misfeed
/mɪsˈfid/
verb
- To feed or supply something (such as paper into a printer or data into a machine) incorrectly, causing a jam or error.
- Be careful not to misfeed the scanner with too many pages at once.
- The machine misfed the envelopes, crumpling several of them before I could stop it.
- If you misfeed the paper into the printer, it will get stuck and stop working.
noun
- An instance of feeding something incorrectly, especially in a machine or device.
- The printer keeps showing a misfeed error every time I try to print double-sided.
- A paper misfeed in the copier delayed the office report by an hour.
- The technician fixed the misfeed by clearing the jammed paper from the rollers.