Printing and Exporting Figures with MATLAB

Producing an Uncropped Figure

You can only make the uncropped setting on a per figure basis. Use one of the following:

• The Printing Options dialog box (UNIX only)
• The -loose setting with the print command

• For Windows printer drivers, the uncropped option is only available if you print to a file.

Using the Printing Options Dialog Box (UNIX only)

1. Select Print from the figure window's File menu. This invokes the Print dialog box.
2. From the UNIX Print dialog box, click Options. This invokes the Printing Options dialog box.
3. Select Use loose bounding box for PS and Ghostscript drivers.
4. Click OK to apply the setting.

Using the print Command

Use the -loose option with the print command. This example prints the current figure uncropped using a PostScript printer driver.

• print -dps -loose
  

This example exports the current figure, uncropped, to an EPS file.

• print -deps -loose myfile.eps
  

Printing an Uncropped Figure with a Windows Printer Driver

In order to print an uncropped figure when using a Windows driver, you must print the figure to a file. For example,

• print -dwin -loose myfile
  

Note that this creates a PostScript file. For more information about printing to file, see Printing to a File.

Changing Default Cropping Behavior

Creating CMYK Output