printfigs (handles, file)

%function printfigs 
%
%This functions prints figures, of which the handles are given, to a
%post-script file.
%
%syntax:
%   printfigs (handles, file)
%   printfigs (file)
%
%Parameters:
%   handles: the handles of the figures
%   file: the filename of the post-script file to be created
%
%Example:
%   printfigs ('c:\figs.ps'); %print all open figures to a post-script file

%The Biodata toolbox for MATLAB: a spectral database system for storing and
%processing spectra
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function printfigs (handles, file)
switch nargin
    case 1
        file = handles;
        handles = findobj ('Type', 'Figure');
    case 2
    otherwise
        error ('Biodata:msg', 'Wrong number of input arguments...');
end

for i = 1:length (handles)
    disp (['Printing figure ' num2str(i) ' of ' num2str(length(handles)) '...']);
    unit = get (handles(i), 'Units');
    pos = get (handles(i), 'Position');
    set (handles(i), 'Units', 'Normalized');
    set (handles(i), 'Position', [0 0 1 1]);
    print (['-f' num2str(handles(i))], '-dpsc2', '-r1200', '-append', file)
    set (handles(i), 'Units', unit);
    set (handles(i), 'Position', pos);
end