diff --git a/conf/snippets/hardcopyThemes/oneColumn/hardcopyPreamble.tex b/conf/snippets/hardcopyThemes/oneColumn/hardcopyPreamble.tex
index 7a3ccd0653..95e98fe653 100644
--- a/conf/snippets/hardcopyThemes/oneColumn/hardcopyPreamble.tex
+++ b/conf/snippets/hardcopyThemes/oneColumn/hardcopyPreamble.tex
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@
 \usepackage{epsfig}
 \usepackage{pslatex}
 \usepackage{fullpage}
-\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
+
+\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
+
+\usepackage{eurosym}                   % the euro symbol
+\DeclareUnicodeCharacter{20AC}{\euro}  % make it possible to use the UTF-8 character for the euro symbol in problems
+
+
 \pagestyle{plain}
 \def\endline{\bigskip\hrule width \hsize height 0.8pt }
 \newcommand{\lt}{<}
diff --git a/conf/snippets/hardcopyThemes/twoColumn/hardcopyPreamble.tex b/conf/snippets/hardcopyThemes/twoColumn/hardcopyPreamble.tex
index 36ec7490d4..8c57181151 100644
--- a/conf/snippets/hardcopyThemes/twoColumn/hardcopyPreamble.tex
+++ b/conf/snippets/hardcopyThemes/twoColumn/hardcopyPreamble.tex
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@
 \usepackage{epsf}
 \usepackage{epsfig}
 \usepackage{pslatex}
-\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
+
+\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
+
+\usepackage{eurosym}                   % the euro symbol
+\DeclareUnicodeCharacter{20AC}{\euro}  % make it possible to use the UTF-8 character for the euro symbol in problems
+
 \pagestyle{plain}
 \textheight 9in
 \oddsidemargin = -0.42in