NAME

   dcmprscu


SYNOPSIS

   dcmprscu [options] [filename_in...]


SUMMARY

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.


USAGE

dcmprscu: Print spooler for presentation state viewer
usage: dcmprscu [options] [filename_in...]

parameters:
  filename_in         stored print file(s) to be spooled

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]


ENVIRONMENT

The dcmprscu application will attempt to load DICOM data dictionaries
specified in the DCMDICTPATH environment variable.  By default, if
the DCMDICTPATH environment variable is not set, the file
/usr/local/dicom/lib/dicom.dic will be loaded.  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 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.