a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
<noun.communication> [ verb ]
print incorrectly
<verb.creation>
Misprint \Mis*print"\ (m[i^]s*pr[i^]nt"), v. t. To print wrongly; to make a mistake in printing.
misprint \mis"print\ (m[i^]s"pr[i^]nt), n. A mistake in printing; a deviation from the copy; as, a book full of misprints. Misprints are sometimes noted and corrected in a list of corrigenda distributed with a book. [1913 Webster +PJC]