Cannot save or print figures - Error using printopt

Dear all,

since a few days I can´t print or save figures in Matlab. When I try to do it, I get the following message:

Error using printopt
Too many input arguments.

Error in matlab.graphics.internal.mlprintjob

Error in printjob (line 22)
       pj = matlab.graphics.internal.mlprintjob;

Error in filemenufcn>localExportTypes (line 355)
[a,opt,ext,d,e,output,name]=printtables(printjob(hfig));
%#ok

Error in filemenufcn>localSaveExport (line 308)
typesorig = localExportTypes(hfig);

Error in filemenufcn (line 60)
        localSaveExport(hfig, false)

Error while evaluating Menu Callback.

Can anyone help me?

Answer 1

[Lisa Lampp]

Dear Omar,

I asked also the support team what to do.

This is the answer I got:

This issue is caused by accidentally shadowing an internal function in MATLAB.

Please execute the following command:

>> which -all printopt

This should only return a single line which looks something like the following on a windows machine:

C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2018a\toolbox\local\printopt.m

If there are any other files returned which are not within the MATLAB root directory, they must be deleted or renamed.

This should fix the printing issue.

In my case this worked.

Best regards, Lisa

Answer 2

[Omar Longoria]

I have the same problem. Why Matlab does not solve this problem?

Answer 3

[Omar Longoria]

I tried this: restoredefaultpath rehash toolboxcache savepath

Then I restarted Matlab and the problem was solved.