diff --git a/collects/unstable/custom-write.rkt b/collects/unstable/custom-write.rkt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..761d0a3d29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collects/unstable/custom-write.rkt
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+#lang racket/base
+(require racket/pretty
+         racket/match
+         racket/sequence
+         racket/contract/base)
+(provide (contract-out
+          [make-constructor-style-printer
+           (-> (-> any/c (or/c symbol? string?))
+               (-> any/c sequence?)
+               (-> any/c output-port? (or/c #t #f 0 1) void?))]
+          [prop:auto-custom-write
+           (struct-type-property/c 'constructor)]))
+
+;; TODO: deal with super struct types better
+;;   - see "Problem" below
+
+#|
+Constructor-style printer
+  - eg 'set' printer
+  - in mode 0, "(" + constructor + { " " + elem }* + ")"
+  - else,      "#<" + constructor + ":" + ... + ">"
+  - print elems w/ same mode
+  - never quotable
+|#
+
+(define-values (prop:auto-custom-write auto-custom-write? auto-custom-write-proc)
+  (make-struct-type-property
+   'auto-custom-write
+   (lambda (val info)
+     (case val
+       ((constructor)
+        (struct-info->get-constructor+get-contents info))))
+   (list (cons prop:custom-print-quotable
+               (lambda (auto-write-val) 'never))
+         (cons prop:custom-write
+               (lambda (auto-write-val)
+                 (make-constructor-style-printer
+                  (car auto-write-val)
+                  (cdr auto-write-val)))))))
+
+(define (struct-info->get-constructor+get-contents info)
+  (match info
+    [(list name init-ct auto-ct accessor mutator imms super skipped?)
+     (let ([get-super-contents
+            ;; Problem: if super type was not transparent (to current
+            ;; inspector), then we don't get it (ie, skipped? is #t), and so we
+            ;; can't tell if super type also has prop:auto-custom-write
+            ;; property.
+            (cond [skipped?
+                   (error 'prop:auto-custom-write
+                          "struct super type is inaccessible")]
+                  [(not super)
+                   #f]
+                  [(auto-custom-write? super)
+                   (cdr (auto-custom-write-proc super))]
+                  [else
+                   (let ([super-getters
+                          (struct-info->get-constructor+get-contents
+                           (call-with-values (lambda () (struct-type-info super))
+                             list))])
+                     (cdr super-getters))])])
+       (define (get-constructor obj)
+         name)
+       (define (get-new-contents obj)
+         (for/list ([i (in-range (+ init-ct auto-ct))])
+           (accessor obj i)))
+       (cons get-constructor
+             (if get-super-contents
+                 (lambda (obj)
+                   (sequence-append (get-super-contents obj)
+                                    (get-new-contents obj)))
+                 get-new-contents)))]))
+
+;; ----
+
+(define (make-constructor-style-printer get-constructor get-contents)
+  (lambda (obj port mode)
+    (define (recur x p)
+      (case mode
+        ((#t) (write x p))
+        ((#f) (display x p))
+        ((0 1) (print x p mode))))
+
+    ;; Only two cases: 0 vs everything else
+    (define (print-prefix p)
+      (let ([prefix
+             (case mode
+               ((0) "(")
+               (else "#<"))]
+            [constructor
+             (get-constructor obj)]
+            [post-constr
+             (case mode
+               ((0) "")
+               (else ":"))])
+        (write-string prefix p)
+        (display constructor p)
+        (write-string post-constr p)))
+
+    (define (print-suffix p)
+      (let ([suffix
+             (case mode
+               ((0) ")")
+               (else ">"))])
+        (write-string suffix p)))
+
+    (define (print-contents p leading-space)
+      (let ([lead (if leading-space (make-string (add1 leading-space) #\space) " ")])
+        (for ([elt (get-contents obj)])
+          (when leading-space
+            (pretty-print-newline p (pretty-print-columns)))
+          (write-string lead p)
+          (recur elt p))))
+
+    (define (print/one-line p)
+      (print-prefix p)
+      (print-contents p #f)
+      (print-suffix p))
+
+    (define (print/multi-line p)
+      (let-values ([(line col pos) (port-next-location p)])
+        (print-prefix p)
+        (print-contents p col)
+        (print-suffix p)))
+
+    (cond [(and (pretty-printing)
+                (integer? (pretty-print-columns)))
+           ((let/ec esc
+              (letrec ([tport
+                        (make-tentative-pretty-print-output-port
+                         port
+                         (- (pretty-print-columns) 1)
+                         (lambda () 
+                           (esc
+                            (lambda ()
+                              (tentative-pretty-print-port-cancel tport)
+                              (print/multi-line port)))))])
+                (print/one-line tport)
+                (tentative-pretty-print-port-transfer tport port))
+              void))]
+          [else
+           (print/one-line port)])
+    (void)))
diff --git a/collects/unstable/scribblings/custom-write.scrbl b/collects/unstable/scribblings/custom-write.scrbl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57099cceaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collects/unstable/scribblings/custom-write.scrbl
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#lang scribble/doc
+@(require scribble/base
+          scribble/manual
+          scribble/eval
+          "utils.rkt"
+          (for-label unstable/custom-write
+                     racket/base
+                     racket/contract
+                     racket/pretty))
+
+@title[#:tag "custom-write"]{Struct Printing}
+@unstable[@author+email["Ryan Culpepper" "ryanc@racket-lang.org"]]
+
+@defmodule[unstable/custom-write]
+
+@(define the-eval (make-base-eval))
+@(the-eval '(require unstable/custom-write racket/pretty))
+
+@defproc[(make-constructor-style-printer
+            [get-constructor (-> any/c (or/c symbol? string?))]
+            [get-contents    (-> any/c sequence?)])
+         (-> any/c output-port? (or/c #t #f 0 1) void?)]{
+
+Produces a function suitable as a value for @racket[prop:custom-write]. The
+function prints values in ``constructor style.'' When the value is
+@racket[print]ed as an expression, it is shown as an application of the
+constructor (as returned by @racket[get-constructor]) to the contents (as
+returned by @racket[get-contents]). When given to @racket[write], it is shown as
+an unreadable value with the constructor separated from the contents by a colon.
+
+@examples[#:eval the-eval
+(struct point (x y)
+  #:property prop:custom-write
+  (make-constructor-style-printer
+   (lambda (obj) 'point)
+   (lambda (obj) (list (point-x obj) (point-y obj)))))
+(print (point 1 2))
+(write (point 1 2))
+]
+
+The function also cooperates with @racket[pretty-print]:
+
+@examples[#:eval the-eval
+(parameterize ((pretty-print-columns 10))
+  (pretty-print (point #e3e6 #e4e6)))
+(parameterize ((pretty-print-columns 10))
+  (pretty-write (point #e3e6 #e4e6)))
+]
+}
+
+
+@defthing[prop:auto-custom-write
+          (struct-type-property/c 'constructor)]{
+
+When attached to a struct type, automatically generates a printer using
+@racket[make-constructor-style-printer] and attaches it to the struct type's
+@racket[prop:custom-write] property. It also sets the
+@racket[prop:custom-print-quotable] property to @racket['never].
+
+@examples[#:eval the-eval
+(struct point3 (x y z)
+  #:property prop:auto-custom-write 'constructor)
+(print (point3 3 4 5))
+(write (point3 3 4 5))
+]
+}
diff --git a/collects/unstable/scribblings/unstable.scrbl b/collects/unstable/scribblings/unstable.scrbl
index 0212152c72..071f5ea3ca 100644
--- a/collects/unstable/scribblings/unstable.scrbl
+++ b/collects/unstable/scribblings/unstable.scrbl
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ Keep documentation and tests up to date.
 @include-section["sequence.scrbl"]
 @include-section["string.scrbl"]
 @include-section["struct.scrbl"]
+@include-section["custom-write.scrbl"] ;; Struct Printing
 @include-section["syntax.scrbl"]
 @include-section["../temp-c/scribblings/temp-c.scrbl"]