Not to sure about that. I borrowed an older model CalComp 18" graphis tablet ($$$$) a few weeks back and wanted to try it under WinXP. Thought getting a driver for it would be a useless endeavor but I sure was surprised. Seems that CalComp and Wacom were recently sued by the company that wrote/invented WinTab software. Here’s the quote from the CalComp site…
"Recently a patent lawsuit brought by Al Schumer and his company Digitizer Technology Company, LLC against Wacom & LCS/Telegraphics, was settled. There are a number of consequences that affect our industry. As a result of the settlement, the version of the Wintab driver that GTCO CalComp provides for our digitizer products will no longer be available as of October 8, 2004. This means that:
?We will no longer be able to ship the current TabletWorks drivers with the Roll-Up, Super L, AccuTab, DrawingBoard, SummaGrid, or SummaGraphics products.
?We will no longer be able to provide replacement CDs to users who lose their CD or desire to upgrade their Operating System.
?We will no longer host the drivers in our support section on our web site for free download, nor email them.
We regret the difficulty these events have imposed. We do not believe the drivers infringe Mr. Schumer’s patents (US Patent Nos. 5,768,492 and 6,353,433), nonetheless, we are making the changes to drivers to avoid any questions or difficulties for our customers. (Existing End Users are covered under the settlement agreement).
If you need a driver which implements the functionality we are removing from our drivers, then you may want to contact Digitizer Technology Company. DTC provides the Virtual Tablet Interface to users at an additional charge. More information on pricing and licensing can be found at www.vtablet.com. It is unclear whether GTCO CalComp will be able to provide an OEM version of the Virtual Tablet Interface to customers in the future.
More information on drivers options from GTCO CalComp will be posted shortly."
They have software that works with a large majority of tablets at reasonable cost that may be worth looking into. I don’t recall if any Wacom tablets were mentioned since I was only interested in a CalComp at the time.
Info URL’s……
http://www.calcomp.com http://www.calcomp.com/supportdigitizers.htm www.vtablet.com
The info is above, now you can do the rest of the legwork….
Bob S.
"MArtin Chiselwitt" wrote in message
Mick Brown wrote:
Does anyone know of a plug in for Photoshop for the Graphire 3 to give
you
more control, I know there is one available for the intuos.
yes it’s called ‘buying an intuos’…
get it from most good stores…
the graphire is the ‘value end’ of the wacom market. you will not be able to make it any ‘better’ with software.
all you can do is BUY AN INTUOS