diff --git a/src/files/BrsFile.spec.ts b/src/files/BrsFile.spec.ts
index 8a6a35172..032a05a8a 100644
--- a/src/files/BrsFile.spec.ts
+++ b/src/files/BrsFile.spec.ts
@@ -2149,7 +2149,7 @@ describe('BrsFile', () => {
                         returnValue = 12 'comment
                         return returnValue 'comment
                     end function 'comment
-                    print "a" ; "b" ; 3 'comment
+                    print "a"; "b"; 3 'comment
                     a(1, 2, 3) 'comment
                     person.functionCall(1, 2, 3) 'comment
                     if true then 'comment
diff --git a/src/parser/Statement.ts b/src/parser/Statement.ts
index be31ea742..c5e77c3e6 100644
--- a/src/parser/Statement.ts
+++ b/src/parser/Statement.ts
@@ -578,19 +578,22 @@ export class PrintStatement extends Statement {
             ' '
         ];
         for (let i = 0; i < this.expressions.length; i++) {
-            let expression: any = this.expressions[i];
-            if (expression.transpile) {
-                //separate print statements with a semi-colon
-                if (i > 0) {
-                    result.push(' ; ');
-                }
-                result.push(...(expression as ExpressionStatement).transpile(state));
+            const expressionOrSeparator: any = this.expressions[i];
+            if (expressionOrSeparator.transpile) {
+                result.push(...(expressionOrSeparator as ExpressionStatement).transpile(state));
             } else {
-                //skip these because I think they are bogus items only added for use in the runtime
+                result.push(
+                    state.tokenToSourceNode(expressionOrSeparator)
+                );
+            }
+            //if there's an expression after us, add a space
+            if ((this.expressions[i + 1] as any)?.transpile) {
+                result.push(' ');
             }
         }
         return result;
     }
+
     walk(visitor: WalkVisitor, options: WalkOptions) {
         if (options.walkMode & InternalWalkMode.walkExpressions) {
             for (let i = 0; i < this.expressions.length; i++) {
diff --git a/src/parser/tests/statement/PrintStatement.spec.ts b/src/parser/tests/statement/PrintStatement.spec.ts
index 64d47e49b..73d043585 100644
--- a/src/parser/tests/statement/PrintStatement.spec.ts
+++ b/src/parser/tests/statement/PrintStatement.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,25 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai';
-
 import { Parser } from '../../Parser';
 import { TokenKind } from '../../../lexer';
 import { EOF, token } from '../Parser.spec';
 import { Range } from 'vscode-languageserver';
+import { Program } from '../../../Program';
+import { standardizePath as s } from '../../../util';
+import { getTestTranspile } from '../../../testHelpers.spec';
+
+const rootDir = s`${process.cwd()}/.tmp/rootDir`;
 
 describe('parser print statements', () => {
+
+    let program: Program;
+    const testTranspile = getTestTranspile(() => [program, rootDir]);
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        program = new Program({
+            rootDir: rootDir
+        });
+    });
+
     it('parses singular print statements', () => {
         let { statements, diagnostics } = Parser.parse([
             token(TokenKind.Print),
@@ -90,4 +104,93 @@ describe('parser print statements', () => {
         expect(statements).to.be.lengthOf(1);
         expect(statements[0].range).to.deep.include(Range.create(0, 0, 0, 11));
     });
+
+    describe('transpile', () => {
+        it('retains comma separators', () => {
+            testTranspile(`
+                a$ = "string"
+                print a$, a$, a$
+            `);
+        });
+
+        it('retains semicolon separators', () => {
+            testTranspile(`
+                a$ = "string"
+                print a$; a$; a$
+            `);
+        });
+
+        it('supports no space between function calls', () => {
+            testTranspile(`
+                function getText()
+                    return "text"
+                end function
+                print getText() getText() getText()
+            `);
+        });
+
+        it('supports print in loop', () => {
+            testTranspile(`
+                paramArr = ["This", "is", true, "and", "this", "is", 1]
+                print "This is one line of stuff:";
+                for each item in paramArr
+                    print item; " ";
+                end for
+                print ""
+            `, `
+                paramArr = [
+                    "This",
+                    "is",
+                    true,
+                    "and",
+                    "this",
+                    "is",
+                    1
+                ]
+                print "This is one line of stuff:";
+                for each item in paramArr
+                    print item; " ";
+                end for
+                print ""
+            `);
+        });
+
+        it('handles roku documentation examples', () => {
+            testTranspile(`
+                x=5:print 25; " is equal to"; x^2
+                a$="string":print a$;a$,a$;" ";a$
+                print "zone 1","zone 2","zone 3","zone 4"
+                print "print statement #1 ":print "print statement #2"
+                print "this is a five " 5 "!!"
+                print {}
+                print {a:1}
+                print []
+                print [5]
+                print tab(5)"tabbed 5";tab(25)"tabbed 25"
+                print tab(40) pos(0) 'prints 40 at position 40
+                print "these" tab(pos(0)+5)"words" tab(pos(0)+5)"are":print tab(pos(0)+5)"evenly" tab(pos(0)+5)"spaced"
+            `, `
+                x = 5
+                print 25; " is equal to"; x ^ 2
+                a$ = "string"
+                print a$; a$, a$; " "; a$
+                print "zone 1", "zone 2", "zone 3", "zone 4"
+                print "print statement #1 "
+                print "print statement #2"
+                print "this is a five " 5 "!!"
+                print {}
+                print {
+                    a: 1
+                }
+                print []
+                print [
+                    5
+                ]
+                print tab(5) "tabbed 5"; tab(25) "tabbed 25"
+                print tab(40) pos(0) 'prints 40 at position 40
+                print "these" tab(pos(0) + 5) "words" tab(pos(0) + 5) "are"
+                print tab(pos(0) + 5) "evenly" tab(pos(0) + 5) "spaced"
+            `);
+        });
+    });
 });