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Old September 18th, 2008, 12:33 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Graphics Tablet with Dual Monitors

Hello,

I have just bought an Aiptek Slim Tablet to replace my old one which didn't have Vista drivers. The trouble is that I have a dual monitor setup and I can't restrict the tablet to one screen. This means that if I have Photoshop open in one monitor I can only use half of the tablet to draw on.

Does anyone know any way to fix this/work around it 9other than switching to single-monitor mode everytime I want to use it - annoying as I usually have the image/whatever I'm working from open on the second monitor)?

I saw an old post in another forum suggesting that I change the PANEL_WIDTH parameter in the .ini file (aiptbl.ini) but mine does not have this option... I guess because that referred to an older version of the driver.

Any help is very much appreciated!

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Old February 15th, 2009, 05:38 AM     #2 (permalink)
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Answer?

Hello! Just out of curiosity did you ever figure this out? I'm in the same situation. I can't figure it out.
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Old March 18th, 2009, 12:59 PM     #3 (permalink)
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still no answer

hello guys I'm on the verge of buying one of these tablets for my dual monitor setup... is this problem a show stopper then?

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Old March 18th, 2009, 02:05 PM     #4 (permalink)
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I'm not sure I understand. You have 2 monitors that you wanna hook up to one tablet?
Or your trying to use one monitor, then the screen on the tablet itself?
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Old March 18th, 2009, 02:46 PM     #5 (permalink)
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Hello!

I'd nearly forgotten about this thread, it's been so long!

To answer CutieBlossom - no, I've not fixed it, I'm afraid.

To KarmaKiller: the problem is that I want to use two monitors, with my desktop spread across them both, but restrict the graphics tablet to one of them. Otherwise the physical area of the tablet is representing two monitors side by side, so you only have HALF of the space to draw on.

I think perhaps you misunderstand my use of the wor tablet - I mean an input device with a pen, not a screen. Here it is: http://www.directwebretail.com/product.php?productid=22
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yes, i did misunderstand you.

with that, I honestly have no clue. My best guess would be a matrox device probably.
Newegg.com - matrox DualHead2Go D2G-A2A-IF VGA Interface - TV Tuners & Video Devices

maybe that would work??
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Old March 18th, 2009, 09:49 PM     #7 (permalink)
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Stopped by this thread while looking for a solution. Found a great one:

yohng.com' :: Wacom Bamboo Tablet Monitor Switch Utility

Hope this helps, fixed the problem for me.

Good Luck

Pete

EDIT: Sorry thought you had a Bamboo, might help others tho

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Old March 19th, 2009, 07:12 AM     #8 (permalink)
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Stopped by this thread while looking for a solution. Found a great one:

yohng.com' :: Wacom Bamboo Tablet Monitor Switch Utility

Hope this helps, fixed the problem for me.

Good Luck

Pete

EDIT: Sorry thought you had a Bamboo, might help others tho

great find! I guess I'll have to fork out for a wacom..
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Old March 24th, 2009, 07:51 AM     #9 (permalink)
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Hello!

I'd nearly forgotten about this thread, it's been so long!

To answer CutieBlossom - no, I've not fixed it, I'm afraid.

To KarmaKiller: the problem is that I want to use two monitors, with my desktop spread across them both, but restrict the graphics tablet to one of them. Otherwise the physical area of the tablet is representing two monitors side by side, so you only have HALF of the space to draw on.

I think perhaps you misunderstand my use of the wor tablet - I mean an input device with a pen, not a screen. Here it is: Direct Web Retail*::*Graphics Tablets*::*Aiptek 600U Slim Graphics Tablet Premium II

you've probably checked this, but just in case -

I bought a Genius tablet in the end, which AFAIK is the same as the aiptek tablet in different packaging. I'm using it on XP and in the control panel there is an icon called 'pen pad' with settings for the tablet. You can choose wether the tablet uses the whole screen, one monitor only, or a portion of the monitor...

maybe try a Genius driver for your tablet?

(not sure what might be different in Vista)
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Old March 25th, 2009, 05:45 PM     #10 (permalink)
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Hi I had a similar problem. I ended up buying a Wacom Intuos PTZ-431W. It works with both XP and Vista. It is able to work on either monitor or across both. I can certainly recommend this tablet. I now use it all the time.

Hope this helps.

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