How to generate/print reports on the client side

I'd like to know, if is it possible to generat开发者_开发知识库e and print a report ( using jasper report for example) on the client side?

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?

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.