How do I print to a local internet connected printer from a cloud api/webhook?

At work we need to setup a printer in our manufacturing department that will automatically print out new orders, so that they can start being worked on automatically without a person having to manually print out each order. I am not super familiar with the with printers or the internet protocol that would need to be used to print from it remotely. I am wanting to have a webhook in aws or something that will ingest the new orders, format them with all the correct data into a pdf, and then send them off to the printer. It's the send them off to the printer part that I'm not so sure on though. Do I send some kind of http request to the internet connected printer itself, or set it should I put some kind of service in between the printer and the internet that makes it easier to talk to the printer, or is there some kind of out of the box solution? Is there any feature or spec I should make sure the printer has or doesn't have in my search? If it changes anything, we will have five of these printers in the production area that will need to automatically be printed to.

Thanks!

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