Why am I unable to print to PDF format when MATLAB 6.0 or 6.1 (R12 or R12.1) is installed in a directory with a space in the name?

I have installed MATLAB in a directory with a space in the name (like C:\Program Files\MATLAB). When I try to print a figure in pdf format:

print -dpdf test.pdf

I receive the following error:

 ??? Error using ==> print

 Error using ==> C:\Program Files\MATLAB\toolbox\matlab\graphics\private\ghostscript

 Problem calling GhostScript. System returned error:

 'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

 operable program or batch file.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This has been fixed in MATLAB 6.5 (R13).

For previous versions, you can work around the problem by changing lines 150-151 of $MATLAB\toolbox\graphics\private\ghostscript.m (where $MATLAB is the root MATLAB directory) from:

      [s, r] = privdos( pj, [ 'echo quit | ' gsPath '\gs "@' rsp_file ...

      '" "' pj.FileName '"' ] );

to

      [s, r] = privdos( pj, [ 'echo quit | "' gsPath '\gs" "@' rsp_file ...

      '" "' pj.FileName '"' ] );