Printing and Exporting Figures with MATLAB Directing Your Output Overview Ways of Directing Your Output Selecting a Printer Default Printer Alternative Printers Using the Print Dialog Box Using the print Command (UNIX only) Using the Print Setup Dialog Box Printer Drivers Specifying a Printer Driver Types of Printer Drivers Choosing the Right Driver Font Support for the Various Drivers Drivers Provided by MATLAB Windows Drivers PostScript Drivers Ghostscript Drivers HPGL Drivers Printing to a File How to Print to File Using the Windows User Interface Using the UNIX User Interface Using the print Command Appending Figures to a PostScript File Setting up the Page Overview Default Settings and How to Change Them Relationships Among Settings Paper Size and Type Built-In and Printer-Specific Paper Types Changing Paper Size or Type Changing the Default Paper Type Paper Orientation Changing Paper Orientation Unit of Measure Changing the Unit of Measure Size and Position of Printed or Exported Figures MATLAB's Default Size and Position Settings Changing Figure Size and Position Examples Fine-Tuning Your Output Overview Ways to Fine-Tune Setting the Rendering Method Comparing Rendering Methods The Default Renderer for MATLAB Reasons for Changing the Renderer How to Set the Renderer Setting Resolution Bitmap and Vector Resolution Default Resolution and When You Can Change It Choosing a Setting How to Set the Resolution Retaining Background Colors Default Background Colors How to Retain the Background Colors Locking the Ticks and Limits of the Axes Default Behavior How to Lock the Ticks and Limits Adjusting Lines and Text for Printing Exported Figures Default Settings for Colored Lines and Text Specifying Printed Color of Colored Lines and Text Getting the Best Results with Black-and-White Printers Windows 95 and 98 Limitation for Broken Line Styles Font Support for Printing Excluding User Interface Controls from Output Using Page Setup Using the print Command Producing Uncropped Output Changing Default Cropping Behavior Producing an Uncropped Figure Creating CMYK Output Using the Printing Options Dialog Box (UNIX only) Using the print Command Example - Fine-Tuning a Figure Using the User Interface Using MATLAB Commands Exporting Overview Exporting Relationship to Printing Exporting Quick Start Using the print Command for Exporting Example - Exporting to a TIFF File Setting the Export File Format What is a File Format? Supported Formats and Related Options Details About Selected File Formats How to Choose a File Format More About MATLAB Format Types Built-In MATLAB and Ghostscript Formats Bitmap and Vector Formats Preserving Colors in Exported Figures Getting the Best Results With Bitmap Formats About the Graphical User Interface for Exporting The Export Dialog Box Figure Copy Template Copy Options Preferences Exporting to the Clipboard Using the Graphical Interface Default Settings Clipboard Formats Exporting Procedure Creating and Applying a Copy Template Setting Copy Preferences Example - Exporting an EMF to the Clipboard Exporting Using MATLAB Commands Specifying the Format to Use Specifying Options Exporting to a File Using MATLAB Commands Exporting to the Clipboard Using MATLAB Commands Using the getframe Command to Export a Graphic How to Use getframe and imwrite Example - Exporting a Figure Using getframe and imwrite Saving Multiple Figures to an AVI File Importing MATLAB Graphics into Other Applications Edit Before You Export Importing into Microsoft Applications Example - Importing an EPS Graphic into LaTeX Application Format Support Graphical Interface Reference Windows Print Dialog Box Components of the Windows Print Dialog Box Invoking the Windows Print Dialog Box Page Setup Dialog Box Components of the Paper Tab Components of the Size and Position Tab Components of the Lines and Text Tab Components of the Axes and Figure Tab Invoking the Page Setup Dialog Box Print Preview Dialog Box Components of the Print Preview Dialog Box Invoking the Print Preview Dialog Box UNIX Print Dialog Box Components of the UNIX Print Dialog Box Invoking the UNIX Print Dialog Box Printing Options Dialog Box Components of the UNIX Printing OptionsDialog Box Invoking the Printing Options Dialog Box