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# DownsampleMonoImages

| Method Name          | Argument Name | Argument Type |
| -------------------- | ------------- | ------------- |
| downSampleMonoImages | status        | boolean       |

If <mark style="color:red;">true</mark>, monochrome images are downsampled using the resolution specified by <mark style="color:red;">MonoImageResolution</mark>.

If <mark style="color:red;">false</mark>, downsampling is not done and the resolution of monochrome images in the PDF file is the same as the source images.