mackle
/ˈmækəl/
verb
- To blur or smudge (a printed image or text) by double impression or slipping.
- The press mackled the final sheet because the paper shifted.
- Be careful not to mackle the print when adjusting the roller.
- The technician fixed the machine so it wouldn't mackle any more pages.
Synonyms
noun
- A blurred or double impression in printing, caused by the paper slipping or the plate shifting.
- The printer noticed a mackle on the last page and reprinted it.
- A mackle ruined the first batch of posters, so they had to start over.
- The old book had a mackle on several pages from a printing error.