diff --git a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/print.js b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/print.js
index 50e0959f43..f3a0380051 100644
--- a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/print.js
+++ b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/print.js
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ frappe.ui.form.PrintPreview = Class.extend({
 		this.preview();
 	},
 	set_default_print_language: function () {
- 		var print_format = this.get_print_format();
-		this.lang_code = print_format.default_print_language || frappe.boot.lang;
+		var print_format = this.get_print_format();
+		this.lang_code = print_format.default_print_language || this.frm.doc.language || frappe.boot.lang;
 		this.language_sel.val(this.lang_code);
  	},
 	multilingual_preview: function () {
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ frappe.ui.form.PrintPreview = Class.extend({
 				doc: this.frm.doc,
 				print_format: this.selected_format(),
 				no_letterhead: !this.with_letterhead() ? 1 : 0,
-				_lang: this.lang_code
+				_lang: this.lang_code,
 			},
 			callback: function (r) {
 				if (!r.exc) {
diff --git a/frappe/www/printview.py b/frappe/www/printview.py
index 5da86cb225..6a3e93065d 100644
--- a/frappe/www/printview.py
+++ b/frappe/www/printview.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def convert_markdown(doc, meta):
 
 @frappe.whitelist()
 def get_html_and_style(doc, name=None, print_format=None, meta=None,
-	no_letterhead=None, trigger_print=False, style=None, lang=None):
+	no_letterhead=None, trigger_print=False, style=None):
 	"""Returns `html` and `style` of print format, used in PDF etc"""
 
 	if isinstance(doc, string_types) and isinstance(name, string_types):