Pokemon Print Dot Error
Error: Dot errors are displayed as extraneous ink dots or smudges in various colors created during the printing process. At least 3 red dots apear in this ink error: one between the energy cost symbols of the first and second attacks, one on the border up and to the left of the energy cost for the first attack, and one near upper left of the art between the border and the art. While CGC is describing these cards as an error, they are more likely a test print or press check sheet that was accidentally cut and inserted into packs.
They are missing the entire CMYK coloring process and only have the texture layer that is typically placed on top of the card art. There is a chance your Pokemon card has a printer's defect that is rare. There are many different types of error, misprinted, and miscut Pokemon that come in different combinations.
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We buy Pokemon cards with printer defects, but they have to be exactly like the ones listed below. Anything else simply will not be rare. Only the ink drops that have been found multiple times on the same cards are actual misprints that have an increased value, like the red dot Blastoise; black dot Charizard; pink heart-dot Clefairy; Pinsir scratch error; "d"-edition Butterfree; blue butt Vulpix; etc.
No Illus. Blastoise, D Error Butterfree). Color involved: Pokémon cards are printed using the offset printing technique and using the CMYK colour scheme (Blue, Red, Yellow, and Black).
Pokémon Error Guide
Members can use this Thread to post about Card Errors you come across. Here, you can post Errors in a card's structure or production, which include but are not limited to: Missing/Moved Set/Energy/Collection symbols. Typos on a card's text.
Missing/Additional text/images on a card. Incorrect. Instead, let's focus on some easier to identify and more common errors that be found in nearly every set of Pokemon cards because they are related to the quality control of the printing/cutting process not based on the colors or information printed on the card.
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These errors are easy to spot even to new collectors such as square cut corners versus the correct die cut (rounded) corners or OC. Masters Guide for Pokemon WOTC Corrected Errors & Test cards While talking with a good friend and local game store owner, he mentioned that there's too much to keep up with when it comes to Pokemon errors, and that if there was a reference he could use to find out what errors exist and which ones to consider valuable, it would be very helpful. With so many new errors identified in the past.
Unlike most people in this group, I'll actually provide some useful information. This is not a print dot. Print dots are used on uncut sheets so the cards can be cut the correct size and shape and will always be in the 1 or more of the 4 corners depending on the severity of the miscut.
![Charizard [Black Dot Error] #4 Prices | Pokemon Base Set | Pokemon Cards](https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/images.pricecharting.com/7iltfnciva6mkvcp/240.jpg "Charizard [Black Dot Error] #4 Prices | Pokemon Base Set | Pokemon Cards")
In order for a card to have a print dot it needs to have either a misaligned front or back (where 1 side is.
