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15.1.6 Printing Plots

The print command allows you to save plots in a variety of formats. For example,

     print -deps foo.eps

writes the current figure to an encapsulated PostScript file called foo.eps.

— Function File: print ()
— Function File: print (options)
— Function File: print (filename, options)
— Function File: print (h, filename, options)

Print a graph, or save it to a file

filename defines the file name of the output file. If no filename is specified, the output is sent to the printer.

h specifies the figure handle. If no handle is specified the handle for the current figure is used.

options:

-Pprinter
Set the printer name to which the graph is sent if no filename is specified.
-Gghostscript_command
Specify the command for calling Ghostscript. For Unix and Windows, the defaults are 'gs' and 'gswin32c', respectively.
-color
-mono
Monochrome or color lines.
-solid
-dashed
Solid or dashed lines.
-portrait
-landscape
Specify the orientation of the plot for printed output.
-ddevice
Output device, where device is one of:
ps
ps2
psc
psc2
Postscript (level 1 and 2, mono and color)
eps
eps2
epsc
epsc2
Encapsulated postscript (level 1 and 2, mono and color)
tex
epslatex
epslatexstandalone
pstex
pslatex
Generate a LaTeX (or TeX) file for labels, and eps/ps for graphics. The file produced by epslatexstandalone can be processed directly by LaTeX. The other formats are intended to be included in a LaTeX (or TeX) document. The tex device is the same as the epslatex device.
ill
aifm
Adobe Illustrator
cdr
corel
CorelDraw
dxf
AutoCAD
emf
meta
Microsoft Enhanced Metafile
fig
XFig. If this format is selected the additional options -textspecial or -textnormal can be used to control whether the special flag should be set for the text in the figure (default is -textnormal).
hpgl
HP plotter language
mf
Metafont
png
Portable network graphics
jpg
jpeg
JPEG image
gif
GIF image
pbm
PBMplus
svg
Scalable vector graphics
pdf
Portable document format

If the device is omitted, it is inferred from the file extension, or if there is no filename it is sent to the printer as postscript.

-dgs_device
Additional devices are supported by Ghostscript. Some examples are;
ljet2p
HP LaserJet IIP
ljet3
HP LaserJet III
deskjet
HP DeskJet and DeskJet Plus
cdj550
HP DeskJet 550C
paintjet
HP PointJet
pcx24b
24-bit color PCX file format
ppm
Portable Pixel Map file format

For a complete list, type `system ("gs -h")' to see what formats and devices are available.

When the ghostscript is sent to a printer the size is determined by the figure's "papersize" property. When the ghostscript output is sent to a file the size is determined by the figure's "paperposition" property.

-rNUM
Resolution of bitmaps in pixels per inch. For both metafiles and SVG the default is the screen resolution, for other it is 150 dpi. To specify screen resolution, use "-r0".
-tight
Forces a tight bounding box for eps-files. Since the ghostscript devices are conversion of an eps-file, this option works the those devices as well.
-Sxsize,ysize
Plot size in pixels for EMF, GIF, JPEG, PBM, PNG and SVG. If using the command form of the print function, you must quote the xsize,ysize option. For example, by writing "-S640,480". The size defaults to that specified by the figure's paperposition property.
-Ffontname
-Ffontname:size
-F:size
fontname set the postscript font (for use with postscript, aifm, corel and fig). By default, 'Helvetica' is set for PS/Aifm, and 'SwitzerlandLight' for Corel. It can also be 'Times-Roman'. size is given in points. fontname is ignored for the fig device.

The filename and options can be given in any order.

— Function File: orient (orientation)

Set the default print orientation. Valid values for orientation include "landscape", "portrait", and "tall".

The "tall" option sets the orientation to portait and fills the page with the plot, while leaving a 0.25in border.

If called with no arguments, return the default print orientation.