NAME
    Out-Printer

SYNOPSIS
    Sends output to a printer.

SYNTAX
    Out-Printer [[-Name] <string>] [-InputObject <psobject>] [<CommonParameters>]

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

PARAMETERS
    -InputObject <psobject>
        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
        Accept pipeline input?     true (ByValue)
        Accept wildcard characters? false

    -Name <string>
        Specifies the alternate printer. The parameter name (“Name”) is optional.

        Required?                    false
        Position?                    1
        Default value
        Accept pipeline input?     false
        Accept wildcard characters? false

    <CommonParameters>
        This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
        ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
        OutBuffer and OutVariable. For more information, type,
        “Get-Help about_CommonParameters“.

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.

    ————————– EXAMPLE 1 ————————–

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

    Description
    ———–
    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 ————————–

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

    Description
    ———–
    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 ————————–

    C:\PS>$h = Get-Help -full Get-WmiObject

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

    Description
    ———–
    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=113367
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    Out-Null
    Out-String
    Out-File
    Out-Default