--- loncom/interface/lonprintout.pm	2007/04/20 20:33:35	1.499
+++ loncom/interface/lonprintout.pm	2007/04/26 09:32:23	1.500
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # Printout
 #
-# $Id: lonprintout.pm,v 1.499 2007/04/20 20:33:35 foxr Exp $
+# $Id: lonprintout.pm,v 1.500 2007/04/26 09:32:23 foxr Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -60,19 +60,13 @@ sub fetch_raw_resource {
     my ($url) = @_;
 
     my $filename  = &Apache::lonnet::filelocation("", $url);
-    #
-    # fetch if needed:
-    #
-    if (! -e $filename) {
-	my $repcopy_result = &Apache::lonnet::repcopy($filename);
-
-	if ($repcopy_result ne 'ok') {
-	    return "File open failed for $filename";   # This will bomb the print.
-	}
-    }
-    my $contents = &Apache::lonnet::readfile($filename);
+    my $contents  = &Apache::lonnet::getfile($filename);
 
+    if ($contents == -1) {
+	return "File open failed for $filename";      # This will bomb the print.
+    }
     return $contents;
+
     
 }