# add TIFF support
    def print_tif(self, filename_or_obj, *args, **kwargs):
        """
        Other Parameters
        ----------------
        compressed : bool
            If present, indicates that this image
            should be stored using the LZW compression algorithm.
        """
        buf, size = self.print_to_buffer()
        if kwargs.pop("dryrun", False):
            return
        image = Image.frombuffer('RGBA', size, buf, 'raw', 'RGBA', 0, 1)
        dpi = (self.figure.dpi, self.figure.dpi)
        
        compressed = kwargs.pop("compressed", False):
        if compressed:
            original_value = TiffImagePlugin.WRITE_LIBTIFF
            TiffImagePlugin.WRITE_LIBTIFF = True    
            return_value = image.save(filename_or_obj, format='tiff',
                          dpi=dpi, compression = "tiff_lzw")
            TiffImagePlugin.WRITE_LIBTIFF = original_value
            return return_value
        else:
            return image.save(filename_or_obj, format='tiff',
                          dpi=dpi)