This file contains information which is important and information which is too new to have been incorporated into the users manual.
Eraser Support
Eraser support is available on all ArtZ II® and ArtPad II™ tablets with the Erasing UltraPen™.
Adobe Photoshop 3.04 supports the Erasing UltraPen with an Eraser-Aware plug-in tool. Refer to the Photoshop Read Me file in the Photoshop folder on this disk for details on installion and functionality.
Fractal Design Dabbler has built-in support for the Erasing UltraPen. When the eraser end of the UltraPen is placed on the tablet Dabbler will automatically switch to the eraser tool.
Fractal Design Painter 3.1 provides Erasing UltraPen support through the eraser script. Refer to the Painter Read Me file in the Painter folder on this disk for details on installion and functionality.
FutureWave SmartSketch 1.0 has built-in support for the Erasing UltraPen. When the eraser end of the UltraPen is placed on the tablet SmartSketch will automatically switch to the normal eraser tool.
Software Installation
To install the WACOM Graphics Tablet software, double click on the "Install WACOM Tablet" ICON on THIS disk. The WACOM Tablet Installation dialog box appears, click the Install button to begin installation, after installation is completed, click OK.
NOTE: Quit all other applications when installing on System 6 under MultiFinder.
NOTE: Installation will automatically take place onto the active system disk (the top disk on the right of your screen).
Be sure to remove all old Wacom serial drivers (version 1.0Vxx).
New drivers (2.x.x) are automatically updated by the installer.
Preference files are automatically updated when the preference file format changes.
If you are upgrading from an older or different size tablet discard the Wacom Tablets Prefs file from the Preferences folder in the System folder.
Hardware Installation
ADB Tablets
1) Turn off your computer.
2) Connect the cable to the ADB connector on the back of your computer.
3) Turn on your computer. Watch for the WACOM Tablet startup icon; this will tell you if installation was successful. If not, refer to "Testing the Tablet" in your users manual.
Serial Tablets
1) Turn off your computer.
2) Connect the AC power cable to the tablet cable and connect one end of the cable to the serial port on the back of your computer and the other end to your tablet.
3) Plug the AC power adaptor into a 120 volt AC power source and turn on the tablet's power switch.
4) Turn on your computer and follow the instructions in the dialog box.
If you have any problems with installation refer to the troubleshooting section in the Users manual.
You should be aware of the following limitations:
1) The PowerBook 160 (180 also?) only works in high speed (25 Mhz) mode with ADB tablets.
2) On the early PowerBook 140 and 170 versions, the mouse was not properly grounded. If you have a problem on one of these units an Apple Service rep will make a minor modification to the PowerBook to make it work correctly. (Excerpted from an Apple Tech. Note)
3) If you have a PowerBook and you are using Connectix Powerbook Utilities, make sure you do not have “Only Reset ADB When Necessary” under “Instant Wake” checked.
4) You may have compatibility problems with other graphic tablets. Several drivers for other tablets do not properly check to see if the attached tablet is their "own", they do not test to see if the ADB ID was the one assigned by Apple, they just attach their driver to any device at address 4. We are therefore forced to automatically remove other drivers from the system (ADBS resource 4).
5) The extension "Serial Port Arbitrator" which comes with AppleTalk Remote Access may crash if it loads before the WACOM driver. Open the Extensions folder and add an "x" in front of the name "Serial Port Arbitrator" to rename it to "xSerial Port Arbitrator" this will load it after the WACOM tablet driver (or delete it - it doesn't do much anyway).
6) There have been reports that the control panel "Energy Saver" which comes with the Power Macintosh will crash if it loads before the WACOM driver. If you experience this problem, Add an "x" in front of the name "Energy Saver" to rename it to "xEnergy Saver" this will load it after the WACOM tablet driver.
Note: Some graphics programs, such as Painter and Photoshop, don't work in relative (mouse) mode.
The following was fixed in version 2.4.1:
1) Startup and shutdown problems on the PowerMac 9500 have been fixed.
2) Settings for the current application are used in the control panel (instead of settings for the Finder) for click pressures and tilt sensitivity.
The following list of bugs are known to exist:
1) Printing a summary to a spooled printer (including the ImageWriter in non-draft mode) causes a crash in System 6
Software updates available on:
AppleLink: Click on Third-Party Demos/Updates, Software Updates, Companies S-Z, WACOM
America Online: Choose the GoTo menu, choose Keywords, and type WACOM
CompuServe: Type GO WACOM at any "!" prompt
Internet: anonymous FTP: ftp.wacom.com/pub/drivers/mac or worldwide web at: http://www.wacom.com/drivers.html
WACOM and ArtZ are registered trademarks and ArtPad and UltraPen are trademarks of Wacom Co. Ltd. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
