Verifying Overall Installation

 

After both hardware and Driver and Pen Utilities are installed, you may follow the procedures in this section to verify that both the Tablet hardware and Tablet Driver are functioning properly. You may also follow these procedures at any time when you suspect the system may be malfunctioning.

 

Verifying General Functionality

  1. When you move Pen Tip or Mouse over Tablet Plate, the cursor will move over the screen accordingly. However, the Pen and the Mouse behave differently. The Pen acts in what is known as Absolute Mode. That is, when you put the Pen at the upper left corner of the Plate, the cursor will be at the upper left corner of the screen; when you move the Pen to the center of Tablet Plate, the cursor will also move to the center of the screen.

  2. On the other hand, the Mouse acts in a way similar to a regular mouse, also known as Relative Mode. That is, when you move the mouse in Pen Area, the cursor on the screen moves relative to its position when the current movement started. You may lift the mouse off the Tablet Plate, put it down to a different position, and move it again, while the cursor will move accordingly from its position when the mouse was lifted

  3. You should see a small Tablet Icon () in the system Task Bar, usually located at the lower right corner of the screen.

 

Verifying Pressure Sensitivity

These are tips to verify that pressure sensitivity functions properly. In most cases, an application program such as PhotoImpact or Painter controls the exact behavior of the Pen. Sometimes the pressure sensitivity might even be turned off inadvertently by the application program. The steps described below help ensure that the Pen Device functions according to specifications.

  1. You know that pressure sensitivity is supported if the Pressure Configuration Page is present after you tap on the Tablet Icon () on the system Task Bar, usually located at the lower right corner of the screen (See the section Configuring the Pen Device).
  2. To verify the function further, select the Pressure Configuration Page and try to draw a few lines in the Pressure Test area.  Pressing harder at Pen Tip should draw thicker lines, and pressing lightly would leave thinner trace in the area. If this is not so, there might be a problem with the Pen, and you should seek help from the store you bought the Tablet from. In addition, both a number and a barometer will indicate the pressure level when you press the Pen Tip. (Depending on the speed of your computer, drawing very fast may leave a series of dots (filled circles) in the Test Area instead of a solid line.  This is normal).
  3. Writing a few strokes on the PenSigner Program will also indicate clearly whether pressure sensitivity functions properly. However, you need to set the Trace Width to 6 pixels or more to make clear variation in the thickness of trace. See description of Width Adjustment Slide.

If a particular application does not seem to provide pressure sensitivity when the above tests indicate otherwise, please verify also that the application has been installed and set properly, and that the application does support Wintab interface. Some applications may require you to explicitly turn on pressure sensitivity support, or it may limit the number of pressure levels supported.

Note: The Cordless Mouse does not support pressure sensitivity.