lp to CUPS-PDF Euro Sign

Hi
Env Debian 9.9
kernel 4.9.0-9-686-pae
cups-pdf 2.6.1-22
Prb print to cups-pdf with lp command does not show euro sign ..
Description
i edit input-file with vi, inserting Euro sign unicode character
20ac ...the euro sign displays correctly...
the i issue "lp input-file" and the resulting input-file.pdf does not show the euro sign ,it instead display small box ...
i read this document
https://lists.cups.org/pipermail/cup...er/045577.html
it seems lp support only utf8
my locale setting are
_________________________________
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LC_CTYPE=it_IT@euro
LC_NUMERIC=it_IT@euro
LC_TIME=it_IT@euro
LC_COLLATE=it_IT@euro
LC_MONETARY=it_IT@euro
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER=it_IT@euro
LC_NAME=it_IT@euro
LC_ADDRESS=it_IT@euro
LC_TELEPHONE=it_IT@euro
LC_MEASUREMENT=it_IT@euro
LC_IDENTIFICATION=it_IT@euro
_________________________________

it is possible to get Euro printed with lp or other print programs to cups-pdf ?
Any help will be appreciated
thanks in advance
Maurizio