diff --git a/direct/src/showbase/GarbageReport.py b/direct/src/showbase/GarbageReport.py
index efe7eb4816..c5995075a1 100755
--- a/direct/src/showbase/GarbageReport.py
+++ b/direct/src/showbase/GarbageReport.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class GarbageReport(Job):
                 abbrev = '(abbreviated) '
             else:
                 abbrev = ''
-            s.append('\n===== Garbage Items %s=====' % abbrev)
+            s.append('===== Garbage Items %s=====' % abbrev)
             digits = 0
             n = numGarbage
             while n > 0:
@@ -157,26 +157,26 @@ class GarbageReport(Job):
                 s.append(format % (id, itype(self.garbage[id]), objStr))
 
             if self._args.findCycles:
-                s.append('\n===== Garbage Cycles =====')
+                s.append('===== Garbage Cycles =====')
                 for i in xrange(len(self.cycles)):
                     yield None
                     s.append('%s' % self.cycles[i])
 
             if self._args.fullReport:
                 format = '%0' + '%s' % digits + 'i:%s'
-                s.append('\n===== Referrers By Number (what is referring to garbage item?) =====')
+                s.append('===== Referrers By Number (what is referring to garbage item?) =====')
                 for i in xrange(numGarbage):
                     yield None
                     s.append(format % (i, self.referrersByNumber[i]))
-                s.append('\n===== Referents By Number (what is garbage item referring to?) =====')
+                s.append('===== Referents By Number (what is garbage item referring to?) =====')
                 for i in xrange(numGarbage):
                     yield None
                     s.append(format % (i, self.referentsByNumber[i]))
-                s.append('\n===== Referrers (what is referring to garbage item?) =====')
+                s.append('===== Referrers (what is referring to garbage item?) =====')
                 for i in xrange(numGarbage):
                     yield None
                     s.append(format % (i, self.referrersByReference[i]))
-                s.append('\n===== Referents (what is garbage item referring to?) =====')
+                s.append('===== Referents (what is garbage item referring to?) =====')
                 for i in xrange(numGarbage):
                     yield None
                     s.append(format % (i, self.referentsByReference[i]))
@@ -187,10 +187,7 @@ class GarbageReport(Job):
             self.printingBegin()
             for i in xrange(len(self._report)):
                 yield None
-                print self._report[i]
-            # add an extra line at the end for readability
-            if self.numGarbage > 0:
-                print ''
+                self.notify.info(self._report[i])
             self.printingEnd()
 
         yield Job.Done
diff --git a/direct/src/showbase/Job.py b/direct/src/showbase/Job.py
index 342dffb3f9..92253247a3 100755
--- a/direct/src/showbase/Job.py
+++ b/direct/src/showbase/Job.py
@@ -57,12 +57,22 @@ class Job(DirectObject):
 
     def resume(self):
         # called every time JobManager is going to start running this job
+        """
         if self._printing:
+            # we may be suspended/resumed multiple times per frame, that gets spammy
+            # if we need to pick out the output of a job, put a prefix onto each line
+            # of the output
             print 'JOB:%s:RESUME' % self._name
+            """
+        pass
     def suspend(self):
         # called when JobManager is going to stop running this job for a while
+        """
         if self._printing:
-            print 'JOB:%s:SUSPEND' % self._name
+            #print 'JOB:%s:SUSPEND' % self._name
+            pass
+            """
+        pass
 
     def finished(self):
         # called when the job finishes and has been removed from the JobManager