diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/layouts/print_protocol.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/layouts/print_protocol.scss
index c6b8095d4..e6b0cce5b 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/layouts/print_protocol.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/layouts/print_protocol.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// scss-lint:disable SelectorDepth
+// scss-lint:disable NestingDepth
+
 @import "../shared_styles/constants/*";
 @import "../constants";
 
@@ -108,7 +111,6 @@ hr {
 .print-table {
   table {
     border-collapse: collapse;
-    text-align: center;
     width: 100%;
 
     &,
@@ -128,6 +130,34 @@ hr {
 
     td {
       padding: .15em .3em;
+
+      &.htLeft {
+        text-align: left;
+      }
+
+      &.htCenter {
+        text-align: center;
+      }
+
+      &.htRight {
+        text-align: right;
+      }
+
+      &.htJustify {
+        text-align: justify;
+      }
+
+      &.htTop {
+        vertical-align: top;
+      }
+
+      &.htMiddle {
+        vertical-align: middle;
+      }
+
+      &.htBottom {
+        vertical-align: bottom;
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/protocols/print.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/protocols/print.html.erb
index 36cd118a8..e591d7dfa 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/protocols/print.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/protocols/print.html.erb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
         $("[data-role='hot-table']").each(function()  {
           var $container = $(this).find("[data-role='step-hot-table']");
           var contents = $(this).find('.hot-contents');
+          var metadata = $(this).find('.hot-metadata');
 
           $container.handsontable({
             startRows: <%= Constants::HANDSONTABLE_INIT_ROWS_CNT %>,
@@ -22,17 +23,15 @@
             colHeaders: true,
             fillHandle: false,
             formulas: true,
+            data: JSON.parse(contents.attr('value')).data,
+            cell: JSON.parse(metadata.val() || '{}').cells || [],
             readOnly: true
           });
           var hot = $container.handsontable('getInstance');
 
-          if (contents.attr("value")) {
-            var data = JSON.parse(contents.attr("value"));
-            if (Array.isArray(data.data)) hot.loadData(data.data);
-            setTimeout(() => {
-              hot.render()
-            }, 0)
-          }
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            hot.render()
+          }, 500)
         });
 
         window.print();
diff --git a/app/views/protocols/print.html.erb b/app/views/protocols/print.html.erb
index 5845bb01c..b8b7c561b 100644
--- a/app/views/protocols/print.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/protocols/print.html.erb
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
           <div class="page-break"></div>
           <div data-role="hot-table" class="hot-table">
             <%= hidden_field(table, :contents, value: table.contents_utf_8, class: "hot-contents") %>
+            <%= hidden_field(table, :metadata, value: table.metadata ? table.metadata.to_json : nil, class: "hot-metadata" ) %>
             <div data-role="step-hot-table" class="step-result-hot-table"></div>
           </div>
         </div>