diff --git a/src/core/annotation.js b/src/core/annotation.js
index 10dc4cf766a7a..715d8c98cbceb 100644
--- a/src/core/annotation.js
+++ b/src/core/annotation.js
@@ -983,6 +983,16 @@ class WidgetAnnotation extends Annotation {
     const defaultAppearance = this.data.defaultAppearance;
     const alignment = this.data.textAlignment;
 
+    if (this.data.comb) {
+      return this._getCombAppearance(
+        defaultAppearance,
+        value,
+        totalWidth,
+        hPadding,
+        vPadding
+      );
+    }
+
     if (this.data.multiLine) {
       return this._getMultilineAppearance(
         defaultAppearance,
@@ -1129,6 +1139,22 @@ class TextWidgetAnnotation extends WidgetAnnotation {
       this.data.maxLen !== null;
   }
 
+  _getCombAppearance(defaultAppearance, text, width, hPadding, vPadding) {
+    const combWidth = (width / this.data.maxLen).toFixed(2);
+    const buf = [];
+    for (const character of text) {
+      buf.push(`(${escapeString(character)}) Tj`);
+    }
+
+    const renderedComb = buf.join(` ${combWidth} 0 Td `);
+    return (
+      "/Tx BMC q BT " +
+      defaultAppearance +
+      ` 1 0 0 1 ${hPadding} ${vPadding} Tm ${renderedComb}` +
+      " ET Q EMC"
+    );
+  }
+
   _getMultilineAppearance(
     defaultAppearance,
     text,
diff --git a/test/unit/annotation_spec.js b/test/unit/annotation_spec.js
index 5e53827d46d04..5789a20d3c1f3 100644
--- a/test/unit/annotation_spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/annotation_spec.js
@@ -1781,6 +1781,46 @@ describe("annotation", function () {
           done();
         }, done.fail);
     });
+
+    it("should render comb for printing", function (done) {
+      textWidgetDict.set("Ff", AnnotationFieldFlag.COMB);
+      textWidgetDict.set("MaxLen", 4);
+
+      const textWidgetRef = Ref.get(271, 0);
+      const xref = new XRefMock([
+        { ref: textWidgetRef, data: textWidgetDict },
+        fontRefObj,
+      ]);
+      const task = new WorkerTask("test print");
+      partialEvaluator.xref = xref;
+
+      AnnotationFactory.create(
+        xref,
+        textWidgetRef,
+        pdfManagerMock,
+        idFactoryMock
+      )
+        .then(annotation => {
+          const id = annotation.data.id;
+          const annotationStorage = {};
+          annotationStorage[id] = "aa(aa)a\\";
+          return annotation._getAppearance(
+            partialEvaluator,
+            task,
+            annotationStorage
+          );
+        }, done.fail)
+        .then(appearance => {
+          expect(appearance).toEqual(
+            "/Tx BMC q BT /Helv 5 Tf 1 0 0 1 2 2 Tm" +
+              " (a) Tj 8.00 0 Td (a) Tj 8.00 0 Td (\\() Tj" +
+              " 8.00 0 Td (a) Tj 8.00 0 Td (a) Tj" +
+              " 8.00 0 Td (\\)) Tj 8.00 0 Td (a) Tj" +
+              " 8.00 0 Td (\\\\) Tj ET Q EMC"
+          );
+          done();
+        }, done.fail);
+    });
   });
 
   describe("ButtonWidgetAnnotation", function () {