CUPS Fax Backend Howto?

[Helge Blischke]

Tilman Schmidt wrote:

> Johannes Meixner wrote at 04:29 Tue:
>> Traditional PPD file syntax only allows the user to select one
>> of a list of hardcoded choices in the PPD file.
>>
>> Since CUPS 1.3 it supports custom options using an extension
>> of the CustomPageSize and ParamCustomPageSize syntax, see
>> http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/doc-1.3/spec-ppd.html
> 
> I'm afraid I don't quite understand that specification.
> How would an actual PPD look like that allowed the user to
> enter an arbitrary string through such a custom option?
> 
> Thanks,
> Tilman

Perhaps it is easier to use Ghostscript's faxg3 device, which generates a 
sequential fax g3 data stream which might be usable without the conversion 
done by capifax.
The faxg3 output can be fed through a pipe without corruption.

Helge