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# pmPrintSettings()

Returns a Core Printing object configured with the print info’s print settings information

```
func pmPrintSettings() -> UnsafeMutableRawPointer
```

## Return Value

A pointer to a <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/applicationservices/pmprintsettings> object, an opaque data type used to store information such as the number of copies and the range of pages in a printing session. You should not call `PMRelease` to release the returned object, except to balance calls to `PMRetain` that your code also issued.

## Discussion

The information in the returned `PMPrintSettings` object is consistent with the receiver’s print settings at the time this method is called. Subsequent changes to the receiving `NSPrintInfo` object do not result in changes to the information in the `PMPrintSettings` data type.

If you make changes to the data in the `PMPrintSettings` object, you should invoke the [`updateFromPMPrintSettings()`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPrintInfo/updateFromPMPrintSettings()) method to synchronize those changes with the `NSPrintInfo` object that created the object.

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