diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_lvalert_background_plotter b/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_lvalert_background_plotter
index 067b2c979805ec6680d6021c1d839932a903d78b..bc2b6aa19000da5a4c1a5266d6a63ef22a004f4c 100755
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_lvalert_background_plotter
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_lvalert_background_plotter
@@ -48,6 +48,19 @@ from gstlal import far
 from gstlal import lvalert_helper
 from gstlal import plotfar
 
+import matplotlib
+matplotlib.rcParams.update({
+	"font.size": 10.0,
+	"axes.titlesize": 10.0,
+	"axes.labelsize": 10.0,
+	"xtick.labelsize": 8.0,
+	"ytick.labelsize": 8.0,
+	"legend.fontsize": 8.0,
+	"figure.dpi": 100,
+	"savefig.dpi": 100,
+	"text.usetex": True
+})
+
 
 #
 # =============================================================================
diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_lvalert_generic_plot_uploader b/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_lvalert_generic_plot_uploader
index b338eec0dfb7bbaaf31283c71976ac760b4c565f..bbefa51019c8f7dbf47b86c9504cc96c2b1fd495 100755
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_lvalert_generic_plot_uploader
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_lvalert_generic_plot_uploader
@@ -46,16 +46,16 @@ from gstlal import lvalert_helper
 from gstlal import plotpsd
 from ligo.gracedb import rest as gracedb
 
-
-plotpsd.matplotlib.rcParams.update({
+import matplotlib
+matplotlib.rcParams.update({
 	"font.size": 10.0,
 	"axes.titlesize": 10.0,
 	"axes.labelsize": 10.0,
 	"xtick.labelsize": 8.0,
 	"ytick.labelsize": 8.0,
 	"legend.fontsize": 8.0,
-	"figure.dpi": 300,
-	"savefig.dpi": 300,
+	"figure.dpi": 100,
+	"savefig.dpi": 100,
 	"text.usetex": True,
 	"path.simplify": True
 })
diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_lvalert_psd_plotter b/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_lvalert_psd_plotter
index 5072ebfdc6efa26a570f8bdb1193091d234bc588..69f74e7dd1c1712ab66adb1fba4e45dd8a1f9945 100755
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_lvalert_psd_plotter
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_lvalert_psd_plotter
@@ -46,16 +46,16 @@ from gstlal import plotpsd
 from ligo.gracedb import rest as gracedb
 
 
-plotpsd.matplotlib.rcParams.update({
+import matplotlib
+matplotlib.rcParams.update({
 	"font.size": 10.0,
 	"axes.titlesize": 10.0,
 	"axes.labelsize": 10.0,
 	"xtick.labelsize": 8.0,
 	"ytick.labelsize": 8.0,
 	"legend.fontsize": 8.0,
-	"lines.linewidth": 0.75,
-	"figure.dpi": 300,
-	"savefig.dpi": 300,
+	"figure.dpi": 100,
+	"savefig.dpi": 100,
 	"text.usetex": True,
 	"path.simplify": True
 })
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ for graceid in graceids:
 	# PSD plot
 	#
 
-	fig = plotpsd.plot_psds(psds, coinc_xmldoc, plot_width = 2400)
+	fig = plotpsd.plot_psds(psds, coinc_xmldoc, plot_width = 800)
 	fig.tight_layout()
 
 	filename = "%s_psd.%s" % (graceid, options.format)
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ for graceid in graceids:
 	# Cumulative SNRs plot
 	#
 
-	fig = plotpsd.plot_cumulative_snrs(psds, coinc_xmldoc, plot_width = 2400)
+	fig = plotpsd.plot_cumulative_snrs(psds, coinc_xmldoc, plot_width = 800)
 	fig.tight_layout()
 
 	filename = "%s_cumulative_snrs.%s" % (graceid, options.format)
diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_lvalert_snrtimeseries_plotter b/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_lvalert_snrtimeseries_plotter
index 2b476ad9383cfe791bf9d7a77afcde4c255c123b..6a164ee3653ea318f4fcd9c22d4a7dc7ba16c852 100755
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_lvalert_snrtimeseries_plotter
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_lvalert_snrtimeseries_plotter
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ matplotlib.rcParams.update({
 	"xtick.labelsize": 10.0,
 	"ytick.labelsize": 10.0,
 	"legend.fontsize": 10.0,
-	"figure.dpi": 600,
-	"savefig.dpi": 600,
+	"figure.dpi": 100,
+	"savefig.dpi": 100,
 	"text.usetex": True
 })
 from optparse import OptionParser