We are building an standalone ArcGIS Engine application and we are going to add support for printing.

There are several APIs for printing a PageLayout in ArcObjects, in ArcGIS 10 there are at least three different ways to do this:

• The new PrintAndExport class, in the documentation they seem to promote this API Conceptual help - Printing maps.
• It's also possible to print a layout using the PrintPageLayout method PageLayoutControl Sample: Printing with the PageLayoutControl
• But also Output method on IActiveView can be used.

Can someone give recommendations on which API we should choose? Is there any known pitfalls in these APIs?

We are building an standalone ArcGIS Engine application and we are going to add support for printing.

There are several APIs for printing a PageLayout in ArcObjects, in ArcGIS 10 there are at least three different ways to do this:

• The new PrintAndExport class, in the documentation they seem to promote this API Conceptual help - Printing maps.
• It's also possible to print a layout using the PrintPageLayout method PageLayoutControl Sample: Printing with the PageLayoutControl
• But also Output method on IActiveView can be used.

Can someone give recommendations on which API we should choose? Is there any known pitfalls in these APIs?

Update: Found one pitfall during my research:

• When working with ArcGIS Server layers, only PrintAndExport draw the patches/swatches on the legend when printing the layout.

We are building an standalone ArcGIS Engine application and we are going to add support for printing.

There are several APIs for printing a PageLayout in ArcObjects, in ArcGIS 10 there are at least three different ways to do this:

• The new PrintAndExport class, in the documentation they seem to promote this API Conceptual help - Printing maps.
• It's also possible to print a layout using the PrintPageLayout method PageLayoutControl
• But also Output method on IActiveView can be used.

Can someone give recommendations on which API we should choose? Is there any known pitfalls in these APIs?

We are building an standalone ArcGIS Engine application and we are going to add support for printing.

There are several APIs for printing a PageLayout in ArcObjects, in ArcGIS 10 there are at least three different ways to do this:

• The new PrintAndExport class, in the documentation they seem to promote this API Conceptual help - Printing maps.
• It's also possible to print a layout using the PrintPageLayout method PageLayoutControl Sample: Printing with the PageLayoutControl
• But also Output method on IActiveView can be used.

Can someone give recommendations on which API we should choose? Is there any known pitfalls in these APIs?