1dcmprscu(1)                       OFFIS DCMTK                      dcmprscu(1)
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NAME

6       dcmprscu - Print spooler for presentation state viewer
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SYNOPSIS

10       dcmprscu [options] [dcmfile-in...]
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DESCRIPTION

13       The  dcmprscu  utility  implements  the  DICOM  Basic  Grayscale  Print
14       Management Service Class as SCU. It also supports  the  optional  Basic
15       Annotation  Box  and  Presentation  LUT  SOP  Classes.  The  utility is
16       intended for use within the DICOMscope viewer.
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18       The dcmprscu utility takes complete print jobs consisting of  a  Stored
19       Print object and one or more Hardcopy Grayscale objects and spools them
20       to the printer. No attempt is made  to  check  whether  the  attributes
21       defined  in  the  Stored  Print  object are supported by the Print SCP.
22       However, the print  spooler  will  not  attempt  to  use  the  optional
23       Annotation  or  Presentation  LUT services if they are not successfully
24       negotiated with the Print SCP.
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26       The dcmprscu utility  reads  the  characteristics  of  the  printer  to
27       communicate   with  from  the  configuration  file.  Depending  on  the
28       printer's support for Presentation LUT, any Presentation LUT present in
29       the print job will be rendered into the hardcopy images before they are
30       spooled to the printer if necessary. If the printer  does  not  support
31       image  transmission with 12 bits/pixel (as per the configuration file),
32       the grayscale hardcopy images are down-sampled to 8  bits/pixel  before
33       transmission to the printer.
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35       The dcmprscu utility can be run either in 'printer mode', in which case
36       the file name of a Stored Print object must be  passed,  or  in  'spool
37       mode',  in  which  case  commands  are  read  periodically from a spool
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PARAMETERS

41       dcmfile-in  stored print file(s) to be spooled
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OPTIONS

44   general options
45         -h   --help
46                print this help text and exit
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48              --version
49                print version information and exit
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51              --arguments
52                print expanded command line arguments
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54         -q   --quiet
55                quiet mode, print no warnings and errors
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57         -v   --verbose
58                verbose mode, print processing details
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60         -d   --debug
61                debug mode, print debug information
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63         -ll  --log-level  [l]evel: string constant
64                (fatal, error, warn, info, debug, trace)
65                use level l for the logger
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67         -lc  --log-config  [f]ilename: string
68                use config file f for the logger
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70   print options
71              --noprint
72                do not create print-out (no n-action-rq)
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74              --session-print
75                send film session n-action-rq (instead of film box)
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78                transmit basic grayscale images in MONOCHROME1
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80   mode options
81         +p   --print
82                printer mode, print file(s) and terminate (default)
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84         +s   --spool  [n]ame: string
85                spooler mode, use job prefix n
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87   processing options
88         -c   --config  [f]ilename: string
89                process using settings from configuration file
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91         -p   --printer  [n]ame: string (default: 1st printer in cfg file)
92                select printer with identifier n from cfg file
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94         +d   --dump
95                dump all DIMSE messages
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97   spooler options (only with –spool)
98              --sleep  [d]elay: integer (default: 1)
99                sleep d seconds between spooler checks
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101   basic film session options (not with –spool):
102              --copies  [v]alue: integer (1..100, default: 1)
103                set number of copies to v
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105              --medium-type  [v]alue: string
106                set medium type to v
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108              --destination  [v]alue: string
109                set film destination to v
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111              --label  [v]alue: string
112                set film session label to v
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114              --priority  [v]alue: string
115                set print priority to v
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117              --owner  [v]alue: string
118                set film session owner ID to v
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LOGGING

121       The level of logging output of  the  various  command  line  tools  and
122       underlying  libraries  can  be  specified by the user. By default, only
123       errors and warnings are written to the  standard  error  stream.  Using
124       option  --verbose  also  informational messages like processing details
125       are reported. Option --debug can be used to get  more  details  on  the
126       internal  activity,  e.g.  for debugging purposes. Other logging levels
127       can be selected using option --log-level. In --quiet  mode  only  fatal
128       errors  are reported. In such very severe error events, the application
129       will usually terminate. For  more  details  on  the  different  logging
130       levels, see documentation of module 'oflog'.
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132       In  case  the logging output should be written to file (optionally with
133       logfile rotation), to syslog (Unix) or the event log  (Windows)  option
134       --log-config  can  be  used.  This  configuration  file also allows for
135       directing only certain messages to a particular output stream  and  for
136       filtering  certain  messages  based  on the module or application where
137       they are generated.  An  example  configuration  file  is  provided  in
138       <etcdir>/logger.cfg.
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COMMAND LINE

141       All  command  line  tools  use  the  following notation for parameters:
142       square brackets enclose optional  values  (0-1),  three  trailing  dots
143       indicate  that multiple values are allowed (1-n), a combination of both
144       means 0 to n values.
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146       Command line options are distinguished from parameters by a leading '+'
147       or  '-' sign, respectively. Usually, order and position of command line
148       options are arbitrary (i.e. they  can  appear  anywhere).  However,  if
149       options  are  mutually exclusive the rightmost appearance is used. This
150       behavior conforms to the  standard  evaluation  rules  of  common  Unix
151       shells.
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153       In  addition,  one  or more command files can be specified using an '@'
154       sign as a prefix to the filename (e.g. @command.txt).  Such  a  command
155       argument  is  replaced  by  the  content of the corresponding text file
156       (multiple whitespaces are treated as a  single  separator  unless  they
157       appear  between  two  quotation marks) prior to any further evaluation.
158       Please note that a command file cannot contain  another  command  file.
159       This  simple  but  effective  approach  allows  one to summarize common
160       combinations of options/parameters and  avoids  longish  and  confusing
161       command lines (an example is provided in file <datadir>/dumppat.txt).
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ENVIRONMENT

164       The  dcmprscu  utility  will  attempt  to  load DICOM data dictionaries
165       specified in the DCMDICTPATH environment variable. By default, i.e.  if
166       the   DCMDICTPATH   environment   variable   is   not   set,  the  file
167       <datadir>/dicom.dic will be loaded unless the dictionary is built  into
168       the application (default for Windows).
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170       The   default   behavior   should  be  preferred  and  the  DCMDICTPATH
171       environment variable only used when alternative data  dictionaries  are
172       required.  The  DCMDICTPATH environment variable has the same format as
173       the Unix shell PATH variable in that a colon (':')  separates  entries.
174       On  Windows systems, a semicolon (';') is used as a separator. The data
175       dictionary code will  attempt  to  load  each  file  specified  in  the
176       DCMDICTPATH  environment variable. It is an error if no data dictionary
177       can be loaded.
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FILES

180       <etcdir>/dcmpstat.cfg,  <etcdir>/printers.cfg  -  sample  configuration
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SEE ALSO

184       dcmprscp(1)
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192Version 3.6.7                   Fri Apr 22 2022                    dcmprscu(1)
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