Larry

You can use background printing using your Word object, for example:

goWord = createobject('Word.Application')
goWord.Wordbasic.AppHide
goWord.Wordbasic.FileOpen('C:\MyDocument.doc')
goWord.Wordbasic.Options.Printbackground = .T.
goWord.Wordbasic.Fileprint()
goWord.Wordbasic.AppShow
release goWord