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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

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)

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