diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index 9f77641faf5cc..985893023a30b 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,10 @@ import {
     createGetCanonicalFileName,
     createGetSymbolWalker,
     createModeAwareCacheKey,
-    createPrinter,
+    createPrinterWithDefaults,
+    createPrinterWithRemoveComments,
+    createPrinterWithRemoveCommentsNeverAsciiEscape,
+    createPrinterWithRemoveCommentsOmitTrailingSemicolon,
     createPropertyNameNodeForIdentifierOrLiteral,
     createSymbolTable,
     createTextWriter,
@@ -6123,7 +6126,9 @@ export function createTypeChecker(host: TypeCheckerHost): TypeChecker {
         function symbolToStringWorker(writer: EmitTextWriter) {
             const entity = builder(symbol, meaning!, enclosingDeclaration, nodeFlags)!; // TODO: GH#18217
             // add neverAsciiEscape for GH#39027
-            const printer = enclosingDeclaration?.kind === SyntaxKind.SourceFile ? createPrinter({ removeComments: true, neverAsciiEscape: true }) : createPrinter({ removeComments: true });
+            const printer = enclosingDeclaration?.kind === SyntaxKind.SourceFile
+                ? createPrinterWithRemoveCommentsNeverAsciiEscape()
+                : createPrinterWithRemoveComments();
             const sourceFile = enclosingDeclaration && getSourceFileOfNode(enclosingDeclaration);
             printer.writeNode(EmitHint.Unspecified, entity, /*sourceFile*/ sourceFile, writer);
             return writer;
@@ -6142,7 +6147,7 @@ export function createTypeChecker(host: TypeCheckerHost): TypeChecker {
                 sigOutput = kind === SignatureKind.Construct ? SyntaxKind.ConstructSignature : SyntaxKind.CallSignature;
             }
             const sig = nodeBuilder.signatureToSignatureDeclaration(signature, sigOutput, enclosingDeclaration, toNodeBuilderFlags(flags) | NodeBuilderFlags.IgnoreErrors | NodeBuilderFlags.WriteTypeParametersInQualifiedName);
-            const printer = createPrinter({ removeComments: true, omitTrailingSemicolon: true });
+            const printer = createPrinterWithRemoveCommentsOmitTrailingSemicolon();
             const sourceFile = enclosingDeclaration && getSourceFileOfNode(enclosingDeclaration);
             printer.writeNode(EmitHint.Unspecified, sig!, /*sourceFile*/ sourceFile, getTrailingSemicolonDeferringWriter(writer)); // TODO: GH#18217
             return writer;
@@ -6155,8 +6160,7 @@ export function createTypeChecker(host: TypeCheckerHost): TypeChecker {
         if (typeNode === undefined) return Debug.fail("should always get typenode");
         // The unresolved type gets a synthesized comment on `any` to hint to users that it's not a plain `any`.
         // Otherwise, we always strip comments out.
-        const options = { removeComments: type !== unresolvedType };
-        const printer = createPrinter(options);
+        const printer = type !== unresolvedType ? createPrinterWithRemoveComments() : createPrinterWithDefaults();
         const sourceFile = enclosingDeclaration && getSourceFileOfNode(enclosingDeclaration);
         printer.writeNode(EmitHint.Unspecified, typeNode, /*sourceFile*/ sourceFile, writer);
         const result = writer.getText();
@@ -9636,7 +9640,7 @@ export function createTypeChecker(host: TypeCheckerHost): TypeChecker {
                 typePredicate.kind === TypePredicateKind.Identifier || typePredicate.kind === TypePredicateKind.AssertsIdentifier ? factory.createIdentifier(typePredicate.parameterName) : factory.createThisTypeNode(),
                 typePredicate.type && nodeBuilder.typeToTypeNode(typePredicate.type, enclosingDeclaration, toNodeBuilderFlags(flags) | NodeBuilderFlags.IgnoreErrors | NodeBuilderFlags.WriteTypeParametersInQualifiedName)! // TODO: GH#18217
             );
-            const printer = createPrinter({ removeComments: true });
+            const printer = createPrinterWithRemoveComments();
             const sourceFile = enclosingDeclaration && getSourceFileOfNode(enclosingDeclaration);
             printer.writeNode(EmitHint.Unspecified, predicate, /*sourceFile*/ sourceFile, writer);
             return writer;
diff --git a/src/compiler/emitter.ts b/src/compiler/emitter.ts
index 170ad79e7d587..e81f2b090a8ae 100644
--- a/src/compiler/emitter.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/emitter.ts
@@ -1343,6 +1343,18 @@ const enum PipelinePhase {
     Emit,
 }
 
+/** @internal */
+export const createPrinterWithDefaults = memoize(() => createPrinter({}));
+
+/** @internal */
+export const createPrinterWithRemoveComments = memoize(() => createPrinter({ removeComments: true }));
+
+/** @internal */
+export const createPrinterWithRemoveCommentsNeverAsciiEscape = memoize(() => createPrinter({ removeComments: true, neverAsciiEscape: true }));
+
+/** @internal */
+export const createPrinterWithRemoveCommentsOmitTrailingSemicolon = memoize(() => createPrinter({ removeComments: true, omitTrailingSemicolon: true }));
+
 export function createPrinter(printerOptions: PrinterOptions = {}, handlers: PrintHandlers = {}): Printer {
     const {
         hasGlobalName,
diff --git a/src/services/callHierarchy.ts b/src/services/callHierarchy.ts
index fc4280802ee6d..a2d32e6da717f 100644
--- a/src/services/callHierarchy.ts
+++ b/src/services/callHierarchy.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
     ClassLikeDeclaration,
     ClassStaticBlockDeclaration,
     compareStringsCaseSensitive,
-    createPrinter,
+    createPrinterWithRemoveCommentsOmitTrailingSemicolon,
     createTextRangeFromNode,
     createTextSpanFromBounds,
     createTextSpanFromRange,
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ function getCallHierarchyItemName(program: Program, node: CallHierarchyDeclarati
     }
     if (text === undefined) {
         // get the text from printing the node on a single line without comments...
-        const printer = createPrinter({ removeComments: true, omitTrailingSemicolon: true });
+        const printer = createPrinterWithRemoveCommentsOmitTrailingSemicolon();
         text = usingSingleLineStringWriter(writer => printer.writeNode(EmitHint.Unspecified, node, node.getSourceFile(), writer));
     }
     return { text, pos: declName.getStart(), end: declName.getEnd() };
diff --git a/src/services/inlayHints.ts b/src/services/inlayHints.ts
index 5544aaa920c02..49b113e927554 100644
--- a/src/services/inlayHints.ts
+++ b/src/services/inlayHints.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import {
     __String,
     ArrowFunction,
     CallExpression,
-    createPrinter,
+    createPrinterWithRemoveComments,
     Debug,
     EmitHint,
     EnumMember,
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ import {
     NodeBuilderFlags,
     ParameterDeclaration,
     PrefixUnaryExpression,
-    PrinterOptions,
     PropertyDeclaration,
     Signature,
     skipParentheses,
@@ -383,8 +382,7 @@ export function provideInlayHints(context: InlayHintsContext): InlayHint[] {
 
     function printTypeInSingleLine(type: Type) {
         const flags = NodeBuilderFlags.IgnoreErrors | TypeFormatFlags.AllowUniqueESSymbolType | TypeFormatFlags.UseAliasDefinedOutsideCurrentScope;
-        const options: PrinterOptions = { removeComments: true };
-        const printer = createPrinter(options);
+        const printer = createPrinterWithRemoveComments();
 
         return usingSingleLineStringWriter(writer => {
             const typeNode = checker.typeToTypeNode(type, /*enclosingDeclaration*/ undefined, flags);
diff --git a/src/services/signatureHelp.ts b/src/services/signatureHelp.ts
index f662021481c4c..c8923140c4935 100644
--- a/src/services/signatureHelp.ts
+++ b/src/services/signatureHelp.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
     CheckFlags,
     contains,
     countWhere,
-    createPrinter,
+    createPrinterWithRemoveComments,
     createTextSpan,
     createTextSpanFromBounds,
     createTextSpanFromNode,
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ function createTypeHelpItems(
 function getTypeHelpItem(symbol: Symbol, typeParameters: readonly TypeParameter[], checker: TypeChecker, enclosingDeclaration: Node, sourceFile: SourceFile): SignatureHelpItem {
     const typeSymbolDisplay = symbolToDisplayParts(checker, symbol);
 
-    const printer = createPrinter({ removeComments: true });
+    const printer = createPrinterWithRemoveComments();
     const parameters = typeParameters.map(t => createSignatureHelpParameterForTypeParameter(t, checker, enclosingDeclaration, sourceFile, printer));
 
     const documentation = symbol.getDocumentationComment(checker);
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ interface SignatureHelpItemInfo { readonly isVariadic: boolean; readonly paramet
 
 function itemInfoForTypeParameters(candidateSignature: Signature, checker: TypeChecker, enclosingDeclaration: Node, sourceFile: SourceFile): SignatureHelpItemInfo[] {
     const typeParameters = (candidateSignature.target || candidateSignature).typeParameters;
-    const printer = createPrinter({ removeComments: true });
+    const printer = createPrinterWithRemoveComments();
     const parameters = (typeParameters || emptyArray).map(t => createSignatureHelpParameterForTypeParameter(t, checker, enclosingDeclaration, sourceFile, printer));
     const thisParameter = candidateSignature.thisParameter ? [checker.symbolToParameterDeclaration(candidateSignature.thisParameter, enclosingDeclaration, signatureHelpNodeBuilderFlags)!] : [];
 
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ function itemInfoForTypeParameters(candidateSignature: Signature, checker: TypeC
 }
 
 function itemInfoForParameters(candidateSignature: Signature, checker: TypeChecker, enclosingDeclaration: Node, sourceFile: SourceFile): SignatureHelpItemInfo[] {
-    const printer = createPrinter({ removeComments: true });
+    const printer = createPrinterWithRemoveComments();
     const typeParameterParts = mapToDisplayParts(writer => {
         if (candidateSignature.typeParameters && candidateSignature.typeParameters.length) {
             const args = factory.createNodeArray(candidateSignature.typeParameters.map(p => checker.typeParameterToDeclaration(p, enclosingDeclaration, signatureHelpNodeBuilderFlags)!));
diff --git a/src/services/symbolDisplay.ts b/src/services/symbolDisplay.ts
index bda7ba595090c..be2e83a48bb2f 100644
--- a/src/services/symbolDisplay.ts
+++ b/src/services/symbolDisplay.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
     CallExpression,
     CheckFlags,
     contains,
-    createPrinter,
+    createPrinterWithRemoveComments,
     Debug,
     displayPart,
     EmitHint,
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ import {
     NodeBuilderFlags,
     ObjectFlags,
     operatorPart,
-    Printer,
     PropertyAccessExpression,
     PropertyDeclaration,
     punctuationPart,
@@ -259,7 +258,6 @@ export function getSymbolDisplayPartsDocumentationAndSymbolKind(typeChecker: Typ
     let hasAddedSymbolInfo = false;
     const isThisExpression = location.kind === SyntaxKind.ThisKeyword && isInExpressionContext(location) || isThisInTypeQuery(location);
     let type: Type | undefined;
-    let printer: Printer;
     let documentationFromAlias: SymbolDisplayPart[] | undefined;
     let tagsFromAlias: JSDocTagInfo[] | undefined;
     let hasMultipleSignatures = false;
@@ -730,10 +728,7 @@ export function getSymbolDisplayPartsDocumentationAndSymbolKind(typeChecker: Typ
     return { displayParts, documentation, symbolKind, tags: tags.length === 0 ? undefined : tags };
 
     function getPrinter() {
-        if (!printer) {
-            printer = createPrinter({ removeComments: true });
-        }
-        return printer;
+        return createPrinterWithRemoveComments();
     }
 
     function prefixNextMeaning() {
diff --git a/src/services/utilities.ts b/src/services/utilities.ts
index e3de3b3014744..9935d419b2c4b 100644
--- a/src/services/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/services/utilities.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import {
     ConditionalExpression,
     contains,
     ContextFlags,
-    createPrinter,
+    createPrinterWithRemoveCommentsOmitTrailingSemicolon,
     createRange,
     createScanner,
     createTextSpan,
@@ -2984,7 +2984,7 @@ export function signatureToDisplayParts(typechecker: TypeChecker, signature: Sig
 export function nodeToDisplayParts(node: Node, enclosingDeclaration: Node): SymbolDisplayPart[] {
     const file = enclosingDeclaration.getSourceFile();
     return mapToDisplayParts(writer => {
-        const printer = createPrinter({ removeComments: true, omitTrailingSemicolon: true });
+        const printer = createPrinterWithRemoveCommentsOmitTrailingSemicolon();
         printer.writeNode(EmitHint.Unspecified, node, file, writer);
     });
 }