Thread Subject: How to I "scale to fit" using print command?

Hi,

I have a Figure (hf = figure;) with some plots. I want to print it automatically in a pdf file. I manage to do it, but the image is to small (somewhere in the middle a small color spot :) ). I want to scale it, to make as big as possible to fit in an A4-landscape.

I use the following command:

set(gcf, 'PaperType', 'A4', 'PaperOrientation', 'landscape', 'PaperPositionMode', 'auto');
print(hf, '-dpdf', 'test1.pdf');

What do I have to do to resize / scale / make it bigger to fit into my A4 landscape size?

Thanks,
Paul

"Paul " <paul_tutzu@yahoo.com> wrote in message <hkr874$g6e$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Hi,
>
> I have a Figure (hf = figure;) with some plots. I want to print it automatically in a pdf file. I manage to do it, but the image is to small (somewhere in the middle a small color spot :) ). I want to scale it, to make as big as possible to fit in an A4-landscape.
>
> I use the following command:
>
> set(gcf, 'PaperType', 'A4', 'PaperOrientation', 'landscape', 'PaperPositionMode', 'auto');
> print(hf, '-dpdf', 'test1.pdf');
>
> What do I have to do to resize / scale / make it bigger to fit into my A4 landscape size?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul

From documentation:
PaperPositionMode auto prints the figure the same size as it appears on the computer screen, centered on the page.
Use manual PaperPositionMode ans set the PaperUnits and Paperposition to what you prefer. For example:
set(gcf,'PaperPositionMode', 'manual', ...
    'PaperUnits','centimeters', ...
    'Paperposition',[1 1 28.7 20])

"Paul " <paul_tutzu@yahoo.com> wrote in message <hkr874$g6e$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Hi,
>
> I have a Figure (hf = figure;) with some plots. I want to print it automatically in a pdf file. I manage to do it, but the image is to small (somewhere in the middle a small color spot :) ). I want to scale it, to make as big as possible to fit in an A4-landscape.
>
> I use the following command:
>
> set(gcf, 'PaperType', 'A4', 'PaperOrientation', 'landscape', 'PaperPositionMode', 'auto');
> print(hf, '-dpdf', 'test1.pdf');
>
> What do I have to do to resize / scale / make it bigger to fit into my A4 landscape size?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul

what is the position/size of your AXES(?)...
it looks as if they're too small...

     ah=findall(gcf,'type','axes');
     pos=get(ah,'position');
     pos=cat(1,pos{:})

us

"Pekka Kumpulainen" <pekka.nospam.kumpulainen@tut.please.fi> wrote in message <hkrc7v$15j$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> "Paul " <paul_tutzu@yahoo.com> wrote in message <hkr874$g6e$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a Figure (hf = figure;) with some plots. I want to print it automatically in a pdf file. I manage to do it, but the image is to small (somewhere in the middle a small color spot :) ). I want to scale it, to make as big as possible to fit in an A4-landscape.
> >
> > I use the following command:
> >
> > set(gcf, 'PaperType', 'A4', 'PaperOrientation', 'landscape', 'PaperPositionMode', 'auto');
> > print(hf, '-dpdf', 'test1.pdf');
> >
> > What do I have to do to resize / scale / make it bigger to fit into my A4 landscape size?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Paul
>
> From documentation:
> PaperPositionMode auto prints the figure the same size as it appears on the computer screen, centered on the page.
> Use manual PaperPositionMode ans set the PaperUnits and Paperposition to what you prefer. For example:
> set(gcf,'PaperPositionMode', 'manual', ...
> 'PaperUnits','centimeters', ...
> 'Paperposition',[1 1 28.7 20])

Hi Pekka,

Thank you. It works.

Regards,
Paul