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Asked: 2026-06-08T00:43:44+00:00

I want to save a MATLAB figure as PDF, with quality 300  DPI ,

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I want to save a MATLAB figure as PDF, with quality 300 DPI, and centered.

So far I managed to save it, but the image appears cropped. I changed the page type to A3 and kind of solves the problem, but I am looking for something more elegant. I am doing it from the GUI, but maybe from the command line is easier in MATLAB.

Is there any package or script that makes this (fundamental task for publications and papers) a bit easier?

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    Try using the following command:

    print -painters -dpdf -r300 test.pdf

    You will, of course, already have to have a file named test.pdf in the current directory.

    Some notes on the -commands as well.

    • -painters: this specifies the use of the painters alogrithm for the exporting.
    • -dpdf: specifies a vector image, specially a pdf in this case. This is through Ghostscript.
    • -r300: specifies a 300 dpi resolution. -r400 would be 400 dpi and so on.

    On an off note. I tend to just save the figure as a high DPI tiff image and import that tiff into another program where I actually assemble my figure(s) for the paper. I tend to lean towards CorelDraw personally.

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