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
-v --verbose
verbose mode, print actions
-d --debug
debug mode, print debug information
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
print all DIMSE messages
-l --logfile
print to log file instead of stdout
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 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
<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
dcmprscu(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Kuratorium OFFIS e.V., Escherweg 2, 26121
Oldenburg, Germany.