Print on client machine

Hi,
I deployed my web application on linux machine.I have a print action to be performed.So the print function is in the web application.
The print function gets called an the print job is done at the default printer on linux machine.
But i need the print job to be printed at the client machine,which is a windows machine.So the print job needs to be performed at the windows default printer or client default printer.

But i need the print job to be printed at the client machine,which is a windows machine.So the print job needs to be performed at the windows default printer or client default printer.I think the question is not clear enough.

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