EPS export problems in R2014b

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Remco
Remco le 21 Oct 2014
Commenté : Qisq le 12 Mar 2018
I have recently upgraded to R2014b (Linux version), and now exporting figures to eps seems to have a strange bug. If I try the following from the command line, I get the expected outcome. plot(1:3,2:4);print(gcf,'-depsc', 'testFromCommandLine.eps');
However, if I run the exact same script from the editor window, I get an eps file with a graph that occupies the top left corner of the canvas.
The only code in the script is: close all; plot(1:3,2:4); print(gcf,'-depsc', 'testFromScript.eps')
The screenshots of the two generated eps files are embedded.
This happens in all these three cases: pressing the RUN button in the editor, selecting the code and running the selection and executing the script (just typing the script's name without .m) from the command line.
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William Thompson
William Thompson le 29 Oct 2014
Modifié(e) : William Thompson le 29 Oct 2014
This is definitely a Mathworks issue. I have access to both 2010b and 2014b--the following script behaves correctly in 2010b (saves an EPS graphic of the correct size) while in 2014b it tries to bound the graphic on a standard page size.
x = randn(10,1);
y = randn(10,1);
figure
set(gca,'FontSize',30)
set(gcf,'Units','normalized')
plot(x,y,'o')
title('Title','FontSize',30);
xlabel('X Label','FontSize',30)
ylabel('Y Label','FontSize',30)
set(gca,'box','on')
set(gcf,'OuterPosition',[0.1 0.1 0.7 0.7])
saveas(gcf,strcat('testfig','.fig'))
set(gcf,'PaperPositionMode','auto')
print('-depsc',strcat('testfig','.eps'))
close(gcf)
I am running OS X 10.9.5.
William Thompson
William Thompson le 29 Oct 2014
UPDATE: The following code will *almost* work (see comments below):
epsfig = hgexport('factorystyle');
epsfig.Format = 'eps';
x = randn(10,1);
y = randn(10,1);
figure
set(gca,'FontSize',30)
set(gcf,'Units','normalized')
plot(x,y,'o')
title('Title','FontSize',30);
xlabel('X Label','FontSize',30)
ylabel('Y Label','FontSize',30)
set(gca,'box','on')
set(gcf,'OuterPosition',[0.1 0.1 0.7 0.7])
saveas(gcf,strcat('testfig','.fig'))
set(gcf,'PaperPositionMode','auto')
hgexport(gcf,'filename',epsfig,'Format','eps')
close(gcf)
It appears that hgexport is a lower-level function used by the File > Save As command (hence explaining the observations of Remco). The file produced with the above code snippet renders OK on Mac (Mavericks). BUT: when the file is opened, it gives a warning about font conversion.
There are also some cross-platform issues. If you use latex symbols, e.g.,
title('\Delta Title','FontSize',30)
this will not render. Changing to
title('$\Delta$ Graphics','FontSize',30,'interpreter','latex');
will render fine on the Mac, but gives bizarre results (missing axis tick labels) on Windows (XP).
Basically, Mathworks needs to take a hard look at this. EPS graphics are near-universal for scientific publication, and if 2014b cannot do it properly, that is a major issue.

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Bruno Pop-Stefanov
Bruno Pop-Stefanov le 22 Oct 2014
Can you check the 'PaperPositionMode' property of the figure before printing it in each case? Try setting it to 'auto' before printing:
>> set(gcf, 'PaperPositionMode','auto')
Do you see the same behavior when printing to something else than .eps, for example .png?
>> print -dpng test.png
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Bernie
Bernie le 16 Nov 2014
I am having the same problem. The following code worked fine in R2012a, but not in 2014b. When saving a figure that is wider than a page, the figure runs off of the printed page area (still 8.5"x11" even if I change it manually). I tried the 'PaperPositionMode' 'auto' trick above to no avail.
% Change paper units and figure units to inches
set(h, 'PaperUnits','inches')
set(h, 'Units','inches')
% Get current position of figure
pos = get(h,'Position');
% Set the paper size to match the figure
set(h, 'PaperSize', [pos(3) pos(4)]);
set(h, 'PaperPositionMode', 'manual');
set(h, 'PaperPosition',[0 0 pos(3) pos(4)]);
saveas(h, filename,'epsc')
where 'h' is the figure handle. Changing to 'pdf' instead of 'eps' or 'epic' seems to work fine, but I much prefer 'eps' because they are easier to work with in Adobe Illustrator for annotation.
Any solution is much appreciated.
Leonardo
Leonardo le 22 Nov 2014
I am having the same problem, too. It is infuriating, and making it impossible to proceed with writing a paper for a journal that only accepts vector figures.
Not to mention, the file sizes are outrageously huge in 2014 compared to 2012.

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Jonathan
Jonathan le 24 Oct 2014
Hi, I just upgraded to 2014b on OS X and neither of these fixes stops the .eps from being bounded by a full page when saved. I also tried changing groot as suggested, and even giving exact page sizes to match my figure window size but using either command line or script saving via saveas or print always returns the full page bounding box. Any other tips/things to try?
Using the dialog saveas works fine, why Matlab haven't implemented that as the default behaviour of saveas I have no idea.
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Leonardo
Leonardo le 22 Nov 2014
Same here. I'm having the same problem and it is infuriating. Code which worked in 2012a now produces garbage pictures in 2014b. I've wasted hours and hours trying to get the old behavior back, to no avail. Also, the EPS files are now 10 times larger in file size than previous. Put it back the way it was!

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CHJY
CHJY le 20 Juil 2015
Try this:
  1. set(gcf,'paperpositionmode','auto')
  2. print(gcf,'-depsc2','-loose','test.eps');
The '-loose' option affects how matlab defines the bounding box in the eps file.
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Daniel O'Connor
Daniel O'Connor le 12 Juin 2016
Wow, this solved the problem for me, I never would have known how to fix this.
Qisq
Qisq le 12 Mar 2018
Worked for me! Thank you Sir. Turns out MATLAB outputs tight bounding box that is inconsistent across different figures, so when I use epstopdf on them they are cropped to different dimensions!

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Gideon simpson
Gideon simpson le 3 Nov 2014
I have the additional problem on OS X 10.9 that when I save figure eps figures (with latex labels) and open them in Preview.app, I get:
PostScript Conversion Warning:
Converting the PostScript file "test.eps" produced the following warnings: · CMR10 not found, using Courier. · CMMI10 not found, using Courier.
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Dawson Baker
Dawson Baker le 8 Nov 2015
I have the same problem, and have not been able to figure it out.

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Viktor Vorobev
Viktor Vorobev le 15 Fév 2015
I also have another problem. After exporting to EPS I used to edit the figure with CorelDRAW and everything was OK. But after exporting to EPS in 2014b (Win, x64), my CorelDRAW (X5, Win, x32) hangs while trying to import this EPS file.
With 2013b (Win, x64) everything works great.

PaVi90
PaVi90 le 27 Fév 2015
Same problem here. Is it possible that I have to downgrade to the blurry R2014a because of this? Unfortunately I desperately need exports in EPS in an automatic manner... :(

Daniel
Daniel le 25 Juin 2015
Modifié(e) : Daniel le 25 Juin 2015
This problem persists in Matlab 2015a. Code which previously generated a correctly sized eps no longer does so. Instead, I get a letter-sized eps containing a fragment of my figure, with the box spilling over the edge. Hence, the visualization software I wrote is essentially broken for generating publication-quality vector graphics. A fix is desperately sought.

Shannon
Shannon le 23 Nov 2017
Still having the same issues with 2016.
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Jan
Jan le 23 Nov 2017
@Shannon: I find several problem descriptions and suggestions for solutions. Please explain, what exactly "the same issue" is, preferably with a small code example.

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