JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<table><tr>
<td class="printarea">content1</td>
<td class="printarea">content2</td>
<td>content3</td>
</tr> </table>
JavaScript
$("table tr td").hide();
$("table tr td:lt(2)").show();
<table><tr>
<td class="printarea">content1</td>
<td class="printarea">content2</td>
<td>content3</td>
</tr> </table>
$("table tr td").hide();
$("table tr td:lt(2)").show();