Genius G-Pen 4500 User manual

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Pen Tablet
User Manual
Windows 2000 / XP / Vista

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I. General Information
1. Overview
Welcome to the world of the computing pen! You are able to discover how easy
to control your personal computer by using a wireless stylus pen instead of a
mouse. The function of the stylus pen lets you draw a line very thin, thick, light
or dark (called “pressure sensitivity”). You also can write, sign, and annotate
documents, and draw, sketch or paint as easily as you would on normal paper
and simulate the functions like pencil, mark pen, brush, or watercolor pen by
using commercial software packages such as Adobe® PhotoShop™, Corel®
Painter™ and Corel® Paint Shop™.
2. Pen Tablet Functions
After installing the device driver, your pen tablet features the following functions:
1. Direct pointing – You can move the cursor to any location on the
screen by moving the stylus pen tip over the tablet’s surface (the pen tip
does not have to touch the surface).
2. Three-button mouse commands - Your pen tablet provides all
functions of a three- button mouse by using its pen tip and two buttons.
3. Pen scrolling – You can scroll documents and Web pages by pressing
the middle button of the pen over the tablet’s working area.
4. Pressure sensitivity – This feature allows you to emulate various
brushes and pencils and you can press down the pen tip harder, lighter,
stronger or thicker, and subtle pencil lines you will receive.
3. System Requirements
•Pentium III equivalent PC or higher.
•Microsoft Windows 2000, XP or Vista.
4. Installing the Driver Software in Windows
Under Windows 2000, XP or Vista:
(Caution! Before installing the driver, do not plug the tablet into your
computer, otherwise, the driver install process may have errors)
(1) Insert the Driver CD into the CD-ROM drive, and wait for main menu to
appear.
(2) On most systems, the setup program will start automatically. If not, you
can start the setup programs manually by selecting 【My Computer】►
【CD/DVD Rom】►Open the Drive ►Access【Setup】to start the
installation.
(3) Select Driver Setup and press the Enter key on all subsequent questions.
After completing the driver installation, restart the PC.

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5. Hardware Installation
Connecting a tablet with USB
interface
into the PC after finished the
driver installation and restarted the
Windows system:
To connect a pen tablet into the PC,
you will see a small tablet icon（ ）
appears in the system tray, which is
normally at the lower right corner of
the screen.
★Please in
stall the driver first
before plug the tablet into your PC.
6. Verifying Hardware and Driver Functions
Follow these steps to ensure that your pen tablet has been installed properly:
The green LED light on the tablet is the main indicator for hardware operation
and depending on your pen tablet model it may be located at a different place
than shown in the above diagram. This LED normally stays off, and will only turn
on or off in response to various conditions. Watch the state of the LED on the
tablet as you go through these test steps:
★Note: After the tablet’s device driver has been properly installed, a small
tablet icon ( ) will appear in the system tray, normally at the lower right corner
of the screen.
1. Tap on any surface with the tip of the pen, or press the left button of the
mouse, to “wake it up” if it has gone into standby mode. A built-in power
saving function may have forced the pen or mouse into standby mode if
either of them has not used for a period of time.
2. As soon as the pen tablet itself activates, the LED will be lit briefly, and will
then go and stay off again.
3. When the tablet detects the presence of the stylus pen or mouse, the LED
will blink slowly. This happens either when pen tip is hovering or placed
within the working area above the tablet.
4. When you press a button on the pen barrel, or click on a mouse button, the
LED will light up.
5. Hovering and moving the pen or the mouse in the working area will cause
the cursor on the screen to move accordingly.
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★★
★Note: After the tablet’s device driver has been properly installed, a
small tablet icon ( ) will appear in the system tray, which is normally at
the lower right corner of the screen.

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7. Usage Tips
7.1 Pressing left mouse button
If the mouse does not react after you do not use it for a while, press the left
button to “wake” it up from the standby mode.
7.2 Tapping before you use the stylus pen
Before you use the pen, or after having not used it for several minutes, tap the
pen on any surface of the tablet to “wake” it up from the standby mode.
7.3 Double tapping
For best results, when you double tap with the pen (equivalent to a double click
with a mouse), try to keep the tip of the pen on the tablet’s surface, or at least try
to lift the pen tip as fast as possible before the second tap.
7.4 Storing the pen
To store the pen, make sure the tip does not touch anything, and especially do
not let the pen stand in a cup or penholder with the tip down. Even though the
possibility is low, pressing the pen tip will cause a constant drain on the pen’s
battery. Place the pen in a penholder, or turn the pen tip pointing upward or
horizontally with the pen tip free of any pressure by other objects.
7.5 Scrolling function of digital pen
The stylus pen has the same function as a mouse for scrolling pages. Press the
first button of the stylus pen (same function as mouse’s middle click) over the
tablet’s working area.
7.6 Using a pen without an ordinary mouse
You can work with the pen tablet without using a mouse. When you remove a
mouse, make sure you also completely remove its driver. You remove the
mouse driver by selecting [Start] ►[Settings] ►[Control Panel] ►[Device
Manager], press the “+” sign to show the mouse driver, then select and remove
it, and finally restart the computer.
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★Please do not use more than two devices at the same time in case the
screen cursor is jittering or not moving.

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II. Pen tablet configuration
You may configure the pen tablet by modifying the functions of the pen tip and
the two barrel buttons, tap [Start] > [Settings] > [Control Panel], and double-tap
the [Tablet Setting ] icon, or tap on the tablet icon ( ) in the system tray,
usually located at the lower right corner of the screen. You may also adjust the
pressure sensitivity of the stylus pen by determining the scope of the tablet’s
working area or (re-) program the hot-cells of your pen tablet by modifying the
device driver.
1. The Info Tab – The Info tab displays the version number of the driver and
Tablet PC function.
(1) Show Icon in System Tray
You can choose if you want to show the tablet icon in the system tray.
(2) Support Tablet PC Feature
You can select the function of computer pressure sensitivity by checking the box
of Support Tablet PC Feature.
☆
☆☆
☆After the Tablet driver is installed in the Windows , the Tablet PC
function setting will support pressure in MS Journal, OneNote (2003、
、、
、
2007)…..etc.
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☆If the Tablet PC setting is disabled, the most of art software's pen
pressure (Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel Painter) are still working, but the
pen pressure will be disappeared in MS Journal, OneNote(2003 、
、、
、
2007) …..etc.
2. The Button Tab

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2.1 Button Command
2.1.1 Button Name:
You may re-program the functions of the pen tip and the two-barrel buttons by
selecting the button name from the drop down menu and assign a command of
a traditional three-button mouse to it.
2.1.2 Mouse Command:
According to the mouse function, you can select no action, left click, left double
click, middle click, middle double click, right click, or right double click.
2.2 Double Click Time
Move the Speed Slider toward “Slow” if you want more time in double tapping
with the Pen Tip or the opposite if you move the Speed Slider toward “Fast”.
This setting is the same as Double-click Speed on the page displayed by
selecting Start ►Control Panel ►Mouse ►Buttons. Changing the speed in
one place also changes the other at the same time.
2.3 Default
Tap on the Default button to restore all default settings.
3. The Scope Tab
3.1 Full Area

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Tap on the Full Area button to select the largest possibly working area.
3.2 Screen Ratio
This sets the Pen Area to be the proportional screen size by reducing either the
current width or height of the Pen Area.
3.3 Reserve Edges
Tap on the Reserve Edges button to allocate space for the tablet’s hot cells.
3.4 Pen Area Dimensions
Indicates the current height and width of the pen area dimensions. You may also
type in new values here to change them.
3.5 Pen Area Offset
This indicates the horizontal and vertical distances of the upper left corner of the
Pen Area from the upper left corner of the maximum Pen Area. You may also
set their values by typing in the numerical values here.
4. Hot Cells define page

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4.1 Hot Pad Layout
In Hot Pad Layout area, you can select any hot key to see the property by
clicking the hot key in the blue map that appears in the digital tablet area.
4.2 Hot Edges
There are four areas that you can setup up your hot key location around the
tablet.
4.3 Print
Tap on the Print button to print an overview of all hot cell functions.
4.4 Clear
Tapping on this button will clear the definition of the selected Hot Cell, so that
no action will be taken when the Hot Cell is tapped later on.
4.5 Define
Press the Define key to set the programs locations, Internet or hot key location.
4.5.1 Define Hot Cell - Run
Run – You may use the browse button to select a file and run, or you may type
in a file name with complete path.
Start in – This is the initial folder when the program starts the execution.
Parameters – The string type will be passed to the program as parameters. For
example, you may type in a document name here and pass it to a word
processing program specified in the Run line above.
4.5.2 Define Hot Cell - Internet

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Kind of Service – You can select some Internet service to start. For example,
browsing website, newsgroup, send an E-mail, or using other Internet services.
The exact program initiated (for example, the browser program) depends on
system settings.
Address – The URL address for the selected service. For example, the Website
or e-mail addresses.
4.5.3 Define Hot Cell - Hot Key
Select the key combination to press – You may select any key such as
alphanumeric key or cursor control key, combined with Shift, Ctrl and / or ALT
key.
5. The Pressure Tab
5.1 Pressure Test
There are four different colors to select and the pressure sensitivity of the pen
tablet can be adjusted in this tab. There is a test area to see the thickness of a
line by pressing a certain pressure of pen tip on the tablet pad. The numerical
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5.2 Clear
Tap on the Clear button to clean the space up in the Pressure Test area.
5.3 Click Sensitivity
By default, tapping with the pen tip is equivalent to a left click of a mouse. Move
the slider in the sensitivity bar to adjust the response of the pen tip. Light means
pen tip presses will be very quick with slight power, but the heavy function is
opposite.