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Arabic text turns into #####

Former Member
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Hello all,

I have checked a thread having this problem but the solution is not given so I had to open a new thread.

I have an arabic smartform and at the preview level all is ok and arabic text is appearing very well, but when printed, the text turns to ####### on the printted paper. I tried to print some arabic text using MS Word editor to check that the printter supports arabic and arabic was printed correctly which means that the problem is within SAP, in particular, printter setting.

so can you please help in how to setup the printter setting in SAP to allow printing arabic?

Thanks in advance.

Accepted Solutions (1)

Accepted Solutions (1)

former_member188005
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Samir,

Use the device type ARSWIN for printing arabic output.

Goto Tcode SPAD and then create a new output type and assign the device type ARSWIN.

Regards.

Former Member
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Shakeel, you fired in the heart, Thank you.

Answers (2)

Answers (2)

Former Member
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Hi Shakeel,

I am facing a similar kind of issue but with Japanese text.

When i am converting the smartform to PDF, the Japanese characters are not shown properly (they are shown as Junk characters).

Will a similar kind of settings in output device work in my case?

Regards,

Rohini

Former Member
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Here comes the solution.. given by SAP note 776507 ..

Please have look on sap note 776507 .

Summary

Symptom

Documents printed via SAPscript or SmartForms do not print with correct
special characters, e.g. ### prints instead of 
Japanese or Russian characters. What to do?

Other terms

SAPscript, SmartForms, printing, device types, OTF

Reason and Prerequisites

Help required to choose proper fonts in a SAPscript or SmartForm