axis equal axis off set(gca, 'Units', 'normalized') set(gca, 'Position', [0.01 0.01 0.98 0.98]) set(gcf, 'Units', 'inches') set(gcf, 'Position', [1 1 4 4]) set(gcf, 'PaperUnits', 'inches') set(gcf, 'PaperPosition', [0 0 4 4], 'PaperSize', [4 4]) figure(gcf) print -dpdf grid.pdf disp('Grid printed to file grid.pdf')