Printing a .pdf file by javascript?

Is it possible to print a .pdf file by javascript function or Adobe javascript and how ? I hope that one expert can share me a sample javascript function.
Thank you very much in advance.

Hi, thank you for your answer.
Is it possible for me to reference Acrobat javascript api inside asp.net web application and how ?
Thank you and I appreciate your help.

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