MATLAB: Print a figure into PDF

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Hi,

I want to print a matlab .fig into .pdf, but only the center part of the figure is shown on the .pdf file. Do you know how to solve this?

Thanks!

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I guess, that you have a fixed PaperPosition, which is outside the visible range. Try this:

figure('PaperPositionMode', 'auto');
plot(rand(10));
print(gcf, '-dpdf', 'test.pdf');

You can set the PaperPosition in the Print-GUI also.

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saveas('figure.jpg')

The first input must be the handle of a figure.

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There are many options to fill the paper size in the printed pdf file:

1. You can change the option "PaperPositionMode" to "auto". This will adjust the size of the printed figure:

h=gcf;
set(h,'PaperPositionMode','auto');         
set(h,'PaperOrientation','landscape');
set(h,'Position',[50 50 1200 800]);
print(gcf, '-dpdf', 'test1.pdf')

2. A better solution as changing the "Position" itself would be adjusting the "PaperPosition" to the "PaperSize":

h=gcf;
set(h,'PaperOrientation','landscape');
set(h,'PaperPosition', [1 1 28 19]);
print(gcf, '-dpdf', 'test2.pdf');

Then the option "PaperPositionMode" wouldn't change the appearance even if it is set to "manual".

3. Alternatively you can set "PaperUnits" to "normalized" and "PaperPosition" to "[0 0 1 1]". This will also have the effect of filling the page in the pdf file automatically:

h=gcf;
set(h,'PaperOrientation','landscape');
set(h,'PaperUnits','normalized');
set(h,'PaperPosition', [0 0 1 1]);
print(gcf, '-dpdf', 'test3.pdf');

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