Printers are mostly networked in today's world. And the OS usually isn't involved when an application wants to talk to another device on the network beyond TCP connections etc.
Just get the application to (using a library), connect directly to the printer, submit its job, show status, and disconnect when done.
I never connect printers directly to the network because their firmware/OS are all flaming pieces of garbage with terrible UIs and conventions. In my house, all network printers are connected to the home server (running Windows Server) and it's the home server that actually deals with presenting the printers to the network.
The time and nerves I've saved by having an actual, proper operating system handle the networking is immeasurable.