High quality 4x5 tablet for drawing, retouching photos, etc.
Tested and working 100%. Very little wear. Connects to any PC with a standard serial port. Includes software drivers on floppy disc or you can download from Wacom by clicking here. Also includes manual, pen, pen holder, warranty card, original receipt ($150.00!) and power supply. Power supply is not original and has a spliced cord but work fine.
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Below is a review of the Art Pad II found on the web, by James Sadowski "James":
The Wacom ArtPad II is a 1/4 inch thick plastic tablet measuring 7x7 inches, and colored computer-grey. The pad attaches to a serial port on the back of your computer. Inset on the pad is a 4x5 inch rectangle of pressure sensitive material that can translate pen strokes into pointer movements, and can do so with great precision.
The pad is able to discern 256 levels of pressure, and has a resolution of 2540 dpi. Therefore, anything that depends on careful placement of a pointer, cursor, or virtual paintbrush will work much better with the ArtPad II than with a mouse. Taking the very lightweight, supplied, cordless pen in hand, anything your mouse could do is now done better by the pad. The best example of what the pad can do that the mouse finds nearly impossible: sign your name. It feels just like writing with a real pen and paper. The only disconcerting aspect (until you grow accustomed to it) is when writing or drawing, the pen does not leave a trace on the surface on which it is drawing; you must watch your monitor in order to see the results.
Wacom sells replacement pens, as well as replacement pen tips. It took only 5 minutes to connect, and then it works. Wacom's manual and instructions are clear, concise, and worth reading to get the most from the pad.
The control panel allows you to set various parameters of the Art Pad to control tip pressure, eraser pressure, pad orientation, screen mapping, and the purpose of the single button on the side of the pen barrel. If you are heavy handed, then you can adjust the tip pressure setting so that it takes a lot of force to get the tip to respond. If you have a light touch, the tip pressure can be set so that a mere touch produces some results. The pen that comes with the pad is the "Erasing Ultra Pen," and can, with the proper application, use its eraser end for erasing mistakes. In applications that do not support the eraser, it can be set to do other things such as invoke a key stroke or a set of modifier keys. This latter trait is also available through the side mounted button on the pen. This button can be set to act as a click, double-click, click-lock, modifier keys, and more.
Another parameter that can be set with the control panel is the scaling, or how the pad maps its surface in respect to your monitor. The pad can act proportionately, one-to-one, or even select an area of screen in which the pad functions. Also, the pad can be oriented in either landscape or portrait mode, and inverted both ways. If your pen comes down 3/4 of the way up the pad and 2 inches in from the right, the pointer will appear on the screen in the same place-relative to the size of the monitor.
The Wacom ArtPad allows the user to trace pictures. An existing graphic can be placed on the tablet and traced using the pen, which means that the pen need not touch the sensitive surface in order to function. In fact, the pen operates the pointer on the screen even if it is 1/4 inch from the pressure sensitive surface. Any graphics work is made much easier and more intuitive by this terrific device. The application Color It!, supports most of the features of the pad except for the eraser. Therefore, the Ultra Pen can produce a thicker line with more pressure applied, or even apply pixels more densely as more force is applied.
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