Windows PowerShell command on Get-command Out-Printer
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Windows PowerShell command on Get-command Out-Printer

NAME

Out-Printer

SYNOPSIS

Sends output to a printer.

SYNTAX

Out-Printer [[-Name] ] [-InputObject ] []

DESCRIPTION

The Out-Printer cmdlet sends output to the default printer or to an alternate printer, if one is specified.

PARAMETERS

-InputObject

Specifies the objects to be sent to the printer. Enter a variable that contains the objects, or type a command or expression that gets the objects. Required? false Position? named Default value None Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue) Accept wildcard characters? false

-Name

Specifies the alternate printer. The parameter name Name is optional.

Required? false Position? 0 Default value None Accept pipeline input? False Accept wildcard characters? false This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

INPUTS

System.Management.Automation.PSObject

You can pipe any object to Out-Printer .

OUTPUTS

None

Out-Printer does not return any objects.

NOTES

You can also refer to Out-Printer by its built-in alias, lp *. For more information, see about_Aliases.

The cmdlets that contain the Out verb (the Out cmdlets) do not format objects; they just render them and send them to the specified display destination. If you send an unformatted object to an Out cmdlet, the cmdlet sends it to a formatting cmdlet before rendering it. The Out cmdlets do not have parameters for names or file paths. To send data to an Out cmdlet, use a pipeline operator (|) to send the output of a Windows PowerShell command to the cmdlet. You can also store data in a variable and use the InputObject parameter to pass the data to the cmdlet. For more information, see the

examples. Out-Printer sends data, but it does not emit any output objects. If you pipe the output of

Out-Printer to Get-Member, Get-Member reports that no objects have been specified.

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Example 1:

PS C:\>Get-Content $pshome\about_signing.help.txt | Out-Printer

This command prints the content of the about_Signing Help topic to the default printer. This example shows you how

to print a file, even though Out-Printer does not have a Path parameter.

The command uses the Get-Content cmdlet to get the contents of the Help topic. The path includes $pshome, a

built-in variable that stores the installation directory for Windows PowerShell. A pipeline operator (|) passes

the results to Out-Printer , which sends it to the default printer.

Example 2:

PS C:\>"Hello, World" | Out-Printer -Name "\\Server01\Prt-6B Color"

This command prints Hello, World to the Prt-6B Color printer on Server01. This command uses the Name parameter to

specify the alternate printer. Because the parameter name is optional, you can omit it.

Example 3:

PS C:\>$H = Get-Help -Full Get-WmiObject

PS C:\>Out-Printer -InputObject $H

These commands print the full version of the Help topic for Get-WmiObject. The first command uses the Get-Help

cmdlet to get the full version of the Help topic for Get-WmiObject and stores it in the $H variable. The second

command sends the content to the default printer. It uses the InputObject parameter to pass the value of the $H

variable to Out-Printer .

RELATED LINKS

Online Version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=821841

Out-File

Out-String



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