Tcpprt printing to DryPix 4000

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Tcpprt printing to DryPix 4000

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Hi, I'm trying to print to a DryPix 4000 printer using tcpprt.

The printer can print films of 8x10, 10x14 and 14x17 inches, but no matter what file size I send, it ends printing on 10x14.

Here's my tcpprt.cfg file:

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;  =======================================================================
;  The "DICOM" configuration section is mandatory and used both by print client
;  and print server. It defines how the print server behaves in terms of the
;  DICOM protocol  which services, classes and attributes are supported.
;  Mandatory subsections are PRINTER, DIMSE, TCPIP and SESSION.
[[[DICOM]]]
;  =======================================================================

;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;  TCP/IP settings for the print client.
[[TCPIP]]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;  Default settings for the Print Server to print to.
;  Can be overridden by command line parameters.
[Server]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

; default IP address or hostname of server
Address = 127.0.0.1 

; default port number of server
Port = 3100

; default server (called) AEtitle
ServerAETitle = DCMPRINT_SCP

; default client (calling) AEtitle
ClientAETitle = FCR-CSL


;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;  This section is mandatory. It defines the DICOM behaviour of the print
;  server. The subsection SERVICECLASSES defines which Meta SOP Classes ("print
;  services") and which optional SOP classes will be supported by the print
;  server. This section can be used to enable/disable certain services.
[[DIMSE]]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;  DICOM SOP Classes and Meta SOP Classes that the Print Client should
;  try to negotiate.  In it is usually not recommendable to negotiate both
;  Basic Grayscale and Basic Color in a single association since many
;  print servers will have difficulties with that.
;
;  At least BasicGrayscaleMetaSOPClass or BasicColorMetaSOPClass
;  must be enabled. Annotation and PrintJob are optional.
[Service Classes]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
BasicGrayscaleMetaSOPClass       = YES
BasicColorMetaSOPClass           = YES
Annotation                       = YES
PrintJob                         = YES
PresentationLUT                  = YES


;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;  Compatibility options that might require tweaking when talking to
;  very old or poorly implemented SCPs.
[Compatibility]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

; Only negotiate Implicit VR Little Endian transfer syntax, default: NO
ImplicitOnly  = NO

; Maximum PDU (protocol data unit) size to use when negotiating
; incoming connections. Must be between 4096 and 131072.
; Default is 16384.
MaxPDU = 32768

; Print SCU: send image data with 12 bits/pixel instead of 8 bits/pixel.
; Optional setting, default: NO
Send12BitImages = YES

; Print SCU: always include the (optional) dataset when sending an
; N-CREATE message for the basic film session. Needed on some printers
; (including the Drystar 5500) which expect this dataset to be present.
; Optional setting, default: YES
SendSessionCreateDataset = NO

; Print SCU: generate SOP instance UIDs for N-CREATE messages instead of
; allowing the SCP to generate the UIDs. Needed on some printers that expect
; SOP instance UIDs to be always present.
; Optional setting, default: YES
GenerateSOPInstanceUID = NO


;  =======================================================================
;  The client reads this section in order to select the options and values
;  which are offered to the user.
;  The subsection PAGESIZE is mandatory, everything else is optional.
[[[CONFIGURATION]]]
;  =======================================================================

;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
[[PAGE SIZE]]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;  Each section defines one keyword that may be sent in Film Size ID.
;  The keyword sent is identical to the keyword in brackets here after
;  name mangling (conversion to uppercase, removal of space characters).
[A4]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

; optional: human readable description of this configuration setting
Description  = Page size A4

; optional: canonical DICOM name of this page size. Unlike the section
; header, this attribute value is not mangled, i.e. there is no uppercase
; conversion and space characters are not removed. Can be used to specify
; DICOM terms that would be 'destroyed' by the mangling algorithm.
; Default is the mangled value of the section header.
CanonicalName = A4

[8INX10IN]
Description  = 8x10 inch

[10INX12IN]
Description  = 10x12 inch

[10INX14IN]
Description  = 10x14 inch

[11INX14IN]
Description  = 11x14 inch

[14INX14IN]
Description  = 14x14 inch

[14INX17IN]
Description  = 14x17 inch

[24CMX24CM]
Description  = 24x24 cm

[24CMX30CM]
Description  = 24x30 cm


;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
[[CONFIGURATION INFORMATION]]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;  each section defines one keyword that may be sent in Configuration Information.
;  The keyword sent is identical to the keyword in brackets here after name mangling
;  (conversion to uppercase, removal of space characters).
[Spot_DiagLines]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

; optional: human readable description of this configuration setting
Description  = Use custom halftone procedure (diagonal lines)

; optional: canonical DICOM name of this configuration setting.
; Unlike the section header, this attribute value is not mangled, i.e.
; there is no uppercase conversion and space characters are not removed.
; Can be used to specify DICOM terms that would be 'destroyed' by the
; mangling algorithm.
; Default is the mangled value of the section header.
CanonicalName = SPOT_DIAGLINES

[Spot_HorzLines]
Description  = Use custom halftone procedure (horizontal lines)

[Spot_Dots]
Description  = Use custom halftone procedure (dot raster)


;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
[[MEDIUM TYPE]]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;  each section defines one keyword that may be sent in Medium Type.
;  The keyword sent is identical to the keyword in brackets here after name mangling
;  (conversion to uppercase, removal of space characters).
[PAPER]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

; optional: human readable description of this configuration setting
Description  = Create hardcopy on paper

; optional: canonical DICOM name of this medium type. Unlike the section
; header, this attribute value is not mangled, i.e. there is no uppercase
; conversion and space characters are not removed. Can be used to specify
; DICOM terms that would be 'destroyed' by the mangling algorithm.
; Default is the mangled value of the section header.
CanonicalName = PAPER

;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;  Remember that "BLUE FILM" is mangled to "BLUEFILM" in a section header
[BLUE FILM]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Description  = Create hardcopy on blue film
CanonicalName = BLUE FILM


;  =======================================================================
;  The Layout Formats section is mandatory for both client and server. It
;  defines the page layouts supported by the server.
;  DICOM defines the following print layouts ("Image Display Formats"):
;  STANDARD, ROW, COL, SLIDE, SUPERSLIDE and CUSTOM. Some of these layouts have
;  additional parameters.
[[[LAYOUTS]]]
;  =======================================================================

;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;  If this section is present, we assume the SCP supports the STANDARD\x,y
;  image display format. We don't define possible combinations of rows
;  and columns, though.
[[STANDARD]]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

[General]

; optional: human readable description of this image display format
Description   = DICOM standard format

; optional: canonical DICOM name of this display format. Unlike the section
; header, this attribute value is not mangled, i.e. there is no uppercase
; conversion and space characters are not removed. Can be used to specify
; DICOM terms that would be 'destroyed' by the mangling algorithm.
; Default is the mangled value of the super-section header.
CanonicalName = STANDARD

;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;  If this section is present, we assume the SCP supports the COL\x,y,z
;  image display format (which is quite unusual).
[[COL]]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

[General]
Description   = DICOM standard column format

;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;  If this section is present, we assume the SCP supports the ROW\x,y,z
;  image display format (which is quite unusual).
[[ROW]]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

[General]
Description   = DICOM standard row format

;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;  If this section is present, we assume the SCP supports the SLIDE
;  image display format (which is quite unusual).
[[SLIDE]]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

[General]
Description   = 35mm Slides

;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;  If this section is present, we assume the SCP supports the SUPERSLIDE
;  image display format (which is quite unusual).
[[SUPERSLIDE]]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

[General]
Description   = 40mm Slides

;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;  This section defines that a proprietary image display format called
;  CUSTOM\1 is supported by the printer. Generally not recommended.
[[CUSTOM-1]]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

[General]
Description  = Custom printer layout


;  =======================================================================
;  The Print Client Batch Mode section is optional.
;  The print client, supports a "batch mode" in which the
;  user only specifies a "mode" and one or more DICOM image file names at
;  command line. This section contains the definitions of the different modes.
;  All subsections are optional, but at least one must be present - otherwise it
;  will not be possible to use batch mode with the print client.
[[[CLIENT]]]
;  =======================================================================

;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;  Each section here should be named AUTO-number where <number> is passed
;  to tcpprt using the --auto command line parameter.
;  Each section defines one set of parameters for batch mode operation.
[[AUTO-1]]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
[ANNOTATION-1]
TEXT=
[ANNOTATION-2]
TEXT=
[ANNOTATION-3]
TEXT=
[ANNOTATION-4]
TEXT=
[ANNOTATION-5]
TEXT=
[ANNOTATION-6]
TEXT=
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
[General]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
; optional: human readable description of this batch mode
Description  = Printserver Custom Layout, 1 image/page, collated

; optional: enable or disable collation of multiple pages (i.e. N-ACTION-RQ
; on film session level except on film box level. Default is NO.
Collation = NO

; optional: number of images (files) per page. After each film box,
; the given number of image files will be marked as "done", independent
; from the image display format used. Normally this number is computed
; automatically from the number of [IMAGE-X] sections (see below).
; This setting may be useful if multiple frames of a multi-frame image
; should be printed. Default is 0 (automatic computation).
FilesPerPage = 0


;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;  This section is optional and may be used to define values for the
;  Basic Film Session.
[Session]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

; optional: Number of Copies. Default: don't send, use SCP default
; Copies = 1

; optional: Print Priority. Default: don't send, use SCP default.
; Possible values are LOW, MED and HIGH.
; Priority = MED

; optional: Medium Type. Default: don't send, use SCP default.
; Defined terms are "PAPER", "BLUE FILM", "CLEAR FILM".
; MediumType = PAPER

; optional: Film Destination. Default: don't send, use SCP default.
; Defined terms are "MAGAZINE", "PROCESSOR", "BIN_1", "BIN_2"...
; Destination = MAGAZINE

; optional: Film Session Label. Default: don't send, use SCP default.
; Label = MY_HARDCOPY

;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;  This section is optional and may be used to define values for the
;  Presentation LUT, if the Presentation LUT SOP class is negotiated.
;  Default is to use an IDENTITY LUT Shape. The Presentation LUT specified
;  here is used for all film boxes.
[PresentationLUT]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

; optional. Type of presentation LUT. Possible values are "IDENTITY",
; "LIN OD" and "FILE". While "IDENTITY" and "LIN OD" represent LUT shapes,
; FILE means that a Presentation LUT is read from the file specified
; in PresentationLUTFile. Default is IDENTITY.
PresentationLUT = IDENTITY

; optional. Complete path to Presentation LUT File to be activated.
; Only used if PresentationLUT is FILE.
PresentationLUTFile = gamma.lut


;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;  This section is mandatory. It is used to define values for each
;  Basic Film Box. At least the ImageDisplayFormat must be specified.
;  Everything else is optional.
[Page]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

; This mandatory setting determines the Image Display Format (page layout).
ImageDisplayFormat = STANDARD\1,1

; optional: Annotation Display Format ID. Default: don't send, use SCP default.
; Possible values are totally printer specific, check conformance statement.
; Annotation = 1

; optional: Orientation. Default: don't send, use SCP default.
; Possible values: PORTRAIT, LANDSCAPE
Orientation = PORTRAIT

; optional: Film Size ID. Default: don't send, use SCP default.
; Defined terms: 8INX10IN, 8_5INX11IN, 10INX12IN, 10INX14IN, 11INX14IN, 11INX17IN
; 14INX14IN, 14INX17IN, 24CMX24CM, 24CMX30CM, A4, A3
PageSize = 8INX10IN

; optional: Magnification Type. Default: don't send, use SCP default.
; Defined terms: REPLICATE, BILINEAR, CUBIC, NONE
; Magnification = CUBIC

; optional: Smoothing Type. Default: don't send, use SCP default.
; Possible values are totally printer specific, check conformance statement.
; Smoothing = 1

; optional: Border Density. Default: don't send, use SCP default.
; Defined terms: BLACK, WHITE or hundreds of OD ("320" => 3.2 OD)
BorderDensity = BLACK

; optional: Empty Image Density. Default: don't send, use SCP default.
; Defined terms: BLACK, WHITE or hundreds of OD ("320" => 3.2 OD)
; EmptyImageDensity = BLACK

; optional: Trim. Default: don't send, use SCP default.
; Possible values: YES, NO.
; Trim = YES

; optional: Configuration Information. Default: don't send, use SCP default.
; possible values are defined in [[CONFIGURATION INFORMATION]] above.
; ConfigurationInformation =

; optional: minimum density. Default: don't send, use SCP default.
; Defined terms: hundreds of OD ("320" => 3.2 OD)
; MinDensity = 20

; optional: maximum density. Default: don't send, use SCP default.
; Defined terms: hundreds of OD ("320" => 3.2 OD)
; MaxDensity = 320

; optional: illumination. Default: don't send, use SCP default.
; Only used when Presentation LUT is negotiated.
; Illumination = 2000

; optional: reflected ambient light. Default: don't send, use SCP default.
; Only used when Presentation LUT is negotiated.
; ReflectedAmbientLight = 10


;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;  This section is mandatory. There must be as many [Image-X] sections as
;  there are image boxes on each page (film box) of the chose image display
;  format. This section defines the settings for the image box with
;  Image Position 1.
[Image-1]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

; This entry is mandatory. It defines the order in which filenames passed
; to tcpprt on the command line are mapped to the image boxes. For an image
; display format with X images, numbers 1..X can be used, referring to the
; files of the file set chosen for the current page.
File = 1

; optional: frame number of the image file to be printed. Default is 1.
; Frame = 1

; optional: this parameter can be used to adjust the window level and width
; (i.e. apply a VOI LUT transformation) if and only if the parameters of
; the VOI are encoded in the image file, either as Window Center/Width or
; as a VOI LUT Sequence.
; The parameter only specifies the number of the transformation, in the case
; that multiple transformations are contained in the image. The index starts
; at 1 and counts all Window Center/Width pairs followed by all VOI LUT Sequence
; items.
; Default is not to apply a VOI transformation before printing the image.
; VOILUT = 1

; optional: Polarity. Default: don't send, use SCP default.
; Possible values are NORMAL, REVERSE.
; Polarity = NORMAL

; optional: Magnification Type. Default: don't send, use SCP default.
; Defined terms: REPLICATE, BILINEAR, CUBIC, NONE
; Magnification = CUBIC

; optional: Smoothing Type. Default: don't send, use SCP default.
; Possible values are totally printer specific, check conformance statement.
; Smoothing = 1

; optional: Requested Image Size. Default: don't send, use SCP default.
; Value is requested width of image in mm.
; RequestedSize = 200


;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;  This section is optional. It is required if annotation boxes of the
;  optional Annotation Box SOP Class are to be used. There must be as many
;  [Annotation-X] sections as there are annotations in use. This section
;  defines the text for the annotation box with Annotation Position 1.
[Annotation-1]
;  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

; Text to be printed within the annotation. Please note that annotations
; cannot be longer than 64 characters. The text may contain certain escape
; sequences starting with '\' that receive special handling:
; - \\ is printed as a single backslash character
; - \"a, \"o, \"u, \"A, \"O, \"U, \"s, are printed as the German umlaut
;   and double-s characters
; - \000 to \377: octal escape sequences are replaced by the corresponding
;   character. User should take care not to specify illegal characters for
;   the DICOM data type "ST" used. Don't use escape characters, CR, LF etc.
; - \[gggg,eeee,n] refers to a DICOM attribute tag (gggg,eeee) in hexadecimal
;   notation. tcpprt will replace this escape sequence with content of this
TEXT=

;
; $Log: tcpprt.cfg,v $
; Revision 1.5  2010-10-14 10:38:53  joergr
; Updated copyright header. Added reference to COPYRIGHT file.
;
; Revision 1.4  2006/06/23 10:06:34  meichel
; Converted compile time options GENERATE_SOPINSTANCEUID and INCLUDE_DATASET for
;   the print client into configuration options in the [Compatibility] section.
;   Both options are active by default.
;
; Revision 1.3  2004/07/22 13:43:23  meichel
; Added support for the Presentation LUT SOP Class to the Print SCU,
;   including both the interactive and the batch mode views.
;
; Revision 1.2  2004/07/19 13:40:50  meichel
; Added new set of configuration file entries that allow to specify
;   canonical DICOM names that are not mangled like section headers in the
;   configuration facility.
;
; Revision 1.1  2004/06/14 13:30:31  meichel
; Changed default name of tcpprt configuration file to tcpprt.cfg.
;   Added sample configuration file that only contains the settings
;   needed by the print client.
;
;
As you can see in the cfg file, I'm setting 8INX10IN, but it still prints on 10x14. It seems to be ignoring the PageSize parameter.

The command I use for printing is this:

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./tcpprt -c ./tcpprt.cfg --auto 1 myfile.dcm
Btw. I've tried printing the same file using E-Film and it print on the specified film size without problems.

What I'm doing wrong?.

martinrame
Posts: 347
Joined: Mon, 2009-02-23, 19:57

Re: Tcpprt printing to DryPix 4000

#2 Post by martinrame »

I've found the problem only exists on tcpprt Windows version. On Linux it works as expected.

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