I'd rather have a single page which opened the print dialog than have multiple pages.
It's probably the only all-in-one-page version of the article.
Although I do agree the dialog popping up at the beginning is annoying, it's only one click (or key) to dismiss it; I prefer that to having to click on several "next page" links.
Then surely it makes sense to link to the root page which has a (single-click) link to the print page?
Only if you're horrified of print popups.
Which then opens the print dialog, so actually two :P