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Graphics Tablet
User’s Manual
Hanwang Technology Co., Ltd.
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Copyright © Hanwang Technology Co., Ltd, 2009 All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced except for your express personal use. Hanwang Technology Co., Ltd reserves the rights to revise this publication without obligation to provide notification of such changes. Hanwang Technology Co., Ltd does its best to provide current and accurate information in this manual. However, Hanwang Technology Co., Ltd reserves the right to change any specifications and product configuratio
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Contents CHAPTER 1 GRAPHICS TABLET INTRODUCTION ................................ 1 1.1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION ................................................................ 1 1.2 FEATURES ............................................................................................. 1 1.3 QUICK-START TUTORIAL ................................................................... 2 CHAPTER 2 INSTRUCTION FOR WINDOWS SYSTEMS ....................... 7 2.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .....................
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5.1 PEN HOLDER ...................................................................................... 47 5.2 EXCHANGE PEN NIB ......................................................................... 48 5.3 CAUTIONS ............................................................................................ 49 APPENDIX ....................................................................................................... 50 WARRANTY .........................................................
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INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 Graphics Tablet Introduction 1.1 General Introduction The Hanvon Graphics Tablet allows you to create graphics on a computer using a cordless and battery-free pen. It is very easy to use. You don’t need to be an experienced graphic artist to use it. This USB graphics tablet supports a variety of professional painting and photo editing software including Painter, Photoshop, Ulead Photolmpact, Flash, Dabbler, Maya, PaintShop and more. 1.2 Features Express T
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INTRODUCTION 1.3 Quick-Start Tutorial Note: Some series of graphics tablets have no pen slot and do not support touch keys and strip. For example as follow: 2
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INTRODUCTION Holding the pen Hold the pen as usual. The pen will take effect when it comes within 7mm above the tablet. While using the pen, be sure that your thumb or index finger can easily control the button on the pen, which acts as the right-click key of a mouse. Positioning Moving the pen in the active area of the tablet will control the cursor’s position on the computer screen. 3
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INTRODUCTION The pen and tablet use the Absolute Coordination method. This means the active area of the tablet represents the entire computer screen. Moving the pen on the tablet creates a corresponding movement of the cursor on the screen. Single Click One slight touch of the pen on the tablet has the same effect as a single left-click of the mouse. Double Click Two immediate clicks on the tablet have the same effect as a double left-click of the mouse. 4
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INTRODUCTION Double Click Technique When the cursor is positioned, press the tablet twice immediately with the pen tip, making sure that you do not move the pen tip. The response for the double click can be slow for beginners. You can solve this problem by adjusting the double click speed from the normal setting of the tablet. Dragging Select a target by pressing the pen down on it, and do not release the pen till you have moved the target to the new position you want. 5
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INTRODUCTION Pressure Sensitive Painting In applicable software, you can use the pressure sensitivity of the pen to control the painting brushwork for different effects such as direction, stroke width, color and thickness. The software that supports pressure sensitivity includes Adobe Photoshop, Painter, Flash, Ulead PhotoImpact, Art Dabbler etc. Touch key and Touch Strip Touch keys are programmable for modifier keys, keyboard shortcuts, mouse clicks, open/run applications, and pop
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INSTRUCTION FOR WINDOWS SYSTEMS Chapter 2 Instruction for Windows Systems 2.1 System Requirements CPU Pentium III 1GHz or later RAM 256MB Hard-disk 200MB OS WINDOWS 2000/XP/Vista X86/Vista X64 Port USB1.1 or 2.0 2.2 Installation Connect the drawing tablet’s USB cable to the computer’s USB port. Step 1 Insert the driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. The Installation Menu should pop-up automatically. If the menu does not appear, double-click the My Computer icon on the Desktop, find t
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INSTRUCTION FOR WINDOWS SYSTEMS Note: If the tablet cannot be used after driver installation, please restart your computer. 2.3 Uninstalling Step 1 Click the Windows Start button and then select Control panel. Step 2 Double click Add/remove program in the control panel window and find Tablet Driver. Step 3 Click Uninstall and follow the prompts to remove the tablet driver. 2.4 Configuration Hanvon tablet driver provides a configuration window to set pen pressure, working are
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INSTRUCTION FOR WINDOWS SYSTEMS Before Configuration Connect the graphics tablet to the USB port on your computer. Go to control panel. Double-click the HW Tablet icon to open the configuration interface. 9
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INSTRUCTION FOR WINDOWS SYSTEMS 2.4.1 General Configuration a. Adjusting Pressure Sensitivity Pen pressure sensitivity can be adjusted by dragging the slider between soft and hard. To create broad strokes, use a soft tip. To draw thin lines, use a hard tip. The factory setting can be restored by clicking the Default button. Adjustments can be saved by clicking the Save button or can be canceled by clicking the Cancel button. 10
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INSTRUCTION FOR WINDOWS SYSTEMS b. Pressure Curve Graph Pen pressure sensitivity changes are displayed on the Pressure Curve Graph. The images below show the graphs for light and heavy pen pressure respectively. c. Pressure Testing Area The right area is the pressure test area which is use to test the pen tip feel. The round circle at the upper left corner represents the tile angle between the drawing pen and the tablet surface. All the writing and drawing in the test area can be
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INSTRUCTION FOR WINDOWS SYSTEMS d. Double-Click Speed Dragging the slider to adjust the double-click speed and then you can test the double click speed on the folder icon. e. Other settings When you select the option to display the icon on taskbar, the user can configure the tablet by right-clicking on the icon. Uncheck option not to show HW Tablet icon on the taskbar. Check the option Disable right key, the pen button acting as right-click of mouse button will not be functional.
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INSTRUCTION FOR WINDOWS SYSTEMS Choose Select Monitor and then select Full Display from the drop-down menu. You will see the screen area corresponding to the active area of the tablet is mapped. b) Screen #1 Choose Select Monitor and select Display 1 from the drop-down menu to set the area only Display 1can be controlled by the tablet. 13
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INSTRUCTION FOR WINDOWS SYSTEMS c) Screen #2 Choose Select Monitor and select Display 2 from the drop-down menu to set the area only Display 2 can be controlled by the tablet. c. Portion of Screen Choose Part of Monitor, and then click the upper left corner and lower right corner for the expected area of screen which will be mapped to the full tablet. 14
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INSTRUCTION FOR WINDOWS SYSTEMS d. Portion of Tablet Manual Setting enables you to select part of the active area of the tablet mapped to the full screen. 15
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INSTRUCTION FOR WINDOWS SYSTEMS e. Auto Setting The tablet active area can be automatically set by clicking the Auto Setting button. The active area can be set when the user have single monitor, multi-monitor or wide screen monitor (16:9). 2.4.3 Express Touch Key Setting Express Touch Keys can be used for modifier keys, keyboard shortcuts, mouse clicks, to open/run applications, and to display pop-up menus. The defaults from top to down are Eraser, Alt, Shift and Space. The Touch Strip
