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 &ndash;spool)
              --sleep  [d]elay: integer (default: 1)
                sleep d seconds between spooler checks

   basic film session options (not with &ndash;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) 1999-2025 by OFFIS e.V., Escherweg  2,  26121  Oldenburg,
       Germany.

Version 3.7.0                   Mon Dec 15 2025                    dcmprscu(1)
