Print a Figure with two Y-Axes - displaced coordinate systems

I got o problem with a figure where there are two Y-Axes. When I am in the print preview layout, I can see the coordinate system fitting well.

However, when I do print the figure, two coordinate systems are appearing and they are shifted, and the labels, ticks and curves are not matching any more. It looks like these coordinate systems are displaced, which has not appeared in the print preview.

Is there a way to fix it?

I am basically using this code:

   figure(3)

 % Plot V Nits and Temp Black Body with two Y-Axes
   [AX,H1,H2] = plotyy(x,v_original,x,t_bb);

 % Set Axis names & Grid on

 % left Y-Axis
   %  set label
   set(get(AX(1),'Ylabel'),'String','U_A [\mu V]', 'Color', 'black') 
   %  set Axis values
   set(AX(1),'YLim', [-50000 50000], 'YTick', -50000:10000:50000);

 % right Y-Axis
   %  set label
   set(get(AX(2),'Ylabel'),'String','Temperature[°C]', 'Color', 'black')
   %  set Axis values
   set(AX(2),'YLim', [-50 50],'YTick', -50:5:50);

   grid on;

 % Set Curves color
 % for V_original = Voltage THERMOPILE
   set(H1,'Color',[0 0 0], 'LineStyle', '-');

 % for T_bb = Temperature Blackbody
   set(H2,'Color','red', 'LineStyle', '--', 'LineWidth', 2);

   hold on
 % mean values
   H3 = bar(x,v_mean);
   set(H3,'FaceColor',[.96 .92 .92], 'EdgeColor','none');

 % median values
   H4 = bar(x,v_median);
   set(H4,'FaceColor',[.89 .94 .9], 'EdgeColor','none');

 % standard deviation
   H5 = bar(x,v_sd);
   set(H5,'FaceColor',[.87 .92 .98], 'EdgeColor','none');

% Enable 2nd Y-Axis so multiple plots can be drawn 
% depending on that scale
  set(AX(2),'nextplot','add');
% temperature NITS
  H6 = plot(AX(2),x, t_nits);
  set(H6,'Color','green', 'LineStyle', '--', 'LineWidth', 2);

% Enable 2nd Y-Axis so multiple plots can be drawn 
% depending on that scale
  set(AX(2),'nextplot','add');

% temperature Amb
  H7 = plot(AX(2),x, t_amb);
  set(H7,'Color','blue', 'LineStyle', '--', 'LineWidth', 2);

    title('T_A_m_b = -5°C');
    xlabel('Zeit \tau in [s]');

    legend('V_A',  'V_M_e_a_n', 'V_M_e_d_i_a_n', 'V_S_t_a_n_d_a_r_d', 'T_B_B', 'T_n_i_t_s', 'T_a_m_b', 'location', 'NorthWest');

   hold off

and it looks like: http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/6195/figurepreview.jpg and after printing: http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/8356/figureprinted.jpg

[Patrick Kalita]

FYI, you can write your legend entries like this: 'V_{Median}' instead of this: 'V_M_e_d_i_a_n' ... might save you a few keystokes.

[Fabian]

thank you for that hint.

[Titus Edelhofer]

How do you print? Simply "print -djpeg figureprinted.jpg"? I ran your code with some data and got a nice result ...

[Fabian]

I am printing via the interactive Menu:

File - Print Preview - Print

I have already tried if the Orientation, the paper style or something else matters - unfortunately I always end up in the same result with the displaced coordinate systems.

Answer 1

[Patrick Kalita]

This is just a guess, but you could try doing this at the end of your code:

set(AX, 'ActivePositionProperty', 'position');

where AX is the array hold the two axes handles.

[Fabian]

unfortunately, that is not working.

[Liviu Ivanescu]

This works if you print from command line, like Titus Edelhofer said! Thanks for the hint Patrick!