def METHOD_NAME (file_name, *args, **kwds) :
  """
  For offline plotting, which turns out to be necessary when running the
  status plot through pyana.
  """
  import matplotlib
  import matplotlib.figure
  from matplotlib.backends.backend_agg import FigureCanvasAgg
  figure = matplotlib.figure.Figure((16,10))
  canvas = FigureCanvasAgg(figure)
  draw_plot(figure, *args, **kwds)
  canvas.draw()
  figure.savefig(file_name, format="png")