Dynamically Generated HTML/PDF/RTF?

Hi guys,
This is similar to something I asked recently, but I've got a better idea of what I need and how to ask. I'm still fairly novice at programming, espeically applets.
I'm working on an applet for an educational purpose that will generate an array of study items...probably 30-50, I haven't decided on the size yet. It's for foreign language study, and the items are foreign phonetic characters, no more than 3 per item. I'd like to output them in a print-ready format, probably essentially a grid, with some space for the student to write their answer next to or under it. I've seen some free libraries out there that can generate pdf, rtf, and HTML, most notably the iText libraries.
I really want to do this as an applet. So my question is, how would this, or another library that one of you knows that would be better, be implemented? Would the output be a file on the server? Is there a way to make it generate the file to the users local cache or something, or give them an option to download it without it going on a server, since it is randomly generated and not uniform for other users? (I assume that would require making it a signed applet?)
Any help you can give would be really appreciated.
Colin

cosmic_cow wrote:
Okay, but this would work very well as a web application.What's a good resource for learning to work with them as opposed to applets? (Told you I'm a novice! ) Well, if you're a novice it might be better to concentrate on the regular Java stuff and sure, applets too.
Then if you feel interested in Java EE and Web Applications and Databases and what not, you can check out this to see what Enterprise Java consists of.

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