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dcmprscu(1)			  OFFIS	DCMTK			   dcmprscu(1)

NAME
       dcmprscu	- Print	spooler	for presentation state viewer

SYNOPSIS
       dcmprscu	[options] [dcmfile-in...]

DESCRIPTION
       The  dcmprscu  utility  implements  the	DICOM  Basic  Grayscale	 Print
       Management Service Class	as SCU.	It also	supports  the  optional	 Basic
       Annotation  Box	and  Presentation  LUT	SOP  Classes.  The  utility is
       intended	for use	within the DICOMscope viewer.

       The dcmprscu utility takes complete print jobs consisting of  a	Stored
       Print object and	one or more Hardcopy Grayscale objects and spools them
       to  the	printer.  No  attempt  is made to check	whether	the attributes
       defined in the Stored Print object are  supported  by  the  Print  SCP.
       However,	 the  print  spooler  will  not	 attempt  to  use the optional
       Annotation or Presentation LUT services if they	are  not  successfully
       negotiated with the Print SCP.

       The  dcmprscu  utility  reads  the  characteristics  of	the printer to
       communicate  with  from	the  configuration  file.  Depending  on   the
       printer's support for Presentation LUT, any Presentation	LUT present in
       the print job will be rendered into the hardcopy	images before they are
       spooled	to  the	 printer if necessary. If the printer does not support
       image transmission with 12 bits/pixel (as per the configuration	file),
       the  grayscale  hardcopy	images are down-sampled	to 8 bits/pixel	before
       transmission to the printer.

       The dcmprscu utility can	be run either in 'printer mode', in which case
       the file	name of	a Stored Print object must be  passed,	or  in	'spool
       mode',  in  which  case	commands  are  read  periodically from a spool
       directory.

PARAMETERS
       dcmfile-in   stored print file(s) to be spooled ("-" for	stdin)

OPTIONS
   general options
	 -h   --help
		print this help	text and exit

	      --version
		print version information and exit

	      --arguments
		print expanded command line arguments

	 -q   --quiet
		quiet mode, print no warnings and errors

	 -v   --verbose
		verbose	mode, print processing details

	 -d   --debug
		debug mode, print debug	information

	 -ll  --log-level  [l]evel: string constant
		(fatal,	error, warn, info, debug, trace)
		use level l for	the logger

	 -lc  --log-config  [f]ilename:	string
		use config file	f for the logger

   print options
	      --noprint
		do not create print-out	(no n-action-rq)

	      --session-print
		send film session n-action-rq (instead of film box)

	      --monochrome1
		transmit basic grayscale images	in MONOCHROME1

   mode	options
	 +p   --print
		printer	mode, print file(s) and	terminate (default)

	 +s   --spool  [n]ame: string
		spooler	mode, use job prefix n

   processing options
	 -c   --config	[f]ilename: string
		process	using settings from configuration file

	 -p   --printer	 [n]ame: string	(default: 1st printer in cfg file)
		select printer with identifier n from cfg file

	 +d   --dump
		dump all DIMSE messages

   spooler options (only with –spool)
	      --sleep  [d]elay:	integer	(default: 1)
		sleep d	seconds	between	spooler	checks

   basic film session options (not with	–spool):
	      --copies	[v]alue: integer (1..100, default: 1)
		set number of copies to	v

	      --medium-type  [v]alue: string
		set medium type	to v

	      --destination  [v]alue: string
		set film destination to	v

	      --label  [v]alue:	string
		set film session label to v

	      --priority  [v]alue: string
		set print priority to v

	      --owner  [v]alue:	string
		set film session owner ID to v

LOGGING
       The level of logging output of  the  various  command  line  tools  and
       underlying  libraries  can  be  specified by the	user. By default, only
       errors and warnings are written to the  standard	 error	stream.	 Using
       option  --verbose  also	informational messages like processing details
       are reported. Option --debug can	be used	to get	more  details  on  the
       internal	 activity,  e.g.  for debugging	purposes. Other	logging	levels
       can be selected using option --log-level. In --quiet  mode  only	 fatal
       errors  are reported. In	such very severe error events, the application
       will usually terminate. For  more  details  on  the  different  logging
       levels, see documentation of module 'oflog'.

       In  case	 the logging output should be written to file (optionally with
       logfile rotation), to syslog (Unix) or the event	log  (Windows)	option
       --log-config  can  be  used.  This  configuration  file also allows for
       directing only certain messages to a particular output stream  and  for
       filtering  certain  messages  based  on the module or application where
       they are	generated.  An	example	 configuration	file  is  provided  in
       <etcdir>/logger.cfg.

COMMAND	LINE
       All  command  line  tools  use  the  following notation for parameters:
       square brackets enclose optional	 values	 (0-1),	 three	trailing  dots
       indicate	 that multiple values are allowed (1-n), a combination of both
       means 0 to n values.

       Command line options are	distinguished from parameters by a leading '+'
       or '-' sign, respectively. Usually, order and position of command  line
       options	are  arbitrary	(i.e.  they  can appear	anywhere). However, if
       options are mutually exclusive the rightmost appearance is  used.  This
       behavior	 conforms  to  the  standard  evaluation  rules	of common Unix
       shells.

       In addition, one	or more	command	files can be specified	using  an  '@'
       sign  as	 a  prefix to the filename (e.g. @command.txt).	Such a command
       argument	is replaced by the content  of	the  corresponding  text  file
       (multiple  whitespaces  are  treated  as	a single separator unless they
       appear between two quotation marks) prior to  any  further  evaluation.
       Please  note  that  a command file cannot contain another command file.
       This simple but effective  approach  allows  one	 to  summarize	common
       combinations  of	 options/parameters  and  avoids longish and confusing
       command lines (an example is provided in	file <datadir>/dumppat.txt).

ENVIRONMENT
       The dcmprscu utility will  attempt  to  load  DICOM  data  dictionaries
       specified  in the DCMDICTPATH environment variable. By default, i.e. if
       the  DCMDICTPATH	 environment   variable	  is   not   set,   the	  file
       <datadir>/dicom.dic  will be loaded unless the dictionary is built into
       the application (default	for Windows).

       The  default  behavior  should  be  preferred   and   the   DCMDICTPATH
       environment  variable  only used	when alternative data dictionaries are
       required. The DCMDICTPATH environment variable has the same  format  as
       the  Unix  shell	PATH variable in that a	colon (':') separates entries.
       On Windows systems, a semicolon (';') is	used as	a separator. The  data
       dictionary  code	 will  attempt	to  load  each	file  specified	in the
       DCMDICTPATH environment variable. It is an error	if no data  dictionary
       can be loaded.

FILES
       <etcdir>/dcmpstat.cfg,  <etcdir>/printers.cfg  -	 sample	 configuration
       files

SEE ALSO
       dcmprscp(1)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1999-2024 by OFFIS	e.V., Escherweg	 2,  26121  Oldenburg,
       Germany.

Version	3.6.9			Wed Dec	11 2024			   dcmprscu(1)

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