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January 19, 2020 at 7:42 pm #482898
Hello, nice to meet you! I’m new and wasn’t sure whete whether I should post this in the Digital Art forum or the Computer and Technology one so sorry if this is wrong.
I need to ask a question for experienced users. I currently own four pen tablets: A Genius 8×6 Mousepen I’ve had for ten years (?) now, after having a 4×5 one for 10 more years ; a Huion H610 (not Pro) I acquired around 2013 because my Genius pen had broken and I couldn’t find a cheap pen + wanted to upgrade ; a Wacom One CTL480 I bought again because the pen for my Huion broke and an upgrade seemed less expensive ; and a Intuos 2013 CTL472 I bought as used goods recently because it was really cheap and I’ve kind of always wanted an Intuos or some other .
Since then I managed to get a new pen for my Genius (by buying an old used cheaper model), for my Huion (those are easy to get o Anliexpress but I had to wait months for it so I bought the Wacom One), and now I have 4 working “basic level” tablets ; I’m very much an amateur user, I don’t really think of myself as a (drawing) “artist” and I certainly don’t need all of these, but I never know when one is going to break so I’m keeping them all for the sake of it. So I did some testing and even could upload it on Youtube in case anyone wants to see.
I don’t think any of these tablets are compatible so I wanted to know if anyone here uses 2 drawing tablets, any brand, and if so how did you do it. Thanks a lot!January 20, 2020 at 10:30 am #935360Welcome to the forum.
Digital Art or Computers and Technology for Artists are forums where you should discuss your equipment problems.
Doug
We must leave our mark on this worldJanuary 21, 2020 at 9:49 am #935361Are you saying you want to use 2 tablets at the same time?
C&C always welcome. Michelle
mkmcreations.com
Every painting is a new adventure.January 21, 2020 at 8:14 pm #935364I can think of two ways tablets could be non-compatible.
-being different sizes you might find using them one after another to be disorienting.
-the drivers for one of them may conflict with the drivers for another.
January 22, 2020 at 4:37 pm #935367Are you saying you want to use 2 tablets at the same time?
Yes. Not at the same time but I want to be able to plug one, unplug another and not having to reinstall any drivers.
Thanks for the help everyone!!
January 23, 2020 at 10:00 am #935362Hmm, I’ve never tried that. Causality brings up good points though. It might be easier on you to just pick your favourite and stick with it.
C&C always welcome. Michelle
mkmcreations.com
Every painting is a new adventure.January 27, 2020 at 12:57 am #935365You might look at your task list and see if possibly you can identify something running related to one tablet that can just be turned off so you can then use the other. Looking at my Tasklist (details) I see that the Huion software for instance is running. I can’t speak to any long range consequences of shutting such a process down on a regular basis though, you’ll have to look into that.
February 2, 2020 at 10:57 am #935366Just thought I would add my pennys worth… I use a Huion (great tablet). I never have any problem stopping or starting the process for it, and it does not cause any problems when/if I plug anything else in.
I use it on Win 7, and (if I remember right) I have tried it on Win 10 too…..so thats all I can say on it.
February 3, 2020 at 10:47 am #935363Yes. Not at the same time but I want to be able to plug one, unplug another and not having to reinstall any drivers.
Thanks for the help everyone!!
Of different brands you will have no problem. Device drivers have signatures that have a number that identify the manufacturer. A driver, unless is very very badly written, will accept data only from devices with the correct manufacturer ID.
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