Why is a blank page produced when printing from the figure menu while a function is running?

Why is a blank page produced when printing from the figure menu while a function is running?

While a MATLAB function is running the command line is not accessible. However, MATLAB still allows me to print from the Menubar in a figure. This worked in Version 5.3 (R11), but no longer works in Version 6.x (R12.x).

The following code creates a situation in which the problem can be reproduced. Run the code and then try printing from the File menu on the figure.

function out = test();

close all;

surf(peaks);

for i = 1:50;

      junk = eig(rand(100));  

      pause(0.1)

end

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This bug has been fixed in Release 14 Service Pack 2 (R14SP2). For previous releases, please read below for any possible workarounds:

This is a bug in MATLAB Version 6.x (R12.x). Our development staff has been notified and is currently looking into addressing this problem in a future release of MATLAB.

There are no known workarounds at this time.