How to print figure generated by GUI?

I have created a GUI that outputs a figure with some text on it. The figure is set up using the following code:

figure(1)

set(1, 'units', 'pixels', 'pos', [0 0 612.48 792.627])

axis off

set(gca,'Position',[0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1],'units','pixels') % Margin

set(gca, 'XTick', [])

set(gca, 'YTick', [])

The text is placed on the figure using text(). After a pushbutton is pushed, the figure is displayed. The issue that I am having is I am trying to have the pushbottom not only display the figure but also print the figure after it is displayed. The figure title is 'Figure 1'. I have tried to put print('Figure 1','-fillpage') in the push button but that gives the following error message:

Problem sending file to output device, system returned error :
lpr: The printer or class does not exist.

I have also tried to manually print the figure from the file menu, but this gives the same error as above. Is what I am trying to do possible or would I have save and print the figure every time?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Answer 1

[John BG]

try the following

printdlg

you should see an empty figure frame, and after that your system should show the printer dialog for you to go ahead with the print: choose device, configure settings, ..

do you reach the printer dialog of your local system?

John

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[Urjitam Ujit]

I added the 'printdlg' to the code for the push button. It brings up the printer dialog, allowing me to change the orientation printer, and margin. However, if I click print from that window, I still receive the same error message as before about the printer or class not existing.

Another issue I have with the printdlg, is that it does not allow me to adjust the margins, if i change their value and click away it resets back to what the original value was. Do you know anyway I can change this or have the figure print to fill the page?

[John BG]

can you print fine from other applications than MATLAB?

for instance open a document with Word or the text editor and try to print, do you manage?

[Urjitam Ujit]

yes i can print from other programs. if i type just print() at in the pushbutton, MATLAB prints, however it prints the GUI figure instead of the figure that is displayed after the pushbutton is activated. even when i type print() at the command line MATLAB prints but again its is the GUI figure. The only time i get the error about the printer or class not existing is when i try to print from the presented figure's file menu through print preview after filling the page.

[John BG]

1.- Is it your computer? or university? or work?

2.- If yours, do you share it with others?

3.- have you recently opened the folders where MATLAB program are installed?

4.- In what folder have you installed MATLAB?

5.- Because, from what you write, it only happens in a specific situation, try reinstalling MATLAB.

6.- What R version do you have? R2012 R2015a R2015b R2016a?

5.- In any case you lose nothing by putting through a service request to MATHWORKS

http://uk.mathworks.com/support/contact_us/?s_tid=sp_ban_cs

you may need the serial number handy

cannot help any further on this print problem.

Regards

John BG

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[Urjitam Ujit]

thank you very much for your effort in helping me resolve this problem! I have put in a service request to Matworks.