UTF-8 character not printing with Zebra printer

Question

I am trying to print Persian character on my Zebra Z410 label printer. But for some reason it is printing ?????. The ZPL code I am sending to the printer is

^XA
^FO50,50
^PA1,1,1,1
^A@N,50,50,E:TT0003M_.TTF^FDعاسشاتعفثه^FS
^XZ

I am using the Zebra Setup Utilities-Open communication with printer. Please Help!!

Answer 1

Your example above did not specify ^CI28 which would let you use UTF-8 instead of field hex.

^XA

^FO50,50

^PA1,1,1,1

^A@N,50,50,E:TT0003M_.TTF^CI28^FDعاسشاتعفثه^FS

^XZ

Zebra Setup Utilities is not handling the UTF-8 correctly. I just tested with PuTTY to a network printer and the UTF was handled properly. There are also examples in the SDK on how to print using UTF-8.

     // Print a stored format with the given variables. This ZPL will store a format on a printer,
 // for use with example3.
 // This example also requires the ANMDS.TTF font to have been download to the printer prior to using this code.
 // ^XA^DFE:FORMAT3.ZPL
 // ^FS
 // ^FT26,223^FH^A@N,56,55,E:ANMDS.TTF^CI28^FH\^FN12"Customer Name"^FS
 // ^FT26,316^FH\^A@N,56,55,E:ANMDS.TTF^FH\^FN11"Invoice Number"^FS
 // ^FT348,73^FH^A@N,39,38,E:ANMDS.TTF^FH\^FN13"Vendor Name^FS
 // ^BY2,4^FT643,376^B7N,4,0,2,2,N^FH\^FDSerial Number^FS
 // ^FO5,17^GB863,379,8^FS
 // ^XZ

 private void example3() throws ConnectionException {
     Connection connection = new TcpConnection("192.168.1.32", TcpConnection.DEFAULT_ZPL_TCP_PORT);
     try {
         connection.open();
         ZebraPrinter printer = ZebraPrinterFactory.getInstance(connection);
         Map<Integer, String> vars = new HashMap<Integer, String>();
         vars.put(12, "东风伟世通汽车饰件系统有限公司"); // Customer Name
         vars.put(11, "订单号"); // Invoice Number
         vars.put(13, "供应商名称"); // Vendor Name
         printer.printStoredFormat("E:FORMAT3.ZPL", vars);
     } catch (ConnectionException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
     } catch (ZebraPrinterLanguageUnknownException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
     } finally {
         connection.close();
     }
 }

}