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* New public static property added to C1PrintDocument:

static bool C1PrintDocument.UsePrinterForDefaultPageSettings {get;set;}

Gets or sets the value indicating whether the default page settings are retrieved from the default printer (may slow things down if the printer is a network one) or calculated based on the current locale.

If you are experiencing slow loading of C1PrintDocument, that may be due to a slow (network) default printer installed in the system. In that case, please set this property to false before creating your C1PrintDocument, along with MeasurementDevice. I.e.:

C1PrintDocument.UsePrinterForDefaultPageSettings = false;
C1PrintDocument.MeasurementDevice = MeasurementDeviceEnum.Screen;
C1PrintDocument doc = new C1PrintDocument();

Alternatively, if on your system there is a fast local printer along with the slow default network one, you can set the MeasurementPrinterName to the name of that local printer. This will make sure that C1PrintDocument uses that printer both for measurements and for getting the default page settings. I.e.:

C1PrintDocument.UsePrinterForDefaultPageSettings = true;
C1PrintDocument.MeasurementDevice = MeasurementDeviceEnum.Printer;
C1PrintDocument.MeasurementPrinterName = "My local printer name";
C1PrintDocument doc = new C1PrintDocument();