Thread Subject: saveas error

I am getting the following error, and not sure why. Saveas has worked for me before...and this seems strange. Any help??

>> plot(1:10)
>> saveas(gcf, 'test.tiff')
??? Error: File: printopt.m Line: 1 Column: 25
The input character is not valid in MATLAB statements or expressions.

Error in ==> printjob at 70
[ pj.PrintCmd, pj.DefaultDevice ] = printopt; %Defaults

Error in ==> print at 166
pj = printjob;

Error in ==> saveas at 159
        print( h, name, ['-d' dev{i}] )\