1. the continuous operation of a printing press to produce a batch of printed material; the number of copies produced in a single continuous printing operation
Usage: printing industry term; often written as two words (press run) or hyphenated (press-run)

Examples

• The pressrun for the morning newspaper began at midnight.
• We ordered a pressrun of 5,000 copies for the new brochure.
• The printer had to stop the pressrun to fix a mechanical issue.
• Each pressrun is carefully monitored for quality control.
• The cost per unit decreases with a larger pressrun.