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<span id="matplotlib-backends-backend-mixed"></span><h1><a class="reference internal" href="#module-matplotlib.backends.backend_mixed" title="matplotlib.backends.backend_mixed"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.backends.backend_mixed</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#module-matplotlib.backends.backend_mixed" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>

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<dt id="matplotlib.backends.backend_mixed.MixedModeRenderer">

<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">matplotlib.backends.backend_mixed.</code><code class="descname">MixedModeRenderer</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>figure</em>, <em>width</em>, <em>height</em>, <em>dpi</em>, <em>vector_renderer</em>, <em>raster_renderer_class=None</em>, <em>bbox_inches_restore=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.backends.backend_mixed.MixedModeRenderer" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>

<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#object" title="(in Python v3.6)"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">object</span></code></a></p>

<p>A helper class to implement a renderer that switches between

vector and raster drawing. An example may be a PDF writer, where

most things are drawn with PDF vector commands, but some very

complex objects, such as quad meshes, are rasterised and then

output as images.</p>

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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><strong>figure</strong> : <a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.figure.Figure.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure" title="matplotlib.figure.Figure"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.figure.Figure</span></code></a></p>

<div><p>The figure instance.</p>

<p><strong>width</strong> : scalar</p>

<div><p>The width of the canvas in logical units</p>

<p><strong>height</strong> : scalar</p>

<div><p>The height of the canvas in logical units</p>

<p><strong>dpi</strong> : scalar</p>

<div><p>The dpi of the canvas</p>

<p><strong>vector_renderer</strong> : <a class="reference internal" href="backend_bases_api.html#matplotlib.backend_bases.RendererBase" title="matplotlib.backend_bases.RendererBase"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.backend_bases.RendererBase</span></code></a></p>

<div><p>An instance of a subclass of

<a class="reference internal" href="backend_bases_api.html#matplotlib.backend_bases.RendererBase" title="matplotlib.backend_bases.RendererBase"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">RendererBase</span></code></a> that will be used for the

vector drawing.</p>

<p><strong>raster_renderer_class</strong> : <a class="reference internal" href="backend_bases_api.html#matplotlib.backend_bases.RendererBase" title="matplotlib.backend_bases.RendererBase"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.backend_bases.RendererBase</span></code></a></p>

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<div><p>The renderer class to use for the raster drawing. If not provided,

this will use the Agg backend (which is currently the only viable

option anyway.)</p>

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<dt id="matplotlib.backends.backend_mixed.MixedModeRenderer.start_rasterizing">

<code class="descname">start_rasterizing</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.backends.backend_mixed.MixedModeRenderer.start_rasterizing" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>

<dd><p>Enter “raster” mode. All subsequent drawing commands (until

stop_rasterizing is called) will be drawn with the raster

backend.</p>

<p>If start_rasterizing is called multiple times before

stop_rasterizing is called, this method has no effect.</p>

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<code class="descname">stop_rasterizing</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.backends.backend_mixed.MixedModeRenderer.stop_rasterizing" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>

<dd><p>Exit “raster” mode. All of the drawing that was done since

the last start_rasterizing command will be copied to the

vector backend by calling draw_image.</p>

<p>If stop_rasterizing is called multiple times before

start_rasterizing is called, this method has no effect.</p>

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