>I finally realized the reason I wasn't getting my mailmerge document to print is that I was "quitting" word too soon. What is the best way to keep checking oWord.BackGroundPrintingStatus? I tried the following code:

Instead of polling BackGroundPrintingStatus, you can just turn Background printing off before you make the print call, and your print function will be synchronous. You can then turn BackgroundPrinting back on when the printing is finished.