Print Command

Ya u r right, I am using Uicontrol.
I have used this coding

word1=[];
a=[];
word1 = get(handles.edit1);
a=fieldnames(word1);
l=getfield(word1,'String');
print('-depsc',l);

Now i am able to get the value of uicontrol, dats a good thing :)
But again the problem is with print command.
It is giving the following error

Cannot create output file '.\|O| |9| |8| |7| |6| |5| |4| |3| |2| |I| .eps'
where the string i am extracting is the above.

So can u tell where i am going wrong?

Also the file having extension .eps or .ps is saved to the disk.\
but it is not going to the printer??

print() cannot be used to print strings directly. print() can only be used to print figures. The code I gave constructs a new figure containing only an image of the text to be printed and prints that figure.

To have the figure sent directly to the printer, notice this section of the documentation: http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/ref/print.html

Note On Windows systems, when you use the -P option to identify a printer to use, if you specify any driver other than -dwin or -dwinc, MATLAB writes the output to a file with an appropriate extension but does not send it to the printer. You can then copy that file to a printer.

Okay fine..
how to copy that file to printer?

Also There is no property as specified getPrintimage.

Plz reply!!

Please, Shavi, post more details. Are you working on Linux, MacOS or Windows? If you work with Windows, did you try the -dwin and -dwinc flags already? Did you read "help print" and "doc print"?
The current information level demands for too much guessing to allow for an efficient answer.

Hello Jan Simon

I am working on windows platform.
Ya i have used these flags already. But if i used these flags then the output is

??? Error using ==> print at 364
Cannot create output file '.\|A| |B| |C| |D| |E| |F| |G| |H| |i| |J| |K| |L| |M| |N| |O|
|P| |Q| |R| |S| |T| |U| |V| |w| |X| |Y| |Q| |w| |E| |R| |T| |Y| |K| |E| |Y| |B| |O| |A|
|R| |D| |U| |S| |A| |N| |O| |M| |E| |N| |I| |2| |J| .eps'

Error in ==> smartform>print_Callback at 308
print('-dwin',l1);

Error in ==> gui_mainfcn at 96
feval(varargin{:});

Error in ==> smartform at 42
gui_mainfcn(gui_State, varargin{:});

Error in ==>
@(hObject,eventdata)smartform('print_Callback',hObject,eventdata,guidata(hObject))

??? Error while evaluating uicontrol Callback

This is the error which the system is showing. Plz help
I have explained as above my problem, if you want more details den write to me..

Thanks..

The character | cannot be used in file names under Windows, see: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/file-names-and-file-name-extensions-frequently-asked-questions

ya i have corrected that.

The coding which i am using is

word1=[];
h=[];
a=[];
A=[];
word1 = get(handles.edit1);
l2=getfield(word1,'String');
print('-depsc',l2);

I want to print the value of l2 as it is the value of UIControl Text control.
But it is not working.
Tell me the solution plz..

word1_handle = handle(word1);
word1_image = word1_handle.getPrintImage();
newfig = figure();
newaxes = axes('Parent',newfig);
image(word1_image, 'Parent', newaxes);
print(newfig, '-depsc', 'word1.eps');
delete(newfig);
%now at this point do whatever you need to in order to send word1.eps to the printer

I do not know how to command to send a file to a printer in MS Windows. Back in my day, printers were associated with parallel ports, and there was probably only one of them available, and the command back then was:

!copy word1.eps lpt:

Times have changed and you would, I am sure, use a different command. "NET PRINT" maybe.

This code is giving this error:-

??? Error while evaluating uicontrol Callback

??? No appropriate method, property, or field getPrintImage for class handle.handle.

Error in ==> smartform>print_Callback at 325
word1_image = word1_handle.getPrintImage();

As there is no field, property or method named as getPrintImage.

Which MATLAB version are you using? I tested in R2008b.

Its R010b

R2010b