How to make pylab.savefig() save image for 'maximized' window instead of default size

Question

I am using pylab in matplotlib to create a plot and save the plot to an image file. However, when I save the image using pylab.savefig( image_name ), I find tha

Answer 1

Check this: How to maximize a plt.show() window using Python

The command is different depending on which backend you use. I find that this is the best way to make sure the saved pictures have the same scaling as what I view on my screen.

Since I use Canopy with the QT backend:

pylab.get_current_fig_manager().window.showMaximized()

I then call savefig() as required with an increased DPI per silvado's answer.