Postscript does not support transparency. Therefore, using '-painters' to generate an EPS figure using 'print' does not work.
A workaround is to use '-opengl', instead of '-painters'. Opengl creates an image of the onscreen figure. So, it is going to generate the 'eps' figure which will be the same as the FIG file.
A second workaround, depending on the workflow, is to export with PDF. 'Painters' supports transparency with 'pdf'.
It won't be identical to EPS, but to get a similarly sized output the user can try setting the figure's PaperSize to be the same as the figure's PaperPosition width and height.
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