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1.While observing the POINTING DEVICE INFO column, bring your Intuos4 tool within 10 mm (0.39 inch) of the tablet active area. A value for PROXIMITY, the DEVICE NAME, DEVICE TYPE, and a DEVICE S/N (serial number) should be displayed. If you have more than one tablet connected to your system, be sure you have selected the TABLET for which you are testing your tools from the TABLET INFO column.

2.Move your tool along the tablet surface. The X and Y DATA values should change to reflect the tool position.

3.Test your Intuos4 pen switches. A tablet status LED should brighten 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 SWITCHES state and PRESSURE value should change. (PRESSURE should change from approximately 0% with no pressure applied to approximately 100% when full pressure is applied.)

•Press the side switch without pressing the tip to the tablet – the SWITCHES state should change. (For the Intuos4 pen, do this for both positions of the side switch.)

Pen

Tip = 1

 

Side switch (lower position) = 2

 

Side switch (upper position) = 3

 

Eraser = 1

 

 

Airbrush

Tip = 1

 

Side Switch = 2

 

Eraser = 1

•Press the tool’s eraser to the tablet – the SWITCHES state and PRESSURE value should change. (Pressure should change from approximately 0% with no pressure applied to approximately 100% when full pressure is applied.)

•For the Airbrush, move the fingerwheel forward – the WHEEL value should decrease to a value of approximately 0 when the fingerwheel is all the way forward. Move the fingerwheel backward – the WHEEL value should increase to approximately 1000 when the fingerwheel is all the way back.

4.Test tilt for the x-axis by moving the pen from a vertical position toward the right; the X TILT value should change from approximately 0 to +60. Now move the tool to the left of vertical; the X TILT value should 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 TILT value should change from approximately 0 to +60. Now move the tool toward the top of the tablet; the Y TILT value should change from approximately 0 to -60.

6.If you are testing an Art Pen, test pen rotation by holding the pen vertically and twisting it around its axis. The displayed ROTATION value should change.

7.When you are done, click on the CLOSE button to exit the dialog box.

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