Yes, that is exactly right.
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@Dyl cool, I had my eye on some base set but I didn’t know if CGC would give it the insufficient ink error label.
Unless it is dramatic like the example above, it is unlikely that CGC will recognize Base Set holo bleed as an error. The holo bleed that I’ve seen on Base Set cards is really too minimal to be counted as an error in my opinion.
Don’t know if this pertains to this but if you leave out a holo out in the sun (for a week let’s say), would the holo bleed out throughout the card? Would that give the same result? (Minus the color changes).
Base set had such inconsistent printing, it’s really hard to know what constitutes an outright error, vs just an outlier on the bell curve of quality… It’s one thing that makes early WotC kinda fun. 
@apbsayin UV radiation would not cause holo bleed because the thickness and opacity of the ink would not be affected, just the color. I do not know of any reliable way to cause such dramatic holo bleed.
@xileets I completely agree. WoTC is so fun because of the variability and inconsistency for us error collectors!
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@Dyl This is what I was thinking might be considered an insufficient ink error. Apparently that card is also a lot more apparent that it has a Holo bleed in person.
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You could certainly send it in and see what they say. I would guess that this is too little, but these errors exist on a spectrum and who knows where that arbitrary line in the sand lies.
I don’t get it. There is no foil pattern? Or there is no gloss? Or both?!
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Apologies for the confusion, in my sleep deprived parenting mind I was using matte to describe the absence of texture / pattern. It definitely is not matte in the conventional sense, it has the normal holo surface, just no holo pattern on it 
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Sometimes these are called “no shimmer/no sparkle” errors when the shimmer is missing. When the stars are missing too, those are often called “mirror holos.”
For example, this Jolteon has a handful of “stars” that are slightly visible but no shimmer [No Shimmer/No Sparkle Error].
However, this Lapras has absolutely no stars or shimmer [Mirror Holo].
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Wondering if anyone knows what’s going on with this card. It’s a 1st ed Base Set Charizard that I’ve had for a couple years that has some weird red areas that I don’t really understand. I know there are quite a few people here that have a much better understanding of the printing process than I do, so I’m hoping this (whatever it is) looks familiar to one of you!
I finally got around to scanning this card (and a normal-looking Charizard for comparison) at 9600 DPI, so hopefully the detailed pics are helpful.
Full-width: Normal, Error(?)
Bottom-left: Normal, Error(?)
Bottom-center: Normal, Error(?)
Bottom-center detail: Normal, Error(?)
Bottom-right: Normal, Error(?)
Thanks for any assistance 
I don’t know what is the point where we have to question what is the standard card and how much variability there is in printing process without the result being an error. I don’t want to argue if for example the zard above is error or not but it feels like the printing process of wotc produced so varying results that the limit between printing variances and errors sometimes is fading
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This is an error print right…? With the spacing in the 2nd attacks spacing?
Sorry its my first time properly going through all my cards and noting prices as before i only spent 4 hours outting them in evo family order lol
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