Printing in DICOM is unlike any other printing system used in the world, with no relation to PDF, network print protocols etc. Not surprisingly, it uses standard DICOM mechanisms, and although it is one of the original 1993 services, it is probably one of the most complex services in the standard!
Annotations DICOM Printing contains a specification for ‘Annotations’, but the terminology is very confusing, so this page is designed to explain the facility, and avoid misunderstandings.
We are often asked how to persuade a DICOM printer to print images (normally plain radiographs) “TRUE” size.
Although DicomPrint object is designed to make printing simple and easy for developers to code, it is possible to use a more advanced DicomConnection (COM version) or DicomAssociation (.NET version) object to meet your special requirement.
Some users find that they get poor quality text, lines etc.