print run

plural print runs

1. The total number of copies (of a book edition) printed as one batch on the printing press (that is, from one setup on the press).

   If the first print run sells out, a second print run will be ordered. Some books even have dozens of print runs.

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   In the meantime, I have an opportunity of extolling the virtues of his Liverpool & Manchester Railway Atlas, which appeared last year and has already had its second print-run.

   2022 February 23, Barry Doe, “Liverpool & Manchester Atlas is excellent value”, in RAIL, number 951, page 60

   Synonyms: printing

2. The total number of copies (of a book edition or a newspaper edition) ever printed.

   The first edition had a print run of 1000 copies and sold for 36 shillings.

   2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 488