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Printing to a Printer Using the Defaults

If you have not changed the default settings, MATLAB prints the current figure 8-by-6 inches with no window frame. It centers the figure on portrait format 8.5-by-11 inch paper if available. MATLAB sets the figure background and the axes background to white, and scales the ticks and limits of your axes to accommodate the printed size.

This example shows how to print using the defaults:

From the Windows Menus

  1. Select Print from the figure window's File menu. This invokes the Print dialog box.

  2. Choose a printer from the Name scroll list, if the printer you want to use is not already selected.
  3. If desired, set the Number of copies to a value greater than 1.
  4. Click OK to print.

From the UNIX Menus

  1. Select Print from the figure window's File menu. This invokes the Print dialog box.

  2. Set Destination to Printer and choose a printer name from the Printer list and a driver from the Driver list.
  3. Click OK to print.

From the Command Line

This example uses the most basic form of the print command. MATLAB uses the defaults to print the current figure to your default printer.

This example prints Figure No. 2 using default settings.


 Quick Start Printing to a Printer at Screen Size