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# EncodeGrayImages

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

If <mark style="color:red;">true</mark>, grayscale images are encoded using the compression filter specified by the value of <mark style="color:red;">GrayImageFilter</mark>.

If <mark style="color:red;">false</mark>, compression filters are not applied to grayscale sampled images.