Print Directly from JSP

Hi. I'm trying to have a report printed out from a PDF attatchment that I have made with iText in a Struts2 action. But apparently, that won't work because the printing control must come from the website itself or else, I wouldn't be able to keep track of what document numbers have been printed or how many of the reports have been printed. Is it possible that I could print the PDF file I made from iText and instead of having it attached or opened in Adobe Acrobat Reader to be printed directly? Or could I control the printer to have it printed at once instead?

Thanks in advance.

Are you taking about automatically controlling a printer at the client location? Of course not. Think about the security implications. Would you want any web site you visit to be able to start printing out ads on your printer?

All you can do is to let the user download the file and decide what to do with it.

It's not like that.. I just want to keep track of the transactions, besides, the website is not a real website anyway. It's some company's website and it would run on a VPN. The thing is, if I don't keep track of the printing, money would be lost and lots of it. Seriously.

You'll need to seek some technology other than pure HTTP. I'm not sure, but perhaps a privileged applet might be able to exert the control you seek. At least it's a direction to investigate.