--- loncom/interface/lonprintout.pm	2006/08/01 18:46:07	1.472
+++ loncom/interface/lonprintout.pm	2006/08/01 18:47:59	1.473
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # Printout
 #
-# $Id: lonprintout.pm,v 1.472 2006/08/01 18:46:07 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonprintout.pm,v 1.473 2006/08/01 18:47:59 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ sub IndexCreation {
 
 sub print_latex_header {
     my $mode=shift;
-    my $output='\documentclass[letterpaper,twoside]{article}';
+    my $output='\documentclass[letterpaper,twoside]{article}\raggedbottom';
     if (($mode eq 'batchmode') || (!$perm{'pav'})) {
 	$output.='\batchmode';
     }