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NAME

       dcmprscp - DICOM basic grayscale print management SCP

SYNOPSIS

       dcmprscp [options]

DESCRIPTION

       The  dcmprscp utility implements the DICOM Basic Grayscale Print Management Service Class as SCP. It also
       supports the optional Presentation LUT SOP Class. The utility is intended for use within  the  DICOMscope
       viewer.

       The  dcmprscp  utility accepts print jobs from a remote Print SCU. It does not create real hardcopies but
       stores print jobs in the local DICOMscope database as a set of Stored Print objects (one  per  page)  and
       Hardcopy  Grayscale  images  (one per film box N-SET). The DICOMscope application allows to load a Stored
       Print object created by dcmprscp and to render a screen preview of the  hardcopy.  The  dcmprscp  utility
       reads the characteristics of the printer to be emulated from the configuration file.

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

         -l   --logfile
                write a log file (not with --log-config)

                # this option is available for reasons of backward
                # compatibility only

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

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

         +d  --dump
               dump all DIMSE messages

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  dcmprscp  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

       dcmprscu(1)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 1999-2014 by OFFIS e.V., Escherweg 2, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany.