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dcmprscp(1)                       OFFIS DCMTK                      dcmprscp(1)

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

              --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
       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 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 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 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.
       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) 1999-2010 by OFFIS e.V., Escherweg 2, 26121 Oldenburg,
       Germany.

Version 3.6.0                     6 Jan 2011                       dcmprscp(1)