diff --git a/Tools/FullChainTransforms/share/FastChainSkeleton.EVGENtoRDO.py b/Tools/FullChainTransforms/share/FastChainSkeleton.EVGENtoRDO.py
index 78367cb90b6262d89d1783ac46f28c01ea4f83e3..95c9dfcea82efc97fc3a814627e06e82ecb3cc58 100644
--- a/Tools/FullChainTransforms/share/FastChainSkeleton.EVGENtoRDO.py
+++ b/Tools/FullChainTransforms/share/FastChainSkeleton.EVGENtoRDO.py
@@ -649,8 +649,8 @@ globalflags.Luminosity.set_Off()
 
 # --- set SimLayout (synchronised to globalflags)
 if globalflags.DetDescrVersion() not in simFlags.SimLayout.get_Value():
-    print "ERROR globalFlags.DetDescrVersion and simFlags.SimLayout do not match!"
-    print "Please correct your job options."
+    printfunc ("ERROR globalFlags.DetDescrVersion and simFlags.SimLayout do not match!")
+    printfunc ("Please correct your job options.")
     # TODO: theApp.exit(1)?
     import sys
     sys.exit(1)
@@ -809,8 +809,8 @@ elif jobproperties.Beam.beamType.get_Value() == 'cosmics':
 # non of the above
 
 elif not athenaCommonFlags.PoolEvgenInput.statusOn:
-    print "ISF Input Configuration: PoolEvgenInput off, likely running with a particle gun preInclude"
-# non of the above -> input via ISF_Flags
+    printfunc ("ISF Input Configuration: PoolEvgenInput off, likely running with a particle gun preInclude")
+# none of the above -> input via ISF_Flags
 else :
     if ISF_Flags.OverrideInputFiles():
         athenaCommonFlags.PoolEvgenInput = ISF_Flags.OverrideInputFiles()
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ if ISF_Flags.RunValgrind() :
     ServiceMgr += valgrindSvc
 
 # useful for debugging:
-print topSequence
+printfunc (topSequence)
 
 
 #########Back to MyCustomSkeleton.py##############
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ if hasattr(runArgs,"preDigiInclude"):
 #--------------------------------------------------------------
 # Go for it
 #--------------------------------------------------------------
-print "lvl1: -14... " + str(DetFlags.digitize.LVL1_on())
+printfunc ("lvl1: -14... " + str(DetFlags.digitize.LVL1_on()))
 
 
 
@@ -1114,9 +1114,9 @@ if jobproperties.Beam.beamType == "cosmics" :
 
 topSequence += CfgGetter.getAlgorithm(digitizationFlags.digiSteeringConf.get_Value(), tryDefaultConfigurable=True)
 if 'doFastPixelDigi' in digitizationFlags.experimentalDigi() or 'doFastSCT_Digi' in digitizationFlags.experimentalDigi() or 'doFastTRT_Digi' in digitizationFlags.experimentalDigi():
-    print "WARNING  Setting doFastPixelDigi ,doFastSCT_Digi or doFastTRT_Digi in digitizationFlags.experimentalDigi no longer overrides digitizationFlags.digiSteeringConf."
+    printfunc ("WARNING  Setting doFastPixelDigi ,doFastSCT_Digi or doFastTRT_Digi in digitizationFlags.experimentalDigi no longer overrides digitizationFlags.digiSteeringConf.")
 elif 'doSplitDigi' in digitizationFlags.experimentalDigi():
-    print "WARNING  Setting doSplitDigi in digitizationFlags.experimentalDigi no longer overrides digitizationFlags.digiSteeringConf. Use --digiSteeringConf 'Split' on the command-line instead."
+    printfunc ("WARNING  Setting doSplitDigi in digitizationFlags.experimentalDigi no longer overrides digitizationFlags.digiSteeringConf. Use --digiSteeringConf 'Split' on the command-line instead.")
 
 
 # MC Truth info
diff --git a/Tools/FullChainTransforms/share/skeleton.EVGENtoRDO.py b/Tools/FullChainTransforms/share/skeleton.EVGENtoRDO.py
index 4c7b15399db4a6844ee0765ddd3c452bc3b1e71b..164ce11c7e119337aeadbf03d81ad32ab2ca0f31 100644
--- a/Tools/FullChainTransforms/share/skeleton.EVGENtoRDO.py
+++ b/Tools/FullChainTransforms/share/skeleton.EVGENtoRDO.py
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ if hasattr(runArgs, "jobNumber"):
 from AthenaCommon.GlobalFlags import globalflags
 if hasattr(runArgs,"geometryVersion"):
     # strip _VALIDATION
-    print "stripping _VALIDATION"
+    printfunc ("stripping _VALIDATION")
     if runArgs.geometryVersion.endswith("_VALIDATION"):
         pos=runArgs.geometryVersion.find("_VALIDATION")
         globalflags.DetDescrVersion.set_Value_and_Lock( runArgs.geometryVersion[:pos] )
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ if hasattr(runArgs,"DataRunNumber"):
         fast_chain_log.info( 'Overriding run number to be: %s ', runArgs.DataRunNumber )
         digitizationFlags.dataRunNumber=runArgs.DataRunNumber
 
-print "lvl1: -14... " + str(DetFlags.digitize.LVL1_on())
+printfunc ("lvl1: -14... " + str(DetFlags.digitize.LVL1_on()))
 
 ### Set digitize all except forward detectors
 DetFlags.digitize.all_setOn()