How to generate/print reports on the client side

Question

I\'d like to know, if is it possible to generate and print a report ( using jasper report for example) on the client side?

Answer 1

This should be do with every (most) reporting solutions. You need a Java client that run as applet or Java applet or you render as PDF and print with the PDF viewer.

Answer 2

They would have to have jasper report and java installed. I suppose you could push an applet to the client with all the necessary jars and stuff.

Why would you do this?