How to create a web print server?

Question

I have a system for sending orders over the Internet. Currently, users of the system are printing a delivery note manually (i.e., select "Print" in their web browser).

I would like to update the system so that all printing is processed by one dedicated computer. I expect him to poll the server to see if anyone needs to print, and then do something to print it. I'm not too sure what it should be.

eg. I may have a page that checks for new print jobs and updates itself, and uses the javascript print () function, but this obviously still requires someone to click ok. Is there any way to change this behavior. It should work only on one PC, which I can configure with any parameters and necessary plug-ins.

Can any of you bright sparks think of a solution that will allow me to get closer to what I want to do. eg. Is there an invented pdf tool that can suck data from the Internet, fill out a document and print it?

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We choose to use JasperREports as a web service to create PDF files, and then a custom build client for linux and windows to poll the server if there are any PDF files to print. You can get the details (and source) at http://mdornseif.github.com/2011/01/08/PDF-on-appengine.html