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Printing TableView in JavaFX displays junk/other language characters

I'm trying to print a TableView in JavaFX application. When I pass the TableView directly to the PrinterJob.printPage(TableView) the text data is in some other language but the view shows up fine i.e in English on the screen.

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final TableView addItemTableView = (TableView) tabAnchorpane.getChildren().get(1);

Printer printer = Printer.getDefaultPrinter();
PageLayout pageLayout = printer.createPageLayout(Paper.A4, PageOrientation.LANDSCAPE, Printer.MarginType.DEFAULT);
double scaleX = pageLayout.getPrintableWidth() / addItemTableView.getBoundsInParent().getWidth();
Scale scale = new Scale(scaleX, scaleX);
addItemTableView.getTransforms().add(scale);
PrinterJob printerJob = PrinterJob.createPrinterJob();
if (printerJob.showPrintDialog(stage.getOwner()) && printerJob.printPage(pageLayout, addItemTableView)) {
    printerJob.endJob();
}
...

The TableView is populated with data from the Task class

public class Task implements Serializable {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;

    private transient StringProperty description;
    private transient IntegerProperty priority;
    private transient ObjectProperty<LocalDate> dueDate;
    private transient StringProperty status;
    private transient ObjectProperty<LocalDate> startDate;
    private transient ObjectProperty<LocalDate> endDate;
...
}

Actual Print Page

Expected Print Page

Solution

  • The issue seems to be with JDK 7. When I switched to JDK 10 the issue is resolved. The print preview pages show up in English as expected.