How do I automatically print the results of an HTML FORM?

Hmmm.... I'm not sure that you actually want a form on your Web site that feeds directly to a printer since I would worry that it could be abused and you could end up wasting reams of paper and having a hard time finding the legitimate courier orders in the piles.

An alternative approach would be to have all the requests queue up in some sort of rudimentary database then have a simple review procedure where someone could eyeball each entry and, if they're valid and legit, print them and distribute them as a courier work order.

However, that's not what you asked me, so let me solve the problem you posed. I would create a form that produces a printout by setting up an email address on my server that feeds directly to a printer. For example, "printout@yourhost.com". On a Unix or Linux system, that might well be as simple as adding a line like this to your /etc/aliases file:

printout : "|/bin/lpr"

On a Mac or PC you'd need to get a bit further into scripting to have as neat and elegant a solution.

With that in place, you can use a simple form to email CGI script, of which there are many available and probably one already installed on your Web hosting system. Simply point the script to the printout address and you should be good to go.

If you do use this approach, you'll want to be sure that the HTML form does not include the email address, even as a hidden field. The form shouldn't have any email addresses embedded within it because that information can be much more safely stored in the CGI script itself, away from prying eyes and spammer's email harvesting tools.

I hope this helps you out. Good luck!