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 one 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

              --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

         -l   --logfile
                write a log file (not with --log-config)

                # this option is available for reasons of backward
                # compatibility only

   processing options
         -c  --config  [f]ilename: string
               process using settings from configuration file

         -p  --printer  [n]ame: string (default: 1st printer in config file)
               select printer with identifier n from config file

         +d  --dump
               dump all DIMSE messages

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 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
       <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

       dcmprscu(1)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 1999-2022 by OFFIS e.V., Escherweg 2, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany.

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