Printing and Exporting Figures with MATLAB

Specifying Options

Most options for exporting are the same as for printing. For export-only options, see Table 4-1, Export Formats and Export-Only Options,.

This example exports the current figure to a TIFF file, at a resolution of 300 dots per inch, and omits any user interface controls.

print -dtiff -r300 -noui

To enable variable settings in an M-file, use the function form of print. Here is an equivalent to the above example that takes variables.

resolution = '-r300';
format = '-dtiff';
option = '-noui';
print(renderer, format, option);

(option could be set to an empty string if you want to include uicontrols.)

As with printing, use the -f switch to specify a figure.

The -adobecset, -r, and -loose Options

The -adobecset and -loose options are only valid for Ghostscript formats. The resolution switch, -r, can only be used for built-in MATLAB formats. The first column of Table 4-1, Export Formats and Export-Only Options, indicates which formats are supplied by Ghostscript and which are built-in MATLAB formats.

Format-Specific Options

Some options can only be used with specific formats.

Format	Options
EPS	-tiff, -cmyk, -loose. See EPS Files.
Ghostscript formats	-loose, see Producing Uncropped Output -adobecset, see Early PostScript 1 Printers.
JPEG	-jpeg<nn>, see JPEG Files.

Your choice of format directly influences the bit depth of the output file. See About Bit Depth.

Exporting Using MATLAB Commands

Exporting to a File Using MATLAB Commands