Filter print job - remove form feed

I've configured an iPrint printer to accept LPR print jobs. One of our old
programs always starts each print job with a page eject (form feed).
Is there a simple way to intercept the print stream and if it starts with a
page eject, remove or null it that byte?
....Gregg

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