diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3bbaef6d6..bdaf6182e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,24 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this p
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+-   `<ApplicationViewability />`
+    -   component for hiding elements in specific media
+
+### Changed
+
+-   automatically hide user interaction elements in print view
+    -   all application header components except `<WorkspaceHeader />`
+    -   `<CardActions />` and `<CardOptions />`
+    -   `actionOptions` of `<ContentGroup />`
+    -   `actions` of `<Notification />`
+    -   `<OverviewItemActions />`
+-   automatically serialize display of layout elements in print view
+    -   `<FlexibleLayoutItem />`
+    -   `<GridColumn />`
+    -   `<PropertyName />` and `<PropertyValue />`
+
 ## [25.0.0] - 2025-12-01
 
 This is a major release, and it might be not compatible with your current usage of our library. Please read about the necessary changes in the section about how to migrate.
diff --git a/src/components/Application/ApplicationViewability.tsx b/src/components/Application/ApplicationViewability.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9dafcc34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Application/ApplicationViewability.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import React from "react";
+import classNames from "classnames";
+
+import { CLASSPREFIX as eccgui } from "../../configuration/constants";
+
+type media = "print" | "screen";
+
+interface ApplicationViewabilityShow {
+    /**
+     * Show on media type.
+     * If used, `hide` cannot be set.
+     */
+    show: media;
+    hide?: never;
+}
+
+interface ApplicationViewabilityHide {
+    /**
+     * Hide on media type.
+     * If used, `show` cannot be set.
+     */
+    hide: media;
+    show?: never;
+}
+
+interface ApplicationViewabilityUndecided {
+    /**
+     * Only one child allowed.
+     * Need to process the `className` property.
+     */
+    children: React.ReactElement<{ className?: string }>;
+}
+
+export type ApplicationViewabilityProps = ApplicationViewabilityUndecided &
+    (ApplicationViewabilityShow | ApplicationViewabilityHide);
+
+/**
+ * Sets the viewability of the the contained element regarding media.
+ * Can be used to hide elements, e.g. when the page is printed.
+ */
+export const ApplicationViewability = ({ children, show, hide }: ApplicationViewabilityProps) => {
+    if (!show && !hide) {
+        return children;
+    }
+    if (show === hide) {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+        console.warn("`<ApplicationViewability/>` used with same media type for `hide` and `show`.");
+        return children;
+    }
+
+    const enhancedClone = React.cloneElement(children, {
+        className: classNames(children.props.className, {
+            [`${eccgui}-application__hide--${hide}`]: hide,
+            [`${eccgui}-application__show--${show}`]: show,
+        }),
+    });
+
+    return enhancedClone;
+};
+
+export default ApplicationViewability;
diff --git a/src/components/Application/_content.scss b/src/components/Application/_content.scss
index d4ac1cc66..9cef44271 100644
--- a/src/components/Application/_content.scss
+++ b/src/components/Application/_content.scss
@@ -25,3 +25,10 @@ $ui-02: $eccgui-color-workspace-background !default;
 .#{$eccgui}-application__content--railsidebar {
     margin-left: mini-units(8);
 }
+
+@media print {
+    .#{$eccgui}-application__content {
+        padding: $eccgui-size-block-whitespace 0 0 0 !important;
+        margin: 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/Application/_header.scss b/src/components/Application/_header.scss
index 59ec6b7fa..27d7fd492 100644
--- a/src/components/Application/_header.scss
+++ b/src/components/Application/_header.scss
@@ -98,10 +98,10 @@ span.#{$prefix}--header__name {
 .#{$eccgui}-application__title--content {
     display: inline-block;
     overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
     font-size: $eccgui-size-typo-caption;
     font-weight: $eccgui-font-weight-bold;
     line-height: $eccgui-size-typo-caption-lineheight;
-    text-overflow: ellipsis;
     letter-spacing: $eccgui-font-spacing-wide;
     white-space: nowrap;
 }
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ span.#{$prefix}--header__name {
         height: auto;
         max-height: mini-units(5);
         padding: 0;
-        margin: mini-units(1.4) 0 mini-units(1.6) 0;
+        margin: mini-units(1.4) 0 mini-units(1.6);
         vertical-align: middle;
     }
 }
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ a.#{$prefix}--header__menu-item:active {
 .#{$prefix}--header__action.#{$prefix}--btn--primary:focus,
 a.#{$prefix}--header__name:focus,
 a.#{$prefix}--header__menu-item:focus {
-    border: none;
     outline: 1px dotted $shell-header-focus;
     outline-offset: -1px;
+    border: none;
     box-shadow: none;
 }
 .#{$prefix}--header__menu-title[aria-expanded="true"] {
@@ -267,3 +267,12 @@ a.#{$prefix}--header__menu-item:focus > svg {
         margin: 0;
     }
 }
+
+@media print {
+    .#{$eccgui}-application__header {
+        position: relative;
+        & > :not(.#{$eccgui}-workspace__header) {
+            display: none;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/Application/_viewability.scss b/src/components/Application/_viewability.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d944eba59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Application/_viewability.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+@media print {
+    .#{eccgui}-application__hide--print,
+    .#{eccgui}-application__show--screen {
+        display: none !important;
+    }
+}
+
+@media screen {
+    .#{eccgui}-application__hide--screen,
+    .#{eccgui}-application__show--print {
+        display: none !important;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/Application/application.scss b/src/components/Application/application.scss
index ea0de1677..460d62ee2 100644
--- a/src/components/Application/application.scss
+++ b/src/components/Application/application.scss
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 // @import '~@carbon/react/scss/components/ui-shell/navigation-menu';
 @import "content";
 @import "dropzone";
+@import "viewability";
diff --git a/src/components/Application/index.ts b/src/components/Application/index.ts
index eaa115f36..83cae7309 100644
--- a/src/components/Application/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/Application/index.ts
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ export * from "./ApplicationToolbar";
 export * from "./ApplicationToolbarSection";
 export * from "./ApplicationToolbarAction";
 export * from "./ApplicationToolbarPanel";
+export * from "./ApplicationViewability";
 export * from "./helper";
diff --git a/src/components/Application/stories/ApplicationViewability.stories.tsx b/src/components/Application/stories/ApplicationViewability.stories.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3290ee89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Application/stories/ApplicationViewability.stories.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { LoremIpsum } from "react-lorem-ipsum";
+import { Meta, StoryFn } from "@storybook/react";
+
+import { ApplicationViewability } from "../../../index";
+export default {
+    title: "Components/Application/Viewability",
+    component: ApplicationViewability,
+    argTypes: {
+        children: {
+            control: false,
+        },
+        hide: {
+            control: {
+                type: "radio",
+            },
+            options: ["print", "screen"],
+        },
+        show: {
+            control: {
+                type: "radio",
+            },
+            options: ["print", "screen"],
+        },
+    },
+} as Meta<typeof ApplicationViewability>;
+
+const TemplateBasicExample: StoryFn<typeof ApplicationViewability> = (args) => <ApplicationViewability {...args} />;
+
+export const Default = TemplateBasicExample.bind({});
+Default.args = {
+    children: (
+        <div>
+            <LoremIpsum random={false} />
+        </div>
+    ),
+};
diff --git a/src/components/Application/tests/ApplicationViewability.test.tsx b/src/components/Application/tests/ApplicationViewability.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16fa55645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Application/tests/ApplicationViewability.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { expect } from "@storybook/test";
+import { render } from "@testing-library/react";
+
+import "@testing-library/jest-dom";
+
+import { ApplicationViewability, ApplicationViewabilityProps, CLASSPREFIX as eccgui } from "../../../index";
+
+import { Default as ApplicationViewabilityStory } from "./../stories/ApplicationViewability.stories";
+
+const applyViewabilityAndCheckClass = (props: Omit<ApplicationViewabilityProps, "children">) => {
+    const { container } = render(<ApplicationViewability {...ApplicationViewabilityStory.args} {...props} />);
+    const element = container.getElementsByClassName(
+        props.hide ? `${eccgui}-application__hide--${props.hide}` : `${eccgui}-application__show--${props.show}`
+    );
+    expect(element.length).toBe(1);
+    return element;
+};
+
+describe("ApplicationViewability", () => {
+    it("should be visible on `show=screen`", () => {
+        applyViewabilityAndCheckClass({ show: "screen" });
+        /**
+         * Currently we cannot really test visibility via jest if it is defined by S/CSS rules because those styles are not known.
+         * Looks like it is not too easy to include and test them.
+         * So we only test for the correct CSS class.
+         */
+        // console.log(window.getComputedStyle(element.item(0)??new Element).getPropertyValue("display"));
+        // waitFor(() => expect(element).toBeVisible());
+    });
+    it("should not be visible on `hide=screen`", () => {
+        applyViewabilityAndCheckClass({ hide: "screen" });
+        // waitFor(() => expect(element).not.toBeVisible());
+    });
+    it("should be visible on `hide=print`", () => {
+        applyViewabilityAndCheckClass({ hide: "print" });
+        // waitFor(() => expect(element).toBeVisible());
+    });
+    it("should not be visible on `show=print`", () => {
+        applyViewabilityAndCheckClass({ show: "print" });
+        // waitFor(() => expect(element).not.toBeVisible());
+    });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/Card/card.scss b/src/components/Card/card.scss
index a551cbcf8..6f5797e64 100644
--- a/src/components/Card/card.scss
+++ b/src/components/Card/card.scss
@@ -288,3 +288,9 @@ $eccgui-size-card-spacing: $eccgui-size-typo-base !default;
         }
     }
 }
+
+@media print {
+    .#{$eccgui}-card__actions {
+        display: none;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/Checkbox/checkbox.scss b/src/components/Checkbox/checkbox.scss
index f72a9fbdd..e575dc988 100644
--- a/src/components/Checkbox/checkbox.scss
+++ b/src/components/Checkbox/checkbox.scss
@@ -24,9 +24,15 @@ $control-indicator-spacing: $eccgui-size-inline-whitespace !default;
 // $switch-background-color-active: rgba($gray1, 0.5) !default;
 // $switch-background-color-disabled: $button-background-color-disabled !default;
 $switch-checked-background-color: $eccgui-color-accent !default;
-$switch-checked-background-color-hover: eccgui-color-rgba($switch-checked-background-color, $eccgui-opacity-narrow) !default;
+$switch-checked-background-color-hover: eccgui-color-rgba(
+    $switch-checked-background-color,
+    $eccgui-opacity-narrow
+) !default;
 $switch-checked-background-color-active: $switch-checked-background-color-hover !default;
-$switch-checked-background-color-disabled: eccgui-color-rgba($switch-checked-background-color, $eccgui-opacity-disabled) !default;
+$switch-checked-background-color-disabled: eccgui-color-rgba(
+    $switch-checked-background-color,
+    $eccgui-opacity-disabled
+) !default;
 
 @import "~@blueprintjs/core/src/components/forms/controls"; // Checkbox, Radio, Switch
 
@@ -73,3 +79,9 @@ $switch-checked-background-color-disabled: eccgui-color-rgba($switch-checked-bac
     display: inline-block;
     vertical-align: text-top;
 }
+
+@media print {
+    .#{$ns}-control {
+        print-color-adjust: exact;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/ContentGroup/_contentgroup.scss b/src/components/ContentGroup/_contentgroup.scss
index 4519fe65d..c5afaf5a6 100644
--- a/src/components/ContentGroup/_contentgroup.scss
+++ b/src/components/ContentGroup/_contentgroup.scss
@@ -60,3 +60,12 @@ $eccgui-color-scontentgroup-border-sub: eccgui-color-rgba(
     flex-shrink: 1;
     width: 100%;
 }
+
+@media print {
+    .#{$eccgui}-contentgroup__header__options {
+        display: none;
+    }
+    .#{$eccgui}-contentgroup--border-sub::after {
+        print-color-adjust: exact;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/Depiction/depiction.scss b/src/components/Depiction/depiction.scss
index 44d6cda8b..a7a3dc9f0 100644
--- a/src/components/Depiction/depiction.scss
+++ b/src/components/Depiction/depiction.scss
@@ -220,3 +220,9 @@ $eccgui-size-depiction-border-radius: $pt-border-radius !default;
     position: fixed;
     left: -5000rem;
 }
+
+@media print {
+    .#{$eccgui}-depiction {
+        print-color-adjust: exact;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/FlexibleLayout/flexiblelayout.scss b/src/components/FlexibleLayout/flexiblelayout.scss
index 2efeba7af..5cb8eb00f 100644
--- a/src/components/FlexibleLayout/flexiblelayout.scss
+++ b/src/components/FlexibleLayout/flexiblelayout.scss
@@ -46,3 +46,19 @@
         flex-basis: auto;
     }
 }
+
+@media print {
+    .#{$eccgui}-flexible__container,
+    .#{$eccgui}-flexible__item {
+        position: relative;
+        display: block;
+        width: auto;
+        height: auto;
+        padding: 0;
+        margin: 0;
+
+        &:is(.#{$eccgui}-flexible__item) {
+            margin-bottom: $eccgui-size-block-whitespace;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/Grid/grid.scss b/src/components/Grid/grid.scss
index c3b5e55e5..4a4b72ba9 100644
--- a/src/components/Grid/grid.scss
+++ b/src/components/Grid/grid.scss
@@ -86,3 +86,20 @@ $grid-gutter: rem($eccgui-size-grid-gutter);
         flex-wrap: nowrap;
     }
 }
+
+@media print {
+    .#{$eccgui}-grid,
+    .#{$eccgui}-grid__row,
+    .#{$eccgui}-grid__column {
+        position: relative;
+        display: block;
+        width: auto;
+        height: auto;
+        padding: 0;
+        margin: 0;
+
+        &:is(.#{$eccgui}-grid__column) {
+            margin-bottom: $eccgui-size-block-whitespace;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/Grid/stories/Grid.stories.tsx b/src/components/Grid/stories/Grid.stories.tsx
index 0cd3c527b..96bf087e0 100644
--- a/src/components/Grid/stories/Grid.stories.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Grid/stories/Grid.stories.tsx
@@ -11,19 +11,22 @@ export default {
     subcomponents: { GridRow, GridColumn },
     argTypes: {
         children: {
-            control: "none",
+            control: false,
         },
     },
+    decorators: [
+        (Story) => (
+            <div style={{ minHeight: "30vh", position: "relative" }}>
+                <Story />
+            </div>
+        ),
+    ],
 } as Meta<typeof Grid>;
 
-const Template: StoryFn<typeof Grid> = (args) => (
-    <div style={{ minHeight: "30vh", position: "relative" }}>
-        <Grid {...args} />
-    </div>
-);
+const Template: StoryFn<typeof Grid> = (args) => <Grid {...args} />;
 
 export const Default = Template.bind({});
 Default.args = {
-    children: <GridRow {...RowExample.args} verticalStretched />,
+    children: [<GridRow {...RowExample.args} verticalStretched />, <GridRow {...RowExample.args} verticalStretched />],
     verticalStretchable: true,
 };
diff --git a/src/components/Grid/stories/GridRow.stories.tsx b/src/components/Grid/stories/GridRow.stories.tsx
index e126170ab..28ed25677 100644
--- a/src/components/Grid/stories/GridRow.stories.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Grid/stories/GridRow.stories.tsx
@@ -10,21 +10,27 @@ export default {
     component: GridRow,
     argTypes: {
         children: {
-            control: "none",
+            control: false,
         },
     },
 } as Meta<typeof GridRow>;
 
-const Template: StoryFn<typeof GridRow> = (args) => (
-    <Grid style={{ minHeight: "30vh" }} verticalStretchable>
-        <GridRow {...args} />
-    </Grid>
-);
+const Template: StoryFn<typeof GridRow> = (args) => <GridRow {...args} />;
 
 export const Default = Template.bind({});
 Default.args = {
-    children: <GridColumn {...ColumnExample.args} verticalAlign="center" />,
+    children: [
+        <GridColumn {...ColumnExample.args} verticalAlign="center" key="col1" />,
+        <GridColumn {...ColumnExample.args} verticalAlign="center" key="col1" />,
+    ],
 };
+Default.decorators = [
+    (Story) => (
+        <Grid style={{ minHeight: "30vh" }} verticalStretchable>
+            <Story />
+        </Grid>
+    ),
+];
 
 const TemplateStretched: StoryFn<typeof GridRow> = (args) => (
     <Grid style={{ minHeight: "50vh" }} verticalStretchable>
diff --git a/src/components/Notification/notification.scss b/src/components/Notification/notification.scss
index 8df9a59b0..ac376c280 100644
--- a/src/components/Notification/notification.scss
+++ b/src/components/Notification/notification.scss
@@ -91,3 +91,9 @@
         color: inherit;
     }
 }
+
+@media print {
+    .#{$eccgui}-notification__actions {
+        display: none;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/OverviewItem/overviewitem.scss b/src/components/OverviewItem/overviewitem.scss
index 41744f93f..4381d429b 100644
--- a/src/components/OverviewItem/overviewitem.scss
+++ b/src/components/OverviewItem/overviewitem.scss
@@ -197,3 +197,12 @@ $eccgui-size-overviewitem-line-typo-large-lineheight: $eccgui-size-typo-subtitle
         display: flex;
     }
 }
+
+@media print {
+    .#{$eccgui}-overviewitem__actions {
+        display: none;
+    }
+    .#{$eccgui}-overviewitem__depiction {
+        print-color-adjust: exact;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/PropertyValuePair/propertyvalue.scss b/src/components/PropertyValuePair/propertyvalue.scss
index 494f6ace0..1f1edc292 100644
--- a/src/components/PropertyValuePair/propertyvalue.scss
+++ b/src/components/PropertyValuePair/propertyvalue.scss
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 }
 
 .#{$eccgui}-propertyvalue__pair {
+    clear: both;
     display: block;
     width: 100%;
-    clear: both;
 
     &.#{$eccgui}-propertyvalue__pair--hasdivider {
         &:not(:last-child) {
@@ -94,3 +94,25 @@
         }
     }
 }
+
+@media print {
+    .#{$eccgui}-propertyvalue__pair,
+    .#{$eccgui}-propertyvalue__property,
+    .#{$eccgui}-propertyvalue__value {
+        position: relative;
+        float: none !important;
+        display: block;
+        width: auto;
+        height: auto;
+        min-height: 0 !important;
+        padding: 0;
+        margin: 0 !important;
+
+        &:is(.#{$eccgui}-propertyvalue__property) {
+            margin-bottom: 0.25 * $eccgui-size-block-whitespace !important;
+        }
+        &:is(.#{$eccgui}-propertyvalue__pair) {
+            margin-bottom: 0.5 * $eccgui-size-block-whitespace !important;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/Separation/separation.scss b/src/components/Separation/separation.scss
index 239b8f101..dc32d7480 100644
--- a/src/components/Separation/separation.scss
+++ b/src/components/Separation/separation.scss
@@ -101,3 +101,9 @@ $eccgui-color-separation-divider: $pt-divider-black !default;
         margin: 0 $eccgui-size-separation-spacing-medium;
     }
 }
+
+@media print {
+    .#{$eccgui}-separation__divider-horizontal {
+        print-color-adjust: exact;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/Table/table.scss b/src/components/Table/table.scss
index 1f9bd5223..e926e8619 100644
--- a/src/components/Table/table.scss
+++ b/src/components/Table/table.scss
@@ -356,3 +356,25 @@ tr.#{$prefix}--parent-row.#{$prefix}--expandable-row + tr[data-child-row] {
         min-height: $eccgui-size-tablecell-height-regular;
     }
 }
+
+@media print {
+    .#{$eccgui}-simpletable:has(.#{$eccgui}-simpletable__cell > .#{$eccgui}-typography__overflowtext) {
+        // allow 2 lines of text in `<OverflowText />` elements that are direct children of table cells
+        .#{$eccgui}-simpletable__cell {
+            & > .#{$eccgui}-typography__overflowtext,
+            & > .#{$eccgui}-typography__overflowtext--passdown {
+                display: inline;
+                overflow: visible;
+                text-overflow: unset;
+                white-space: unset;
+            }
+            & > .#{$eccgui}-typography__overflowtext {
+                display: -webkit-box;
+                overflow: hidden;
+                -webkit-line-clamp: 2;
+                line-clamp: 2;
+                -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/Tag/tag.scss b/src/components/Tag/tag.scss
index 2ef47acdb..49e3dd222 100644
--- a/src/components/Tag/tag.scss
+++ b/src/components/Tag/tag.scss
@@ -267,3 +267,9 @@ $tag-round-adjustment: 0 !default;
         }
     }
 }
+
+@media print {
+    .#{$eccgui}-tag__item {
+        print-color-adjust: exact;
+    }
+}