Hi,
if you know the number of bytes to skip, you can set up an environment
file containing the following sequence:
   ESC(s<nn>W
where <nn> is the number of bytes to suppress. This is a little trick to
eliminate <nn> number of bytes following the sequence by defining a
soft-character (which is of no use, of course). 

This works only for pcl-compatible devices.

May be, this is kind of helpful.

Klaus Franke

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von:  Jeff Mikolai [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Gesendet am:  Mittwoch, 9. September 1998 03:35
> An:   [log in to unmask]
> Betreff:      Skipping records and NPCONFIG
> 
> What is the best way to skip records at the beginning of a spoolfile
> when
> printing to a network printer?
> 
> Can I specify something in NPCONFIG or perhaps my startup_file?
> 
> When using NBSPOOL from Netbase, you can say START=3 and it will
> ignore the
> first 3 records (not pages) and this is what I need to mimic via
> MPE/iX.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thank you,
> Jeff Mikolai