e, p.e.

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Example Sentences

Even if it’s not a printer’s error or a truncation, fat might not mean what we think it means.

From Slate

Of course, no one would try to spend a $7.6 million coin, or mail a letter with one of those postage stamps made famous by a printer’s error.

From New York Times

In particular there was a tendency for characters to ask semi-rhetorical questions punctuated with a period instead of a question mark; this has not been changed since it may be a stylistic choice, not a printer's error.

From Project Gutenberg

This may possibly be a mere printer’s error.

From Project Gutenberg

For the record, The Phantom's creator intended for the character's outfit to be gray — Falk even considered calling him "The Grey Ghost" — but a printer's error resulted in the familiar, albeit impractical, purple suit.

From Seattle Times