MATLAB: Does printing the same figure as EPS and PDF produce files with different aspect ratios

Question

When I print the same figure as EPS and PDF produce files, I obtain different aspect ratios.

Answer 1

Printing the same figure as EPS and PDF in MATLAB 7.5 (R2007b) might result in different aspect ratios of the PDF file and the EPS bounding box.

Reproduction steps:

print(gcf, '-depsc2', '-r100', 'file.eps');
print(gcf, '-dpdf', '-r100', 'file.pdf');

To work around this issue, use the 'loose' parameter when printing the EPS file, as follows:

print(gcf, '-depsc2', '-r100', '-loose', 'file.eps');