iskn Slate 2 User manual

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the Slate 2+
QUICK START GUIDE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
3 INTRODUCTION
4 TECHNICAL DIAGRAM
5 BEFORE USING THE SLATE
6 THE SLATE ON TABLET / MOBILE
7 THE SLATE ON DESKTOP
8THE MAGNETIC INDICATOR
9THE GRAPHIC TABLET MODE
10 ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
12 HOW TO USE THE CLIPS
13 HOW TO PLACE THE RING
15 SCREENLESS MODE
16 SUPPORT

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the Slate 2
CONGRATULATIONS! ESSENTIAL PACK CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
iPad iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Air, iPad Air 2,
iPad Mini, iPad Mini 2, iPad Mini 3,
iPad Mini 4, iPad Air, iPad Air 2, iPad Pro
iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6S, and 6S Plus
7 and 7 Plus, 8 and 8 Plus
Mac OSX 10.10 Yosemite and later
PC Windows 7 and later
Android 5.0 and later
1 iskn black pen 1 pencil with universal Ring2 clips 1 USB cable
1 sketchbook
Compability
You’re now the proud owner
of the Slate by iskn.
A pen-and-paper lover at heart,
you can now write and draw with
real pens and paper while instantly
creang a ready-to-use digital le
on your device.
With the Slate, keep total control of
your work and make your life easier:
your creaons are instantly digized.
Use the Imagink app to enhance
your creaons and share them with
a single click.
Use this guide to learn about the
Slate and start using its features in
just a few minutes.

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TECHNICAL DIAGRAM Micro USB port
Top dot buon
Short press: New page
Top buon
- Short press: New layer
- Press and Hold: Calibrate the Ring
Front LED
Side LED
ON/OFF buon
USB connecon1
USB
Bluetooth
Side LED colorLong press
Short press
Bluetooth connecon1
1LED steady: connecon is established / LED breathing: searching for connecon
2LED steady: baery is fully charged / LED breathing: charge in progress
Screenless mode
Screenless
Baery indicator2
ON
OFF
Acve area (indicated by 4 points)

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Do not try to charge your Slate
by plugging it to an AC adapter.
Connect the Slate to your
computer with the USB cable.
The side LED blinks orange.
The side LED shines orange
connuously.
Disconnect the USB cable.
START CHARGING FINISH CHARGING
3 hours
The Slate uses magnec sensor techno-
logy that requires certain condions for
opmal performance. The main elements
that can aect the Slate's precision are:
• Magnec objects in the surrounding
environment (other iskn pen or ring,
magnets, headphones, computers,
telephones, metal objects,etc).
• WiFi or other Bluetooth radio signals
that can interfere with the commu-
nicaon between the Slate and your
iPad while using the Slate in Bluetooth
mode.
Follow these rules for opmal results
when turning on and using your Slate.
Make sure never to place the
iskn Pen or Ring near the Slate
when turning it on, in order not
to disturb its detecon.
Make also sure that you do
not place the iskn pen or the
ring you will use near the Slate
when you turn it on, in order to
not disturb its detecon.
20 cm
Do not leave the iskn pen or
the ring on top of the Slate for
a long me.
CHARGE
PRECAUTIONS FOR AN OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE
BEFORE USING THE SLATE
The Slate’s baery may be drained
when you receive it. Charge your Slate
before using it for the rst me.
20 cm
Place magnec objects at least
20 cenmeters / 8 inches away
(other iskn pen or ring, magnets,
headphones, computers, te-
lephones, metal objects,etc).
We recommend you place
your Slate at least
10 cenmeters / 4 inches
away from your device.
10 cm

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THE SLATE ON TABLET / MOBILE
(IPAD / IPHONE)
INSTALLATIONCONNECTION
Launch the Imagink app
downloaded from
the App Store.
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Make sure to respect the
precauons described
page 5.
3
Turn on the Slate by ma-
king a long push on the
power buon at the top
of the Slate in portrait
mode (or at the le side
in landscape mode).
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Switch to the Bluetooth mode by making
a short push on the Power buon : a blue
LED will shine at the top showing the
Slate is ready to be used with your iPad or
iPhone.
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Acvate the iPad or
iPhone’s Bluetooth®.
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Download the Imagink app
for iPad/iPhone on the
Apple®App Store.
Imagink
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THE SLATE ON DESKTOP
(PC / MAC)
INSTALLATIONCONNECTION
Launch the Imagink app
downloaded from the
iskn website.
2
Make sure to respect
the precauons descri-
bed page 5.
3
Turn on the Slate by ma-
king a long push on the
power buon at the top
of the Slate in portrait
mode (or at the le side
in landscape mode).
4
The Slate will automacally start in the
USB connecon mode: a white LED will
shine showing you the Slate is ready to be
used with your computer and a nocaon
will appear on your screen.
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Connect your Slate to
your computer thanks to
the USB cord included.
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Imagink
Get the Imagink app for your computer
on www.iskn.co/download
Download and install the right version
for your OS.
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THE MAGNETIC INDICATOR
The Slate has 32 magnec sensors in-
cluded which track the exact posion and
the angle of inclinaon of the iskn Ring.
Other magnecal items can disturb this
connecon and cause accuracy problems
while drawing on your Slate.
This items could be your iPad or your PC
(which have to be at least 20 cm | 8 inches
away when used along with the Slate),
smartphones, speakers, other iskn Rings
etc.
The magnec indicator helps you detecng
this disturbing sources to make sure that
your digital drawing is as beautyful as your
paper version.
If you keep having some trouble using
your Slate, feel free to contact us on our
customer support.

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THE GRAPHIC TABLET MODE
In the Graphic Tablet Mode
Congurator, click on
"Acvate".
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Make sure to respect the
precauons described
page 5.
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Turn on the Slate by making
a long push on the power
buon at the top of the
Slate.
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Connect your Slate to your
computer thanks to the
USB cord included.
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Get the Graphic Tablet Mode Congurator
for your computer
on www.iskn.co/download
Download and install the right version for
your OS.
Graphic Tablet
Mode Congurator
Your Slate is now ready to
be used as a graphic tablet
with your favorite apps and
soware.
Once you installed the
Congurator, it will always run
in the background. Be careful to
deacvate the Graphic Tablet
mode into the Congurator if
you want to come back into
Imagink app and use the Slate
: if not, you will draw with your
tool into Imagink as if it were a
mouse, so the experience won’t
be enjoyable.
Enjoy this mode using the
Tip on your Slate’s surface
for a beer experience.

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From 0 to 5,5 cm
From 0 to 2 3⁄4 in
Pen detecon zone
From 0 to 7 mm
From 0 to 0,3 in
Contact zone with the wring surface
Front LED Front LED
With the Slate, you can write
on a single sheet of paper
or a notebook (up to 7 mm I
0,3 inch thick).
For an opmal experience,
make sure that your paper
or notebook does not contain
metal parts (spiral binding,
etc.).
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION

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Tilt your pen at an angle
greater than 10 degrees to
the Slate’s surface. Place the sheet of paper or notebook on
the Slate between the area limit points.
Do not move the sheet of paper or note-
book while using the Slate.
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
90°
20° 20°
Acve pen angle

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Posion your sheet, then
fasten the Clips to the edge
of your Slate.
To remove them, simply press
on the back of the Clips.
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HOW TO USE THE CLIPS
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HOW TO PLACE THE RING
In addion to the iskn pen,
the Essenal Pack includes
a drawing pencil with a ring.
This ring is designed to make
your drawing tools compa-
ble with the Slate: it will
t several kinds of pencils,
whether they are cylindri-
cal or hexagonal. Use the
silicone adapter to place it
on your tool.
This Ring ts all pencils up
to approximately 8,1 mm
(0,31 inch) in diameter.
Squeeze the adapter of
your choice (S or M) into
a heart shape to insert it
into the Ring.
Slide the Ring onto a compable
drawing tool1and adjust it to be
around 4 cm from the pen p, by
comparing with the iskn pen.
Place the Ring on your
own drawing tool:
Calibrate the Ring:
1List of compable tools on iskn.co
4cm
You must renew this operaon every
me you switch tools, and only on a
sheet of paper (even if you are going
to use it on a notepad).
Press and hold the top buon,
a pink LED breathes.
Press the p of your pen at the center
of your Slate. Then release the buon.
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Make sure the
Ring is placed
correctly:
If the circle on the screen has a diameter
higher than 1.5mm, adjust the Ring so it
is perpendicular to your pencil.
Then renew the calibraon step and this
operaon.
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Press the p of your pen at the center
of your Slate so it is perpendicular to
the Slate.
Rotate it around itself in a full circle
while keeping the p in the same
place.
If a point or a circle with a diame-
ter below 1.5 mm appears on the
screen, you are ready to draw
with the Ring!

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SCREENLESS MODE
Turn on your Slate : by
making a long push on the
power buon at the top of
the Slate in portrait mode
(or at the le side in lands-
cape mode). Your Slate will
start in USB mode with the
LED white shining.
Turn on the screenless
mode by making two short
pushes. When the Slate
is in Screenless mode, the
upper LED shines green
and your Slate is ready to
be used without your iPad,
Mac, or PC.
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The screenless mode allows you to sue the
Slate without your iPad, iPhone, Mac or PC.
The Slate contains a baery and a 4 GB
memory so that you can take the Slate with
you wherever you go.
We advise you use the iskn pen in screen-
less mode for a beer performance.
Your strokes are digized as a black
ballpoint pen. Later, you can transfer your
drawings to the lmagink app via Bluetooth
or USB.

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SUPPORT
TUTORIAL VIDEOS
To get started with the Slate and
quickly produce your rst drawings:
iskn.co/imagink-help-center
UPDATE
To benet from the latest
features, we recommend
that you update your Slate
regularly.
GET HELP
Have quesons about
the Slate or the applicaons?
help.iskn.co
EMAIL ADDRESS
Other quesons?
Get in touch:
[email protected]
iskn.co
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