NAME
dcmprscu - Print spooler for presentation state viewer
SYNOPSIS
dcmprscu [options] [filename_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
filename_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
-v --verbose
verbose mode, print actions
-d --debug
debug mode, print debug information
+d --dump
dump all DIMSE messages to stdout
--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
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]
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
behaviour 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) prior to any
further evaluation. Please note that a command file cannot contain
another command file. This simple but effective approach allows to
summarize common combinations of options/parameters and avoids longish
and confusing command lines (an example is provided in file
share/data/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
<PREFIX>/lib/dicom.dic will be loaded unless the dictionary is built
into the application (default for Windows).
The default behaviour 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.
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
etc/dcmpstat.cfg, etc/printers.cfg - sample configuration files
SEE ALSO
dcmprscp(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1999-2005 by Kuratorium OFFIS e.V., Escherweg 2, 26121
Oldenburg, Germany.