diff --git a/src/factory/printer.cpp b/src/factory/printer.cpp
index c52d6fa..f7b0fcf 100644
--- a/src/factory/printer.cpp
+++ b/src/factory/printer.cpp
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ bool printTable(std::ostream& strm, const PVStructure& top)
     for(size_t c=0, N=coldat.size(); c<N; c++) {
         strm<<std::setw(widths[c])<<std::right<<labels[c];
         if(c+1!=N) {
-            strm<<", ";
+            strm<<' ';
         }
     }
     strm<<'\n';
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ bool printTable(std::ostream& strm, const PVStructure& top)
         for(size_t c=0, N=coldat.size(); c<N; c++) {
             strm<<std::setw(widths[c])<<std::right<<coldat[c][r];
             if(c+1!=N)
-                strm<<", ";
+                strm<<' ';
         }
         strm<<'\n';
     }
diff --git a/testApp/misc/testprinter.cpp b/testApp/misc/testprinter.cpp
index 3096555..772f834 100644
--- a/testApp/misc/testprinter.cpp
+++ b/testApp/misc/testprinter.cpp
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ void showNTTable()
     pvd::PVStructurePtr input(pvd::getPVDataCreate()->createPVStructure(table));
 
     testDiff("<undefined>   \n"
-             "colA, colB\n"
+             "colA colB\n"
              , print(input->stream()),
              "empty table");
 
@@ -258,10 +258,10 @@ void showNTTable()
 
 
     testDiff("<undefined>   \n"
-             "labelA,   \"label B\"\n"
-             "     1,     one\\x7F\n"
-             "     2, \"two words\"\n"
-             "     3,  \"A \\'\"\"\\'\"\n"
+             "labelA   \"label B\"\n"
+             "     1     one\\x7F\n"
+             "     2 \"two words\"\n"
+             "     3  \"A \\'\"\"\\'\"\n"
              , print(input->stream()),
              "with data");
 }