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# PreserveOverprintSettings

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

If <mark style="color:red;">true</mark>, Distiller passes the value of the setoverprint operator through to the PDF file.

If <mark style="color:red;">false</mark>, overprint is ignored (the information is not passed).