# C1.C1Preview.C1PrintDocument.CreationDevice

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<h1 id="C1_C1Preview_C1PrintDocument_CreationDevice_" data-uid="C1.C1Preview.C1PrintDocument.CreationDevice*">CreationDevice Property
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<h4 id="C1_C1Preview_C1PrintDocument_CreationDevice" data-uid="C1.C1Preview.C1PrintDocument.CreationDevice">CreationDevice</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets or sets the type of device that is
used to provide reference graphics when generating the document.
If this property is set to <a class="xref" href="C1.C1Preview.MeasurementDeviceEnum.html#C1_C1Preview_MeasurementDeviceEnum_Printer">Printer</a>,
<a class="xref" href="C1.C1Preview.C1PrintDocument.CreationPrinterName.html#C1_C1Preview_C1PrintDocument_CreationPrinterName">CreationPrinterName</a> specifies the printer.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">[Browsable(true)]
public MeasurementDeviceEnum CreationDevice { get; set; }</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">&lt;Browsable(True)&gt;
Public Property CreationDevice As MeasurementDeviceEnum</code></pre>
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<h5 id="C1_C1Preview_C1PrintDocument_CreationDevice_remarks">Remarks</h5>
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The default behavior determining which reference device should be used when rendering
a <a class="xref" href="C1.C1Preview.C1PrintDocument.html">C1PrintDocument</a> is specified by static properties
<a class="xref" href="C1.C1Preview.C1PrintDocument.MeasurementDevice.html#C1_C1Preview_C1PrintDocument_MeasurementDevice">MeasurementDevice</a> and <a class="xref" href="C1.C1Preview.C1PrintDocument.MeasurementPrinterName.html#C1_C1Preview_C1PrintDocument_MeasurementPrinterName">MeasurementPrinterName</a>.
The (non-static) <a class="xref" href="C1.C1Preview.C1PrintDocument.CreationDevice.html#C1_C1Preview_C1PrintDocument_CreationDevice">CreationDevice</a>, <a class="xref" href="C1.C1Preview.C1PrintDocument.CreationPrinterName.html#C1_C1Preview_C1PrintDocument_CreationPrinterName">CreationPrinterName</a>
and <a class="xref" href="C1.C1Preview.C1PrintDocument.CreationDpi.html#C1_C1Preview_C1PrintDocument_CreationDpi">CreationDpi</a> properties allow to override the behavior for an individual component.
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Normally all installed printers would be scanned to obtain a high-resolution
reference <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.drawing.graphics">Graphics</a> object.
In order to bypass this process, set this property to <a class="xref" href="C1.C1Preview.MeasurementDeviceEnum.html#C1_C1Preview_MeasurementDeviceEnum_Screen">Screen</a>.
In some cases this may increase rendering speed at the cost of some loss in layout accuracy.
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<h5 id="C1_C1Preview_C1PrintDocument_CreationDevice_seealso">See Also</h5>
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    <div><a class="xref" href="C1.C1Preview.C1PrintDocument.CreationPrinterName.html#C1_C1Preview_C1PrintDocument_CreationPrinterName">CreationPrinterName</a></div>
    <div><a class="xref" href="C1.C1Preview.C1PrintDocument.CreationDpi.html#C1_C1Preview_C1PrintDocument_CreationDpi">CreationDpi</a></div>
    <div><a class="xref" href="C1.C1Preview.C1PrintDocument.CreationGraphics.html#C1_C1Preview_C1PrintDocument_CreationGraphics">CreationGraphics</a></div>
    <div><a class="xref" href="C1.C1Preview.C1PrintDocument.ActualCreationPrinterName.html#C1_C1Preview_C1PrintDocument_ActualCreationPrinterName">ActualCreationPrinterName</a></div>
    <div><a class="xref" href="C1.C1Preview.C1PrintDocument.ActualCreationDevice.html#C1_C1Preview_C1PrintDocument_ActualCreationDevice">ActualCreationDevice</a></div>
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