diff --git a/pymatbridge/matlab/util/make_figs.m b/pymatbridge/matlab/util/make_figs.m
index 239110e..e794e7d 100644
--- a/pymatbridge/matlab/util/make_figs.m
+++ b/pymatbridge/matlab/util/make_figs.m
@@ -1,21 +1,31 @@
-function fig_files = make_figs(figdir)
+function fig_files = make_figs(figdir, fmt, res)
 % Get all the figures that are currently open (presumably from a cell
 % that was just executed):
 figHandles = get(0, 'children');
 
 fig_files = {};
 
+if (nargin < 2)
+    fmt = 'png'
+end
+if (nargin < 3)
+    res = 96
+end
+
 for fig=1:length(figHandles)
     h = figHandles(fig);
     % We will put all of these in the temp dir with an identifying root, so
     % that we can grab all of them into the cell (and they will be deleted
     % immediately after being rendered).
-    filename = fullfile(figdir, ['MatlabFig', sprintf('%03d', fig)]);
-    saveas(h, [filename, '.png']);
+    filename = ['MatlabFig', sprintf('%03d.%s', fig, fmt)];
+    filename = fullfile(figdir, filename);
+    res_fmt = sprintf('-r%d', res);
+    driver = sprintf('-d%s', fmt);
+    print(h, filename, driver, res_fmt);
     % Once you've saved it, close it, so it doesn't get dragged into the
     % scope of other cells
     close(h);
-    fig_files{fig} = [filename '.png'];
+    fig_files{fig} = filename;
 end
 
 end %function