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15.1.6 Printing Plots

The print command allows you to save plots in a variety of formats. For example,

print -deps foo.eps

writes the current figure to an encapsulated PostScript file called ‘foo.eps’.

Function File: print (filename, options)

Print a graph, or save it to a file

filename defines the file name of the output file. If no filename is specified, output is sent to the printer.

options:

-Pprinter

Set the printer name to which the graph is sent if no filename is specified.

-color

-mono

Monochrome or colour lines.

-solid

-dashed

Solid or dashed lines.

-portrait

-landscape

Plot orientation, as returned by "orient".

-ddevice

Output device, where device is one of:

ps

ps2

psc

psc2

Postscript (level 1 and 2, mono and color)

eps

eps2

epsc

epsc2

Encapsulated postscript (level 1 and 2, mono and color)

tex

epslatex

epslatexstandalone

pstex

pslatex

Generate a LaTeX (or TeX) file for labels, and eps/ps for graphics. The file produced by epslatexstandalone can be processed directly by LaTeX. The other formats are intended to be included in a LaTeX (or TeX) document. The tex device is the same as the epslatex device.

ill

aifm

Adobe Illustrator

cdr

corel

CorelDraw

dxf

AutoCAD

emf

Microsoft Enhanced Metafile

fig

XFig. If this format is selected the additional options -textspecial or -textnormal can be used to control whether the special flag should be set for the text in the figure (default is -textnormal).

hpgl

HP plotter language

mf

Metafont

png

Portable network graphics

jpg

jpeg

JPEG image

gif

GIF image

pbm

PBMplus

svg

Scalable vector graphics

pdf

Portable document format

Other devices are supported by "convert" from ImageMagick. Type system("convert") to see what formats are available. If the device is omitted, it is inferred from the file extension, or if there is no filename it is sent to the printer as postscript.

-Sxsize,ysize

Plot size in pixels for PNG and SVG. If using the command form of the print function, you must quote the xsize,ysize option. For example, by writing "-S640,480".

-Ffontname

-Ffontname:size

-F:size

fontname set the postscript font (for use with postscript, aifm, corel and fig). By default, 'Helvetica' is set for PS/Aifm, and 'SwitzerlandLight' for Corel. It can also be 'Times-Roman'. size is given in points. fontname is ignored for the fig device.

The filename and options can be given in any order.

Function File: orient (orientation)

Set the default print orientation. Valid values for orientation include "landscape" and "portrait". If called with no arguments, return the default print orientation.