Testing A Pen - Wacom Intuos3 12x19 User Manual

Testing a pen

1. While observing the P
tablet's active area. A value for
number) should be displayed. If you have more than one tablet connected to your system, be sure to
select the tablet for which you are testing your tools in the T
2. Move your tool along the tablet surface. The X and Y D
position.
3. Test your Intuos3 pen switches. The tablet's status LED should change color from blue to green each
time you click with the tool tip, press the side switch, or press the tool's eraser to the tablet.
• Click on the tablet surface with the tool tip – the S
(P should change from approximately 0% with no pressure applied to approximately 100%
RESSURE
when full pressure is applied.)
• Next, press the side switch without pressing the tip to the tablet – the S
(For the Intuos3 pen, do this for both positions of the DuoSwitch.)
Pen
Airbrush
• Press the tool's eraser to the tablet – the S
(P should change from approximately 0% with no pressure applied to approximately 100%
RESSURE
when full pressure is applied.)
• For the Airbrush, move the fingerwheel forward – the W
approximately 0 when the fingerwheel is all the way forward. Move the fingerwheel backward – the
W value should increase to approximately 1000 when the fingerwheel is all the way back.
HEEL
4. Test tilt for the x-axis by moving the pen from a vertical position toward the right; the X T
change from approximately 0 to +60. Now move the tool to the left of vertical; the X T
change from approximately 0 to -60.
5. Test tilt for the y-axis by moving the pen from a vertical position toward the bottom of the tablet; the Y
T value should change from approximately 0 to +60. Now move the tool toward the top of the tablet;
ILT
the Y T value should change from approximately 0 to -60.
ILT
6. If you are testing an Art Pen, test pen rotation by holding the pen vertically and twisting it around its axis.
The displayed R
OTATION
7. When you are done, click on the C
C
ONTENTS
D I column, bring your Intuos3 tool within 6 mm (0.25 inch) of the
OINTING EVICE NFO
P , the D
ROXIMITY
Tip = 1, DuoSwitch (lower position) = 2, DuoSwitch (upper position) = 3,
Eraser = 1
Tip = 1, Side Switch = 2, Eraser = 1
value should change.
button to exit the dialog box.
LOSE
C
ONTENTS
I
NDEX
N , D
EVICE AME EVICE
I
ABLET NFO
values should change to reflect the tool
ATA
state and P
WITCHES
state and P
WITCHES RESSURE
value should decrease to a value of
HEEL
I
NDEX
T
ROUBLESHOOTING
T , and a D S/N (serial
YPE EVICE
column.
value should change.
RESSURE
state should change.
WITCHES
value will change.
value should
ILT
value should
ILT
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