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Tech Tip: Troubleshooting Printing Error -30872
PRODUCT: 4D | VERSION: 20 | PLATFORM: Mac & Win
Published On: July 2, 2025

An error that does not provide much information is Error -30872 which has a description of ().



This error can occur when printing if the print settings are not properly set and the print dialog is suppressed.

As shown in the image, the command PRINT SELECT has the asterisk (*) parameter passed which will suppress the print dialog and attempt to print with the currently applied print settings.

If the print dialog is opened, it can be seen for this specific scenario, that the issue is that there is no printer selected:



As such the print fails, by attempting to pass the print job to a non-existant printer. Since the printers are handled by the OS, the error message is not very clear.