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PowerShell has a slick feature that allows you to send the output from a cmdlet or expression directly to a printer. Pipe the output to the Out-Printer cmdlet and it will print out on the default printer:<\/p>\n

get-process | out-printer<\/span><\/p>\n

If you have other printers installed you can use the printer name. For example, I have Adobe Acrobat installed which installs a virtual printer. I can send the output of a command to that printer and generate a pdf:<\/p>\n

get-service |where {$_.status -eq \"stopped\"} |out-printer \"Adobe PDF\"<\/span><\/p>\n

If you want to print to a network printer, specify the printer UNC:<\/p>\n

get-service |where {$_.status -eq \"stopped\"} |out-printer \"\\\\Print01\\HPLaserJ\"<\/span><\/p>\n

(By the way, you don't have to wrap the printer name in quotes, but I find it a good practice to avoid any confusion, especially when the printer name might have quotes.)<\/p>\n

This is also a quick way to print the contents of text files directly from within PowerShell:<\/p>\n

get-content c:\\boot.ini |out-printer \"\\\\Print01\\hplaserj\"<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>There's no page numbering or formatting options but it is a quick way to get a hard copy of you results.<\/span><\/span>
<\/p>\n

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