diff --git a/src/timegrid/TimeGridEventRenderer.ts b/src/timegrid/TimeGridEventRenderer.ts
index 54838c1d88..a6df61789f 100644
--- a/src/timegrid/TimeGridEventRenderer.ts
+++ b/src/timegrid/TimeGridEventRenderer.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Does not own rendering. Use for low-level util methods by TimeGrid.
 export default class TimeGridEventRenderer extends FgEventRenderer {
 
   timeGrid: TimeGrid
-  segsByCol: any
+  segsByCol: any // within each col, events are ordered
   fullTimeFormat: DateFormatter
 
 
@@ -34,8 +34,16 @@ export default class TimeGridEventRenderer extends FgEventRenderer {
   // Given an array of foreground segments, render a DOM element for each, computes position,
   // and attaches to the column inner-container elements.
   attachSegs(segs: Seg[], mirrorInfo) {
-    this.segsByCol = this.timeGrid.groupSegsByCol(segs)
-    this.timeGrid.attachSegsByCol(this.segsByCol, this.timeGrid.fgContainerEls)
+    let segsByCol = this.timeGrid.groupSegsByCol(segs)
+
+    // order the segs within each column
+    // TODO: have groupSegsByCol do this?
+    for (let col = 0; col < segsByCol.length; col++) {
+      segsByCol[col] = this.sortEventSegs(segsByCol[col])
+    }
+
+    this.segsByCol = segsByCol
+    this.timeGrid.attachSegsByCol(segsByCol, this.timeGrid.fgContainerEls)
   }
 
 
@@ -171,13 +179,13 @@ export default class TimeGridEventRenderer extends FgEventRenderer {
 
 
   // Given an array of segments that are all in the same column, sets the backwardCoord and forwardCoord on each.
+  // Assumed the segs are already ordered.
   // NOTE: Also reorders the given array by date!
   computeSegHorizontals(segs: Seg[]) {
     let levels
     let level0
     let i
 
-    segs = this.sortEventSegs(segs) // order by certain criteria
     levels = buildSlotSegLevels(segs)
     computeForwardSlotSegs(levels)
 
diff --git a/tests/automated/event-render/print-preview.js b/tests/automated/event-render/print-preview.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d6f86d2c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/automated/event-render/print-preview.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+
+describe('print preview', function() {
+  pushOptions({
+    defaultDate: '2019-04-08',
+    scrollTime: '00:00',
+    events: [
+      { id: '2', start: '2019-04-08T05:00:00' },
+      { id: '1', start: '2019-04-08T01:00:00' }
+    ],
+    eventRender: function(arg) {
+      arg.el.setAttribute('data-id', arg.event.id)
+    }
+  })
+
+  describeOptions('defaultView', {
+    'with timeGrid view': 'timeGridDay',
+    'with dayGrid view': 'dayGridDay'
+  }, function() {
+
+    it('orders events in DOM by start time', function() {
+      initCalendar()
+
+      let ids = $('.fc-event').map(function(i, el) {
+        return el.getAttribute('data-id')
+      }).get()
+
+      expect(ids).toEqual([ '1', '2' ])
+    })
+  })
+
+})