Arbortext Publishing Engine is also distributed with an Application Arbortext PE written in Java that provides publishing services to Arbortext Editor clients. Unlike the conversion application, the publishing client must be Arbortext Editor. Arbortext Editor users can specify an Serveur Arbortext PE, then select publishing, import, and export operations using the Arbortext Editor program. Publishing requests are fulfilled on the Serveur Arbortext PE.

As part of its publishing service, Arbortext Publishing Engine is distributed with a Cache Manager, an Initializer, and a Java Application Arbortext PE that gathers information about the publishing configuration of the Serveur Arbortext PE (such as installed document types, stylesheets, and so on) and reports that information to Arbortext Editor clients or Arbortext Publishing Engine administrators.