It looks like we've broken his web server. Here's a cached version: <a href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:a4-v04rpBwcJ:bbryson.com/bill/2007/10/12/have-you-ever-printed-a-boarding-pass/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=encrypted.google.com" rel="nofollow">https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:a4-v04...</a>
It would also be cool if you printed your boarding pass to PDF, but instead of printing a giant-sized version, loading it onto an Amazon Kindle and presenting that at the gate. Test Amazon's claim of being just like paper to the limit. Can't see why it wouldn't work.
The article is down, but on-topic, I know bunch of large airlines(EasyJet for example) that let you present boarding pass on your smartphone so you do not have to print it.
Glad he had fun because that's kind of an expensive boarding pass. When I've printed posters at Kinko's before, it usually comes out to about $40 for a 1 meter^2 poster.
Reminds me when I printed a boarding pass in "2-up" mode. Of course the 2D barcode on the pass was half-sized and none of their machines could read it.