PHPOffice · oleibman · Nov 14, 2025 · Nov 12, 2025 · Nov 14, 2025
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org). Thia is a
 
 ### Added
 
-- Nothing yet.
+- Limited Printarea support for Html/Pdf. [Issue #3941](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/issues/3941) [PR #4711](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/pull/4711)
 
 ### Removed
 

diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Html.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Html.php
@@ -533,6 +533,10 @@ private function processDomElementTable(Worksheet $sheet, int &$row, string &$co
                 $sheet->setShowGridlines(in_array('gridlines', $classes, true));
                 $sheet->setPrintGridlines(in_array('gridlinesp', $classes, true));
             }
+            if (isset($attributeArray['data-printarea'])) {
+                $sheet->getPageSetup()
+                    ->setPrintArea($attributeArray['data-printarea']);
+            }
             if ('rtl' === ($attributeArray['dir'] ?? '')) {
                 $sheet->setRightToLeft(true);
             }

diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Writer/Html.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Writer/Html.php
@@ -511,6 +511,14 @@ private function generateSheetTags(int $row, int $theadStart, int $theadEnd, int
         return [$cellType, $startTag, $endTag];
     }
 
+    private int $printAreaLowRow = -1;
+
+    private int $printAreaHighRow = -1;
+
+    private int $printAreaLowCol = -1;
+
+    private int $printAreaHighCol = -1;
+
     /**
      * Generate sheet data.
      */
@@ -529,6 +537,17 @@ public function generateSheetData(): string
         $activeSheet = $this->spreadsheet->getActiveSheetIndex();
 
         foreach ($sheets as $sheet) {
+            $this->printAreaLowRow = -1;
+            $this->printAreaHighRow = -1;
+            $this->printAreaLowCol = -1;
+            $this->printAreaHighCol = -1;
+            $printArea = $sheet->getPageSetup()->getPrintArea();
+            if (Preg::isMatch('/^([a-z]+)([0-9]+):([a-z]+)([0-9]+)$/i', $printArea, $matches)) {
+                $this->printAreaLowCol = Coordinate::columnIndexFromString($matches[1]);
+                $this->printAreaHighCol = Coordinate::columnIndexFromString($matches[3]);
+                $this->printAreaLowRow = (int) $matches[2];
+                $this->printAreaHighRow = (int) $matches[4];
+            }
             // save active cells
             $selectedCells = $sheet->getSelectedCells();
             // Write table header
@@ -1308,16 +1327,18 @@ private function generateTableTagInline(Worksheet $worksheet, string $id): strin
         $float = $this->getFloat($worksheet);
         $prntgrid = $worksheet->getPrintGridlines();
         $viewgrid = $this->isPdf ? $prntgrid : $worksheet->getShowGridlines();
+        $printArea = $worksheet->getPageSetup()->getPrintArea();
+        $dataPrint = ($printArea === '') ? '' : (" data-printarea='" . htmlspecialchars($printArea) . "'");
         if ($viewgrid && $prntgrid) {
-            $html = "    <table border='1' cellpadding='1'$rtl $id cellspacing='1' style='$style' class='gridlines gridlinesp$float'>" . PHP_EOL;
+            $html = "    <table border='1' cellpadding='1'$rtl$dataPrint $id cellspacing='1' style='$style' class='gridlines gridlinesp$float'>" . PHP_EOL;
         } elseif ($viewgrid) {
-            $html = "    <table border='0' cellpadding='0'$rtl $id cellspacing='0' style='$style' class='gridlines$float'>" . PHP_EOL;
+            $html = "    <table border='0' cellpadding='0'$rtl$dataPrint $id cellspacing='0' style='$style' class='gridlines$float'>" . PHP_EOL;
         } elseif ($prntgrid) {
-            $html = "    <table border='0' cellpadding='0'$rtl $id cellspacing='0' style='$style' class='gridlinesp$float'>" . PHP_EOL;
+            $html = "    <table border='0' cellpadding='0'$rtl$dataPrint $id cellspacing='0' style='$style' class='gridlinesp$float'>" . PHP_EOL;
         } elseif ($float === '') {
-            $html = "    <table border='0' cellpadding='1'$rtl $id cellspacing='0' style='$style'>" . PHP_EOL;
+            $html = "    <table border='0' cellpadding='1'$rtl$dataPrint $id cellspacing='0' style='$style'>" . PHP_EOL;
         } else {
-            $html = "    <table border='0' cellpadding='1'$rtl $id cellspacing='0' style='$style' class='$float'>" . PHP_EOL;
+            $html = "    <table border='0' cellpadding='1'$rtl$dataPrint $id cellspacing='0' style='$style' class='$float'>" . PHP_EOL;
         }
 
         return $html;
@@ -1327,10 +1348,12 @@ private function generateTableTag(Worksheet $worksheet, string $id, string &$htm
     {
         if (!$this->useInlineCss) {
             $rtl = $this->getDir($worksheet);
+            $printArea = $worksheet->getPageSetup()->getPrintArea();
+            $dataPrint = ($printArea === '') ? '' : (" data-printarea='" . htmlspecialchars($printArea) . "'");
             $float = $this->getFloat($worksheet);
             $gridlines = $worksheet->getShowGridlines() ? ' gridlines' : '';
             $gridlinesp = $worksheet->getPrintGridlines() ? ' gridlinesp' : '';
-            $html .= "    <table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'$rtl $id class='sheet$sheetIndex$gridlines$gridlinesp$float'>" . PHP_EOL;
+            $html .= "    <table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'$rtl$dataPrint $id class='sheet$sheetIndex$gridlines$gridlinesp$float'>" . PHP_EOL;
         } else {
             $html .= $this->generateTableTagInline($worksheet, $id);
         }
@@ -1797,7 +1820,7 @@ private function generateRow(Worksheet $worksheet, array $values, int $row, stri
                 $colNum = $key - 1;
                 if (!$tcpdfInited && $key !== 1) {
                     $tempspan = ($colNum > 1) ? " colspan='$colNum'" : '';
-                    $html .= "<td$tempspan></td>\n";
+                    $html .= "<td$tempspan></td>" . PHP_EOL;
                 }
                 $tcpdfInited = true;
             }
@@ -1873,17 +1896,11 @@ private function generateRow(Worksheet $worksheet, array $values, int $row, stri
         return $html;
     }
 
-    /** @param string[] $matches */
-    private static function replaceNonAscii(array $matches): string
-    {
-        return '&#' . mb_ord($matches[0], 'UTF-8') . ';';
-    }
-
     private static function replaceControlChars(string $convert): string
     {
-        return (string) preg_replace_callback(
+        return Preg::replaceCallback(
             '/[\x00-\x1f]/',
-            [self::class, 'replaceNonAscii'],
+            fn (array $matches) => '&#' . ord($matches[0]) . ';',
             $convert
         );
     }
@@ -2199,6 +2216,9 @@ private function generatePageDeclarations(bool $generateSurroundingHTML): string
                 $htmlPage .= 'size: portrait; ';
             }
             $htmlPage .= '}' . PHP_EOL;
+            if (!$this->isPdf) {
+                $htmlPage .= $this->printAreaStyles($sheetId, $worksheet);
+            }
             ++$sheetId;
         }
         $htmlPage .= implode(PHP_EOL, [
@@ -2223,8 +2243,44 @@ private function generatePageDeclarations(bool $generateSurroundingHTML): string
         return $htmlPage;
     }
 
+    private function printAreaStyles(int $sheetId, Worksheet $worksheet): string
+    {
+        $retVal = '';
+        $printArea = $worksheet->getPageSetup()->getPrintArea();
+        if (Preg::isMatch('/^([a-z]+)([0-9]+):([a-z]+)([0-9]+)$/i', $printArea, $matches)) {
+            $lowCol = Coordinate::columnIndexFromString($matches[1]) - 1;
+            $highCol = Coordinate::columnIndexFromString($matches[3]) - 1;
+            $lowRow = (int) $matches[2] - 1;
+            $highRow = (int) $matches[4] - 1;
+            $retVal = '@media print {' . PHP_EOL;
+            $highDataRow = $worksheet->getHighestDataRow();
+            for ($row = 0; $row < $highDataRow; ++$row) {
+                if ($row < $lowRow || $row > $highRow) {
+                    $retVal .= "    table.sheet$sheetId tr.row$row td { display:none }" . PHP_EOL;
+                }
+            }
+            $highDataColumn = $worksheet->getHighestDataColumn();
+            $highDataCol = Coordinate::columnIndexFromString($highDataColumn);
+            for ($col = 0; $col < $highDataCol; ++$col) {
+                if ($col < $lowCol || $col > $highCol) {
+                    $retVal .= "    table.sheet$sheetId td.column$col { display:none }" . PHP_EOL;
+                }
+            }
+            $retVal .= '}' . PHP_EOL;
+        }
+
+        return $retVal;
+    }
+
     private function shouldGenerateRow(Worksheet $sheet, int $row): bool
     {
+        if ($this->isPdf) {
+            if ($this->printAreaLowRow >= 0) {
+                if ($row < $this->printAreaLowRow || $row > $this->printAreaHighRow) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
         if (!($this instanceof Pdf\Mpdf || $this instanceof Pdf\Tcpdf)) {
             return true;
         }
@@ -2234,6 +2290,14 @@ private function shouldGenerateRow(Worksheet $sheet, int $row): bool
 
     private function shouldGenerateColumn(Worksheet $sheet, string $colStr): bool
     {
+        if ($this->isPdf) {
+            if ($this->printAreaLowCol >= 0) {
+                $col = Coordinate::columnIndexFromString($colStr);
+                if ($col < $this->printAreaLowCol || $col > $this->printAreaHighCol) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
         if (!($this instanceof Pdf\Mpdf || $this instanceof Pdf\Tcpdf)) {
             return true;
         }

diff --git a/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Writer/Dompdf/PrintAreaTest.php b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Writer/Dompdf/PrintAreaTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheetTests\Writer\Dompdf;
+
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Pdf\Dompdf as DompdfWriter;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+class PrintAreaTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testPrintArea(): void
+    {
+        $spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet();
+        $sheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
+        $inArray = [
+            [1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
+            [6, 7, 8, 9, 10],
+            [11, 12, 13, 14, 15],
+            [16, 17, 18, 19, 20],
+            [21, 22, 23, 24, 25],
+            [26, 27, 28, 29, 30],
+        ];
+        $sheet->fromArray($inArray);
+        $sheet->getPageSetup()->setPrintArea('B2:D4');
+        $writer = new DompdfWriter($spreadsheet);
+        $html = $writer->generateHtmlAll();
+        $html = preg_replace('/^ +/m', '', $html) ?? $html;
+        $expectedArray = [
+            '<tbody>',
+            '<tr class="row1">',
+            '<td class="column0 style0 n" style="width:42pt">7</td>',
+            '<td class="column1 style0 n" style="width:42pt">8</td>',
+            '<td class="column2 style0 n" style="width:42pt">9</td>',
+            '</tr>',
+            '<tr class="row2">',
+            '<td class="column0 style0 n" style="width:42pt">12</td>',
+            '<td class="column1 style0 n" style="width:42pt">13</td>',
+            '<td class="column2 style0 n" style="width:42pt">14</td>',
+            '</tr>',
+            '<tr class="row3">',
+            '<td class="column0 style0 n" style="width:42pt">17</td>',
+            '<td class="column1 style0 n" style="width:42pt">18</td>',
+            '<td class="column2 style0 n" style="width:42pt">19</td>',
+            '</tr>',
+            '</tbody>',
+        ];
+        $expectedString = implode(PHP_EOL, $expectedArray);
+        self::assertStringContainsString(
+            $expectedString,
+            $html
+        );
+        $spreadsheet->disconnectWorksheets();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Writer/Html/PrintAreaTest.php b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Writer/Html/PrintAreaTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheetTests\Writer\Html;
+
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Html as HtmlReader;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Html as HtmlWriter;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+class PrintAreaTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testPrintArea(): void
+    {
+        $spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet();
+        $sheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
+        $inArray = [
+            [1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
+            [6, 7, 8, 9, 10],
+            [11, 12, 13, 14, 15],
+            [16, 17, 18, 19, 20],
+            [21, 22, 23, 24, 25],
+            [26, 27, 28, 29, 30],
+        ];
+        $sheet->fromArray($inArray);
+        $sheet->getPageSetup()->setPrintArea('B2:D4');
+        $writer = new HtmlWriter($spreadsheet);
+        $html = $writer->generateHtmlAll();
+        self::assertStringContainsString(
+            "<table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' data-printarea='B2:D4' id='sheet0' class='sheet0 gridlines'>",
+            $html
+        );
+        $expectedArray = [
+            '@media print {',
+            '    table.sheet0 tr.row0 td { display:none }',
+            '    table.sheet0 tr.row4 td { display:none }',
+            '    table.sheet0 tr.row5 td { display:none }',
+            '    table.sheet0 td.column0 { display:none }',
+            '    table.sheet0 td.column4 { display:none }',
+            '}',
+        ];
+        $expectedString = implode(PHP_EOL, $expectedArray);
+        self::assertStringContainsString(
+            $expectedString,
+            $html
+        );
+        $spreadsheet->disconnectWorksheets();
+
+        $reader = new HtmlReader();
+        $spreadsheet2 = $reader->loadFromString($html);
+        $sheet2 = $spreadsheet2->getActiveSheet();
+        self::assertSame('B2:D4', $sheet2->getPageSetup()->getPrintArea());
+        self::assertSame($inArray, $sheet2->toArray(null, false, false));
+        $spreadsheet2->disconnectWorksheets();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Writer/Mpdf/PrintAreaTest.php b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Writer/Mpdf/PrintAreaTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheetTests\Writer\Mpdf;
+
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Pdf\Mpdf as MpdfWriter;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+class PrintAreaTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testPrintArea(): void
+    {
+        $spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet();
+        $sheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
+        $inArray = [
+            [1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
+            [6, 7, 8, 9, 10],
+            [11, 12, 13, 14, 15],
+            [16, 17, 18, 19, 20],
+            [21, 22, 23, 24, 25],
+            [26, 27, 28, 29, 30],
+        ];
+        $sheet->fromArray($inArray);
+        $sheet->getPageSetup()->setPrintArea('B2:D4');
+        $writer = new MpdfWriter($spreadsheet);
+        $html = $writer->generateHtmlAll();
+        $html = preg_replace('/^ +/m', '', $html) ?? $html;
+        $expectedArray = [
+            '<tbody>',
+            '<tr class="row1">',
+            '<td class="column1 style0 n" style="width:42pt">7</td>',
+            '<td class="column2 style0 n" style="width:42pt">8</td>',
+            '<td class="column3 style0 n" style="width:42pt">9</td>',
+            '</tr>',
+            '<tr class="row2">',
+            '<td class="column1 style0 n" style="width:42pt">12</td>',
+            '<td class="column2 style0 n" style="width:42pt">13</td>',
+            '<td class="column3 style0 n" style="width:42pt">14</td>',
+            '</tr>',
+            '<tr class="row3">',
+            '<td class="column1 style0 n" style="width:42pt">17</td>',
+            '<td class="column2 style0 n" style="width:42pt">18</td>',
+            '<td class="column3 style0 n" style="width:42pt">19</td>',
+            '</tr>',
+            '</tbody>',
+        ];
+        $expectedString = implode(PHP_EOL, $expectedArray);
+        self::assertStringContainsString(
+            $expectedString,
+            $html
+        );
+        $spreadsheet->disconnectWorksheets();
+    }
+}