NSPrintOperation hangs application

Question

I have an application that hangs whenever I call NSPrintOperation.

I have a view that is creates a separate class (UIView) like this:

PBPrintImage *printImage = [[PBPrintImage alloc] init];
printImage.image = finalImage;
[printImage printWithNoPanel:self];

Then inside PBPrintImage I have the following method:

- (void)printWithNoPanel:(id)sender {
    CGSize picSize = CGSizeMake(300, 446);
    NSPrintInfo *printInfo = [NSPrintInfo sharedPrintInfo];

    NSRect imageRect = NSRectFromCGRect(CGRectMake(0, 0, picSize.width, picSize.height));
    NSImageView *imageView = [[NSImageView alloc] initWithFrame:imageRect];
    [imageView setImage:image];

    NSPrintOperation *op = [NSPrintOperation printOperationWithView:imageView printInfo:printInfo];
    [op setCanSpawnSeparateThread:YES];
    [op setShowsPrintPanel:NO];
    [op runOperation];
}

If I don't call it the application works as suspected. And I've tried calling it with and without setCanSpawnSeparateThread:. How do I set it up so it has to be in a separate thread and therefore doesn't mess up the regular flow of the application?

It does print, but that is only half of the job.