A note on nomenclature from the creator of this website

Over the course of collecting Magic the Gathering misprints I have found there to be a wide range in the words used to describe errors and their perceived names.   Even amongst some of the most respected collectors there are disagreements about what a misprint should be called.  My motivation for making this website was two fold. First, I wanted to learn as much as I could about Lithographic Print Presses and the process of making Magic cards. And second, I wanted to use that knowledge to provide a name for misprints that accurately depicts the error, based on the element that went wrong. There are many names for errors used that have no basis on the reality of the error and are named for how they look. A good example of this are what most people would call double prints.  Double prints do not exists as part of the normal production process.  The three main errors I see described as 'double prints' are; Registration Errors; Make-Readies; and Ghosting Errors - none of which are printed twice as a result of machine malfunction. During the editing process, it was explained to me by a pressman that, as much as I may want to be able to do this, it is actually impossible. For many of the press errors, there could be a multitude of causes.  Without being present in the shop at the time of the error, there would be no way to distinguish exact causes.  There are some errors that you can be certain about and those will be identified, others will be identified with visual descriptors.

My hope is to help unify the nomenclature used in this hobby I love so dearly. I hope you find it useful.