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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. Thetex
device is the same as theepslatex
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
-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.
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