Anyone with a Tablet, please read!

#1

Excuse me if this is the wrong section, I couldn’t find “Spam” or “Off-topic” section.

I bought a Wacom Intuos Pro Large in february and its been working properly since then, but today it started to ignore normal clicks, about 1/20 times it works, but the pen’s buttons (right click and center click for me) works perfectly, any ideas what’s going on?

I’ve already updated the drivers but still same problem, my tablet has never fall or anything, so I don’t understand what I did wrong.

If the Pen its the problem, where can I buy a new one?

#2

Pull the button off and clean underneath, if that doesnt work and you bought it new, ask wacom for a replacement.

#3

So I just take a wet piece of cloth and clean it?, or what do you mean?

Edit:
I changed the nib and seems to work again (or atleast better than before), but just in case, whoever has a suggestion please comment

#4

Pull the button off / nib out and just blow.

#5

Just did, pen was working again 5mins ago but now the click is worse than before, so there’s no way to buy another pen?

Edit:
Everytime the click stops working, I’m pulling off and in the nib again and it works for some seconds

#6

Shine a bright light in there can you see buildup that doesn’t come off with a ‘blow’?
If it looks ‘perfect’ than there maybe something else wrong/worn out.

Just do a search for wacom pens-they seem to sell them at quite a few places…

#7

I’m not sure what’s the proble, I just open paint and did lines from left to right (searching for a Tablet blind spot or something, you know, a spot where it doesn’t work), I finished doing 10 columns of lines on the entire screen and it didn’t gave me single problem, then I did single clicks and no problems again… so… WTF?, it seems to stop working randomly? ,__________,

#8

Check for any strong sources of electrical interference. Mobile phone by the tablet, radio, large speakers, too close to the monitor, wireless mouse resting on it, bluetooth headset, new flourescent lamp, home arrest GPS collar…

#9

…this may be a long shot - but did you recently start working on a metal desk?

I seem to remember this being a potential problem solved by placing a book/magazine under the tablet to get some space. But my brain cells may be tricking me…

#10

I have the following (always by the tablet):
Mobile phone
Large speakers
The tablet its close to the monitor (that’s what you mean?)
Flourescent lamp (2 mts away)

But I’ve never had problems until now, seems weird

Well my desktop has metal, but the main base of it (well, the desk) its glass

By the way, just noticed, its not that its ignoring the clicks, it seems like it just need a little more presure than before (and that little difference feels weird), I checked the Pen settings but its same as always (a little left from the middle, in soft), could it be the tablet or the pen?

#11

Moving this to the hardware forums for you, also, please, title threads meaningfully, not sensationally, next time (e.g. Wacom Intuous 4, nib problem).

#12

Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience, its there a way to change the title?, or can you?

#13

Yeah, you should be able to edit your original post and changing the title field it should be reflected in the thread title, but don’t be overly concerned; it’s nothing major and I see you’re relatively fresh to the forums, this is stuff you get used to in due time, just something to bear in mind for the future :slight_smile:

#14

Does anyone have a Surface Pro 3 (rather 2.0 I don’t think 3.o is out yet) ? I’ve been thinking about it, comparing it a Cintiq Companion, then again I hate that ever year a new version will come out and the one I bought will be considered “old” that can be said for all technology !

#15

seriously though, start a new thread for that…

#16

Oh, interesting !

#17

Sometimes - Windows’ own tablet pen settings - kick in and cause such problems. Find those settings, I guess it was called something like “flicking”. Disable it, if it doesn’t work look for other native windows tablet settings that may be the cause.