OS Manuals

/usr/bin/dcmprscu

DCMTK is a collection of libraries and applications implementing large parts the DICOM standard.

From dcmtk 3.7.1-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running dcmprscu --help (exit 0). permalink

$dcmtk: dcmprscu v3.7.1 2026-10-15 $

dcmprscu: Print spooler for presentation state viewer
usage: dcmprscu [options] [dcmfile-in...]

parameters:
  dcmfile-in            stored print file(s) to be spooled ("-" for stdin)

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 --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
Options (20)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h--help print this help text and exithelp
--versionprint version information and exithelp
--argumentsprint expanded command line argumentshelp
-q--quiet quiet mode, print no warnings and errorshelp
-v--verbose verbose mode, print processing detailshelp
-d--debug debug mode, print debug informationhelp
-ll--log-level [l]evel: string constant (fatal, error, warn, info, debug, trace) use level l for the loggerhelp
-lc--log-config [f]ilename: string use config file f for the loggerhelp
--noprintdo not create print-out (no n-action-rq)help
--session-printsend film session n-action-rq (instead of film box)help
--monochrome1transmit basic grayscale images in MONOCHROME1help
-c--config [f]ilename: string process using settings from configuration filehelp
-p--printer [n]ame: string (default: 1st printer in cfg file) select printer with identifier n from cfg filehelp
--sleep[d]elay: integer (default: 1) sleep d seconds between spooler checkshelp
--copies[v]alue: integer (1..100, default: 1) set number of copies to vhelp
--medium-type[v]alue: string set medium type to vhelp
--destination[v]alue: string set film destination to vhelp
--label[v]alue: string set film session label to vhelp
--priority[v]alue: string set print priority to vhelp
--owner[v]alue: string set film session owner ID to vhelp

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.