There are several ways to ensure that your objects maintain a consistent look when printing. With MATLAB you can do the following:
1) Set the PaperPositionMode of the figure to 'auto'. The following command forces the figure's size and location on the printed page to directly reflect the figure's size on the screen:
set(gcf,'PaperPositionMode','auto')
2) Set the figure's screen position to the same dimensions as the figure's PaperPosition.
ppos = get(gcf,'PaperPosition');
su = get(gcf,'Units');
pu = get(gcf,'PaperUnits');
set(gcf,'Units',pu);
spos = get(gcf,'Position');
set(gcf,'Position',[spos(1) spos(2) ppos(3) ppos(4)])
set(gcf,'Units',su)
