History Main / AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter

* A Talmud sort of urban legend says that a Bible copier accidentally replaced an aleph with an ayin, turning "Fear thy Lord" into "Frag thy Lord" (or even worse), resulting in a nonplussed God ripped him an eye (ayin) out, in good ole "An eye for an eye" tradition.

** While it is a somewhat unusual hobby for an angel, Aziraphale specifically seeks out these kinds of Bibles to add to his collection of rare books. One of the other examples mentioned is a Bible that accidentally omitted the "not" in the commandment regarding adultery, which actually exists in real life.

* A plague intended to thank Creator/JamesEarlJones for speaking at Lauderhill, Florida's 2002 Martin Luther King Day celebration read [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/james-gang/ "Thank you James Earl Ray for Keeping the Dream Alive"]], James Earl Ray being Martin Luther King's assassin.

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* Creator/MattParker once attempted to [[SubvertedTrope subvert]] this in printing flyers for his stage show about his book Literature/HumblePi (a book about Maths Errors). He submitted a pdf to the printers with various small "issues" like alignment symbols, handwritten notes, and color swatches on the page. This would have made it look like there was a massive error in the printing, fitting given what it was advertising. The printer instead cleaned up the image, resized the postcard and removed the notes. Thus causing the trope to be DoubleSubverted. You can see Matt's video on the subject (including the original and final flyers) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1snXHsIbrA on his youtube page]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' makes this into a RunningGag with Mr. Peanutbutter. Once per season, he'll use a print shop for signs and t-shirts, but the printer manages to print both the desired text [[ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud and the instructions he gave]], i.e. "[[AC: Happy Birthday Diane and use a pretty font]]."

Can result in a ManualMisprint or TypoOnTheCover. SisterTrope of AutoIncorrect (where the error is introduced by a spellchecker or autocorrect software) and VirtualAssistantBlunder (where a voice-control device misinterprets a command).

-->-- '''Gordon Brittas''' and '''Julie Porter''', ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'', "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS3E4TwoLittleBoys Two Little Boys]]"

->'''Mr. Brittas''': It says "pool". The l's got pushed 'round the corner a bit, that's all.

* An Australian newspaper advertising the Whitsundays (a popular holiday destination) had to do a frantic recall when the "W" was replaced by an "S".

* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/BountyHamster'', Cassie discovers the WantedPoster she's putting up to find her DisappearedDad has AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter that describes her father as an intergalactic villain wanted dead or alive, and offers Cassie's hand in marriage as the StandardHeroReward. Cassie has no money to pay a proper bounty hunter or get the posters done, so she took the first friendly person who offered--unfortunately he's a Cloudcuckoolander called Neil the Liar. Marion and Cassie then have to try and stop all the bounty hunters before they find and kill her dad.

* Creator/MattParker once attempted to [[Subverted Trope subvert]] this in printing flyers for his stage show about his book Literature/HumblePi (a book about Maths Errors). He submitted a pdf to the printers with various small "issues" like alignment symbols, handwritten notes, and color swatches on the page. This would have made it look like there was a massive error in the printing, fitting given what it was advertising. The printer instead cleaned up the image, resized the postcard and removed the notes. Thus causing the trope to be DoubleSubverted. You can see Matt's video on the subject (including the original and final flyers) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1snXHsIbrA on his youtube page]].

* Subverted in ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati''. Herb has set up an ad campaign for Soul Suds Shampoo using Venus for a CelebrityEndorsement. To save on the photographer fees Herb took the pictures himself. Then the stand up display comes in and it's not Venus--it's Herb in a "Kiss the Cook" apron. It's Herb's fault, but he blames the printer.

* In ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'', Larry delivers a death notice for his wife's late aunt to the newspaper. The paper misprints the "a" in "beloved aunt" as [[CountryMatters a "c"]], and Larry comes home the next day to a group of furious in-laws who think he did it on purpose.

* [[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-35899023 This sign]], which was spotted before it was sent out to a church in the run-up to Easter 2016.

Can result in a TypoOnTheCover. SisterTrope of AutoIncorrect (where the error is introduced by a spellchecker or autocorrect software) and VirtualAssistantBlunder (where a voice-control device misinterprets a command).

%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * A death notice that Larry put in the paper on ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'' as "beloved aunt" came out as... [[CountryMatters something else]]. Naturally, his in-laws blame him rather than the newspaper.

* In ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}'', when Joan and Rick were about to be married, they had their wedding invitations printed by a professional invitation printer. Unfortunately, the printer committed two errors: a) Rick's name was printed as "Bick". b) The ''date of the wedding'' was printed wrong! Since the invitations were ''already sent'', they had to send to ''everybody'' a correction note. And then the printer committed a ''third'' error: On the correction note the word "bridegroom" was printed as "bridegoon".

** The gag culminates in the series finale, where Mr. Peanutbutter restores the Hollywoo sign to its former glory. Unfortunately, due to yet another miscommunication, the movie district of Los Angeles will forever be known as "Hollywoob"! (He wanted it to be a "D" as in "Birthday Dad".) He angrily states to the printing company that he is going to seriously consider no longer working with them.

* [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:InGodWeRust.jpg Certain 2005 Kansas quarters]] has a "T" in "In God We Trust" misengraved, making the message appear to read "In God We Rust".