Mysterious :-)

JB1234510

Mysterious 🙂

How can it be that this code produces something like multiple recursive printing of the map?

import arcpy
mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"path")
df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd)[0]
arcpy.mapping.PrintMap(mxd, r"printer", df)

DarrenWiens2

Can you provide a link to where you found this code snippet, and why you might think this might work recursively?

If you got the code from the PrintMap help page, example two, it says that this only prints the first data frame ([0]). If you want to loop through all data frames, use a for loop and change the df variable.

import arcpy  
mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"path")  
dfs = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd)

for df in dfs:
    arcpy.mapping.PrintMap(mxd, r"printer", df)

If this isn't what you're asking, please try rephrasing your question.