I think that the answer came down to a combo of the suggested answers. After I show the figure, I edited the code to be:
set(gcf,'PaperUnits','inches');
set(gcf,'PaperPosition',[1 1 5.12 2.56]);
set(gcf,'PaperPositionMode','manual');
print(gcf,'-dtiff','-r100','temp');
Thanks for your help.