Thread Subject: simple question on print

Hello
Probably a very dumb question,but how do I send the data
from a string variable to a printer?

ex:
str = 'My nams is Vihang';
print(str);

But I get this error,
??? Error using ==> graphics\private\validate
Error using ==> graphics\private\validate
No Figure to print.

I dont have any figure window, just want to print the value
from the string to the printer.
And one more thing, I dont want any dialog box to open after
I issue the print command. It should automatically send the
data from the string to the default printer.

Regards
Vihang

In article <fof9gu$ifj$1@fred.mathworks.com>,
Vihang Patil <vihang_patil@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Probably a very dumb question,but how do I send the data
>from a string variable to a printer?

Matlab does not provide any portable way of doing that.


>But I get this error,
>??? Error using ==> graphics\private\validate

The \ suggest you are using MS Windows. If so,
http://groups.google.ca/group/comp.soft-sys.matlab/msg/4f75ac214fd7ceea
That's Peter Boettcher, Nov 13 2007, "Formatting rows"
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roberson@ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (Walter Roberson) wrote in
message <fofcr7$ef8$1@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>...
> In article <fof9gu$ifj$1@fred.mathworks.com>,
> Vihang Patil <vihang_patil@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >Probably a very dumb question,but how do I send the
data
> >from a string variable to a printer?
>
> Matlab does not provide any portable way of doing that.
>
>
> >But I get this error,
> >??? Error using ==> graphics\private\validate
>
> The \ suggest you are using MS Windows. If so,
> http://groups.google.ca/group/comp.soft-
sys.matlab/msg/4f75ac214fd7ceea
> That's Peter Boettcher, Nov 13 2007, "Formatting rows"
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Dear Walter
That was a really nice solution. The only one problem with
system(sprintf('notepad /p %s', filename)) , this command
was that it prints Page 1, page 2 and so on at the end of
the file which I dont want. Any way to suppress it?
Regards
Vihang

In article <foi5go$4jc$1@fred.mathworks.com>,
Vihang Patil <vihang_patil@yahoo.com> wrote:
>The only one problem with
>system(sprintf('notepad /p %s', filename)) , this command
>was that it prints Page 1, page 2 and so on at the end of
>the file which I dont want. Any way to suppress it?

http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/1421

might be useful in this matter.
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Thank You
That was helpful.
And, I think it is high time that the people at the
Mathworks implement this trivial code, into the Matlab itself.
Vihang