m pages are printed, and the number of pages misprinted is never even. Why is any of the m-1 events $E_i =$ {misprint in the ith page} are m.i.?

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("m.i." = "mutually independent")

My understanding is that the conclusion is equivalent to saying that amongst a particular set of $m-1$ events, any one of those events would not depend on any subset of the remaining $m-2$ events. Is this interpretation correct and if so, how did the property of the printer lead to this conclusion?