Printing Overprinted PDF's

Hi
Is it possible to print PDF's showing overprint from Reader?
I can preview overprint within Reader but cannot print.
When selecting Advanced in the print window I can only see limited options unlike Pro version.
This seems strange because they have added the option to preview.
Or am I missing something
Any ideas anyone.

I've run into the same problem. I can tell my customer how to view with Overprint Preview, but when she prints it out those properties are lost. Can we only simulate overprinting with the full version of Acrobat?

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