7P Drawing tablets
  • Welcome
  • About TheSevenPens
    • My tablet setups
    • Drawing Tablet discord server
    • My drawing tablets
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Basics
    • Beginner's guide to drawing tablets
    • Learning digital art
    • Learning to use a drawing tablet
    • Get started with a drawing tablet
    • Use cases
      • Gaming with a drawing tablet
      • Making educational videos with a drawing tablet
      • Taking notes with drawing tablets
      • Using a drawing tablet as a mouse replacement
    • Contacting support
    • Drawing tablets vs mice
    • The drawing experience
    • Uninstalling tablet drivers
  • Buying a drawing tablet
    • Buying used drawing tablets
    • Inspecting a drawing tablet
    • Pen tablets vs pen displays
    • The case against pen computers
    • Buying a drawing tablet for osu!
    • Buying tips
    • How many pressure levels do you really need?
    • Choosing the right size for a drawing tablet
    • Switching from a pen tablet to a pen display
    • Buying a drawing tablet as a gift
  • Recommendations
    • Recommended drawing tablets for beginners
    • Dedicated note taking devices
    • Pen tablet recommendations
      • Small pen tablet recommendations
      • Medium pen tablet recommendations
      • Large pen tablet recommendations
    • Pen display recommendations
      • Small pen display recommendations
      • Medium pen display recommendations
      • Large pen display recommendations
    • Standalone drawing tablet recommendations
      • Pen computer recommendations
      • Pen-enabled mobile computers
      • Pen-enabled laptop recommendations
    • Comparisons
      • 7P: Drawing tablet tier list (December 2024)
      • 7P: Large pen tablets compared
      • 7P: 13" pen displays compared (2023)
      • 7P: 22" pen displays compared (2024)
  • Brands
    • Drawing tablet brands vs digitizers
    • 7P: Huion and XP-Pen
    • 7P: Xencelabs
    • 7P: Wacom
  • Core features
    • Active area
    • Active area size
    • Active area aspect ratio
    • Active area mapping
    • Erasing
    • Bezel
    • Pen tilt
    • Disable pen tilt
    • Tilt impact on pressure readings
    • Pen pressure
    • Pen pressure range comparison
    • Pen pressure dead zone
    • Pen pressure instability at low pressure
    • Pen pressure response
    • Pen pressure curve
      • Misc pressure curve notes
      • Pressure curves that constrain output
      • Null pressure curve
      • Implementing pressure curves
      • Pressure curves that ignore input
      • Pressure curve shape support in applications
    • Disable pen pressure
    • Pen hover
    • Pen tracking
    • Pen tilt compensation
    • Pen barrel rotation
    • Pen nib travel
    • Pen nib material
    • Lag
    • Pointer lag
    • Brush lag
    • Diagonal wobble
    • Surface texture
    • Auxiliary inputs
    • Absolute versus relative positioning
    • Mouse mode
    • Powering a pen
    • Powering a drawing tablet
  • Guides
    • Caring for your drawing tablet
      • Dealing with water damage
      • Cleaning a drawing tablet
      • Removing a nib
      • Removing a broken nib
      • Storing your pen
      • Surface wear on pen tablets
      • Scratches on pen tablets
      • Texture erosion on pen tablets
      • Surface wear on pen displays
      • False scratches
      • Removing and replacing the surface film on a pen display
      • Nib wear
      • Replacing a pen
    • Customizing your experience
      • Match aspect ratios with Force Proportions
      • Shrinking the active area
      • Using large pen tablets
      • Using extra-large pen tablets
      • Matching pen tablet size to monitor size
      • Active Area Mapping for pen tablets and widescreen monitors
      • Mirroring or extending your desktop to a pen display
      • Using a pen display as a pen tablet
      • Using metal nibs
      • Clamping wide-gamut displays to sRGB
      • Calibrate pen position on a pen display
      • Using a pen display as a monitor
      • Controlling the pen tip behavior
    • Connections and cabling
      • Connecting a pen display with a 3-in-1 cable
      • Connecting a pen tablet to a computer
      • Wireless connection
      • Motherboard HDMI vs GPU HDMI ports
      • Connecting a pen display to a computer
      • Connecting a pen display to a mobile device
      • Connecting a pen display with a single USB-C cable
      • Using 3rd-party cables with your drawing tablet
        • Cables I use to connect pen tablets
      • Connecting a pen to a drawing tablet
      • Recessed USB-C ports
      • Connecting a pen display to a USB-C port on a GPU
    • Drawing
      • Drawing smooth strokes
      • How a brush engine uses pen data
      • Configure smoothing in applications
      • Enable tilt for brushes
    • Pen displays
      • Etched glass vs film
      • Etched glass
      • Anti-glare film
      • Anti-glare sparkle
      • Lamination
      • Display resolution
      • Choosing the right display resolution for a pen display
      • Brightness
      • Parallax
      • Display connector types
      • Using HDMI splitters with pen displays
      • Using HDMI adapters with pen displays
        • VGA to HDMI adapters
        • DVI to HDMI adapters
        • USB-C to HDMI adapters
        • DisplayPort to HDMI adapters
      • Color tint on edges of display
      • Pen display refresh rate
      • USB-C DisplayPort alt mode
      • Dead pixels
      • Using an iPad with your computer as a pen display
    • Pens
      • Pen buttons
      • Pen compatibility with drawing tablets
      • Pen weight
      • Pen weight comparison
      • Pen teardowns
    • Drivers
      • OpenTabletDriver
        • Install OpenTabletDriver on Windows
        • Install OpenTabletDriver on MacOS
        • OpenTabletDriver application data directory
        • Uninstalling OpenTabletDriver on Windows
        • OpenTabletDriver usage notes
        • Smoothing with OpenTabletDriver
        • Pressure curves in OpenTabletDriver
        • Slimy Scylla
      • Using a drawing tablet without installing drivers
      • Tablet Driver Cleanup tool
      • Using older tablet drivers
      • Importing and Exporting tablet driver configurations
    • Advanced
      • Firmware
      • Tablet reports
      • PenTracker by Patrick Lauke
    • Ergonomics
      • Body posture when using drawing tablets
      • Handedness of drawing tablets
      • Using a drawing tablet in portrait mode
      • Rotating a drawing tablet
      • Using a drawing tablet on your lap
      • Noise
      • Using a drawing tablet in bed
      • Heat
    • Touch support
      • Tablets that support touch
    • General
      • Total cost of ownership (TCO)
      • Model names vs model numbers
      • Finding the model number of a drawing tablet
      • Using older drawing tablets
      • Electromagnetic Interference
      • Connecting a drawing tablet to an iPad or iPhone
      • Connecting a drawing tablet to an Android device
      • Testing Drawing Tablet Compatibility with Android devices
      • Connecting a drawing tablet to a Chromebook
      • Chromebook testing results
      • Connecting multiple drawing tablets at the same time
    • Linux
    • Windows
      • Using a drawing tablet on Windows
      • Windows on ARM
      • Windows PNP support for drawing tablets
      • Windows PNP driver compatibility testing
      • Disable ripple effect rings in Windows
      • Disable the press-and-hold ring in Windows
      • Windows 7 Tablet PC features
        • Disable Tablet PC features on Windows 7
        • Disable Tablet PC features on Windows 7 using the FixMyPen tool
      • Windows Ink
        • The history of Windows Ink
        • Configure Windows Ink for apps
        • Configuring Photoshop to NOT use Windows Ink
        • Configure Windows Ink in the tablet driver
    • Mini-PCs for digital art
      • 7P: Minisforum Neptune HX99G
    • Laptops for digital art
  • Applications
    • Apps for beginners
    • Apps for Android
    • Apps for iPad
    • List of apps
    • App tips
      • Show document canvas on another display
    • 7P: Recommended apps
  • Developers
    • Pen APIs
    • WinTab versus Windows Ink
    • 7P Tablet Tester
    • WinTab API
    • Force proportions simulator
  • Troubleshooting
    • Common problems with drawing tablets
    • Common drawing troubleshooting steps
    • Testing pressure in the tablet driver
    • Check if pen display shows HDMI video signal from other devices
    • Reset a drawing tablet
    • TSG: Low pressure drawing problems
    • TSG: Difficult to reach maximum pressure
    • Testing with Windows PNP drawing tablet drivers
    • TSG: pointer stuck in corner of screen
    • TSG: Drawing problems
    • TSG: Pen display shows NO SIGNAL message
    • TSG: Pen moving pointer on the wrong display
    • TSG: Pixel noise on display
    • TSG: No pressure while drawing
    • TSG: Random gaps in strokes
    • TSG: Dots at end of strokes
    • TSG: Dots at start of strokes
    • TSG: Pen draws while hovering
    • TSG: Hooks at start of strokes
    • TSG: shoelaces at end of strokes
    • TSG: Straight lines at start of stokes
    • TSG: Pen not drawing in vertical or horizontal bands
    • TSG: WiFi and Internet problems with drawing tablets
    • TSG: Tablet driver does not detect tablet
    • TSG: computer does not detect display
    • TSG: driver no longer supports a drawing tablet
    • TSG: no sound after plugging in drawing tablet
    • TSG: Pen display doesn't show anything
    • TSG: Not enough HDMI ports
    • TSG: Insects in a pen display
    • TSG: Pen acting like a mouse
    • TSG: Pen display turns on and off constantly
    • TSG: computer detects drawing tablet as a keyboard
  • Product links
    • Apple
      • Apple iPad
      • Apple Pencil
      • Connecting an iPad to a computer as a drawing tablet
      • 7P: Apple iPad
      • 7P: Apple iPad versus drawing tablets
      • 7P: Apple iPad versus Samsung Galaxy Tab S
      • 7P: How I use iPads
      • 7P: M3 MacBook Pro
    • Artisul
    • ASUS
      • ASUS Pro Art Pen Display
    • CalDigit
      • 7P: CalDigit USB-C to HDMI 2.1 adapter
      • 7P: CalDigit TS4 Thunderbolt Dock
    • Dell
      • Dell Canvas 27
    • Gaomon
      • Gaomon Pen Tablet
      • Gaomon Pro Pen Tablet
      • Gaomon Pen Display
      • Gaomon Pro Pen Display
    • Huion
      • Huion Kamvas Pro
        • 7P: Huion Kamvas Pro 19 (GT1902)
        • 7P: Huion Kamvas Pro 16 Plus 4K (GT1562)
        • 7P: Huion Kamvas Pro 24 4K (GT2401)
      • Huion Kamvas Studio
      • Huion Kamvas Slate
      • Huion Kamvas
        • 7P: Huion Kamvas 13 GEN3 (GS1333)
        • 7P: Huion Kamvas 16 2021 (GS1562)
        • 7P: Huion Kamvas 13 (GS1331)
        • 7P: Huion Kamvas 22 Plus (GS2202)
        • 7P: Huion Kamvas 16 GEN3 (GS1563)
      • Huion Inspiroy R-series
        • 7P: Huion Inspiroy RTP-700
      • Inspiroy Dial
        • 7P: Huion Inspiroy Dial 2 (Q630M)
      • Huion Inspiroy Frego
        • 7P: Huion Inspiroy Frego M (L610)
      • Huion Inspiroy
        • 7P: Huion Inspiroy Giano (G930L)
        • 7P: Huion Inspiroy HS611
        • 7P: Huion Inspiroy WH1409V2
      • Huion KeyDial
      • Huion pens
        • Huion PenTech
        • 7P: Huion PW500 pen
        • 7P: Huion PW517 pen
        • 7P: Huion PW550 series pens
        • 7P: Huion PW600 series pens
        • 7P: Huion PW507 pen
      • Huion Inspiroy 2
        • 7P: Huion Inspiroy 2 L (H1061P)
    • Microsoft
      • Microsoft Surface Pro
        • 7P: Microsoft Surface Pro 8
    • OnePlus
      • OnePlus Pad
    • Samsung
      • Samsung Galaxy Tab S series
      • 7P: Samsung Galaxy Tab S series
      • 7P: Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE
      • 7P: Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra
      • 7P: Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 lite (2022 edition)
      • Samsung Galaxy Tab A
      • Samsung Galaxy Book 360
      • Samsung Galaxy Tab S6
      • Samsung Galaxy Tab S7
      • Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
      • Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
      • Samsung S Pen
        • 7P: Samsung S Pen
    • Wacom
      • 7P: Comparison of Wacom pen tablets
      • Wacom model number format
      • Wacom One vs One by Wacom
      • Wacom tablet list
      • One by Wacom
        • 7P: One by Wacom (CTL-x72)
      • Wacom Intuos Pro 2025 series (PTK-x70)
        • 7P: Wacom Intuos Pro 2025 (PTK-x70)
      • Wacom Intuos Pro 2017 series (PTH-x60)
        • 7P: Wacom Intuos Pro 2017 Medium (PTH-660)
        • 7P: Wacom Intuos Pro 2017 (PTH-x60)
      • Wacom Intuos Pro 2013 series (PTH-x51)
      • Wacom Intuos 5
      • Wacom Intuos 4
        • 7P: Wacom Intuos 4 XL (PTK-1240)
      • Wacom Intuos 3
      • Wacom Intuos 2
      • Wacom Intuos
      • Wacom Cintiq
        • 7P: Wacom Cintiq 22 (DTK-2260)
      • Wacom Cintiq Pro
        • 7P: Wacom Cintiq Pro 16 (DTH-167)
        • 7P: Cintiq Pro 24 (DTx-2420)
        • 7P: Wacom Cintiq Pro 27 (DTH-271)
        • 7P: Wacom Cintiq Pro 22 (DTH-227)
      • Wacom Movink
        • 7P: Wacom Movink 13 (DTH-135)
      • Wacom One 2019 GEN1
        • 7P: Wacom One 2019 GEN1 (DTC-133)
      • Wacom One 2023 GEN2
        • 7P: Wacom One 2023 GEN2 pen displays
        • 7P: Wacom One 2023 pen tablets
      • Wacom accessories
        • 7P: Wacom Converter (ACK45219Z)
        • Wacom texture sheets
        • Wacom pens
          • 7P: Pro Pen 2 (KP-504E)
          • 7P: Wacom 2K Pen (LP-190K)
          • 7P: Wacom One 2019 GEN1 Pen (CP-913)
          • 7P: Wacom One 2023 Pen (CP-923)
          • 7P: Wacom Pro Pen 3 (ACP-500)
          • 7P: Wacom Intuos 2 Airbrush pen (XP-400E)
        • Wacom pen compatibility
    • Xencelabs
      • Xencelabs Quick Keys
      • 7P: Xencelabs Pen Tablet Medium (BPH1212W-A)
      • 7P: Xencelabs Pen Display 16 (LPH1612U-A)
      • 7P: Xencelabs V2 pens
      • 7P: Xencelabs Mobile Easel
      • 7P: Xencelabs Pen Display 24 (LPH2412U-A)
    • XP-Pen
      • XP-Pen Magic Note Pad (MNP1095)
      • XP-Pen Magic Drawing Pad
      • XP-Pen Artist
        • 7P: XP-Pen Artist 22 Plus (MD220FH)
      • XP-Pen Artist GEN2
        • 7P: XP-Pen Artist 12 Gen2 (CD120FH)
        • 7P: XP-Pen Artist 13 GEN2 (CD130FH)
        • 7P: XP-Pen Artist 16 GEN2 (CD160FH)
      • XP-Pen Artist Pro
      • XP-Pen Artist Pro GEN2
        • 7P: XP-Pen Artist Pro 22 GEN2 (MD220QH)
        • 7P: XP-Pen Artist Pro 19 GEN2 (MD180UH)
        • 7P : XP-Pen Artist Pro 16 GEN2 (MD160QH)
      • XP-Pen Shortcut Remote
      • XP-Pen Deco
        • 7P: XP-Pen Deco LW (IT1060B)
      • XP-Pen Deco Pro GEN2
        • 7P: XP-Pen Deco Pro XLW GEN2 (MT1592B)
      • XP-Pen Innovator
      • XP-Pen protective sheets
      • XP-Pen pens
        • 7P: XP-Pen X3 Pro pens
        • 7P: XP-Pen X3 Elite pen
      • XP-Pen ACS15 Ergo Stand
    • Ugee
  • Application links
    • MyPaint
    • Adobe Photoshop
      • 7P: Adobe Photoshop
    • ArtRage
    • Affinity Photo
      • 7P: Affinity Photo
    • Autodesk Maya
    • Blender
    • Clip Studio Paint
      • 7P: Clip Studio Paint
    • Concepts app
    • FireAlpaca
    • Freeform
    • Fresco
    • HEAVYPAINT
    • HiPaint
    • Ibis Paint
    • Infinite Painter
    • Inkscape
    • Kleki
    • Krita
      • 7P: Krita
    • Medibang Paint
    • Medibang Pro
    • Microsoft Whiteboard
    • Microsoft PowerPoint
    • Microsoft OneNote
    • Microsoft Paint
    • Painter
    • Paintstorm Studio
    • PaintTool Sai
    • Photoshop
    • Procreate
      • 7P: Procreate
    • Rebelle
    • Samsung Notes
    • ZoomIt
    • Feather 3D
  • Accessories
    • Screen cleaning sprays
    • Monitor arms
      • 7P: Ergotron monitor arms
    • Cables
      • 7P: CableMatters Thunderbolt 3 cable
    • Cable adapters
    • Drawing gloves
    • Extension cables
    • Keyboards
    • Auxiliary input devices
      • TourBox
        • 7P: TourBox
      • 8bitdo controller
      • Clip Studio Tabmate
    • Pen grips
    • Protective cases
    • Surface protectors
      • Foxbox covers
      • Photodon screen protectors
      • ePlastic polycarbonate sheets (velvet lexan)
      • Paperlike for iPad
    • Stands
      • 7P: VIVO Pneumatic Arm Monitor Desk Stand (STAND-V100R)
      • Parblo PR-100 stand
        • 7P: Parblo PR-100 Stand
      • XP-Pen AC41/AC42 stands
      • XOOT Stand
      • iPad stands
  • Resources
    • Drawing tablet community
    • Kuuube
      • Kuuube's Wacom tablet mastersheet
      • Kuuube's tablet buying guide
      • Kuuube's Wacom pen compatibility mastersheet
    • YouTube channels
    • Subreddits for drawing tablets
    • Koneko_w
    • Project Patchouli
  • Process
    • Pressure range data
    • Measuring hover height
    • Measuring pressure
    • Measuring display sharpness
    • Measuring report rate
    • Measuring diagonal wobble
    • Diagonal wobble samples
    • Perfect pressure sensitive lines
    • Tablet evaluation
    • Microscope
  • Reference
    • Resolution info
    • Aspect ratio math
    • Standard paper sizes
  • Technology
    • Display panel technology
    • VESA
    • Wacom patents
    • AES
    • Apple Pencil tech
    • EMR
      • EMR technical resources
      • EMR position detection
      • EMR pressure detection
      • Active EMR vs Passive EMR
      • EMR tilt detection
      • The realities of building your own EMR pen
    • MPP
    • Digital pen tech
    • Wacom UD EMR
      • Pens that support UD EMR 2nd gen
      • Tablets that support UD EMR 2nd gen
    • USI
  • Misc
    • Circuit simulations
    • History of drawing tablets
      • Preface
      • Chapter 1: Antiquity
      • Chapter 2: Terms
      • Appendix: Timeline
      • Appendix: Other histories
      • Appendix: References
    • Mobile computer recommendations
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  • Overview
  • Find out the tablet's model number
  • Identify how to contact support
  • Read the user manual
  • Don't drop the pen
  • Keep the box safe
  • Verify the box contains what it should
  • Prepare for replacing your pen
  • Install the tablet driver
  • Connect the tablet
  • The NO SIGNAL problem with pen displays
  • How the pen & tablet work with the computer
  • Learn what the active area is (aka "Working Area")
  • Pen tablets: map the Active Area to a single display
  • Pen displays: map the Active Area to your pen tablet if needed
  • Pen tablets: Enable Force Proportions to match aspect ratios between the active area and your display
  • Windows
  • Apps
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  1. Basics

Get started with a drawing tablet

Last updated 2 days ago

Overview

If you just acquired a drawing tablet and want to start using it, this guide will lead you through the basics.

I suggest you first read

If you don't have a drawing tablet, then try this .

Find out the tablet's model number

  • Make sure you know the model number of the tablet. This will help you in many ways later. More here: .

Identify how to contact support

  • The vast majority of time everything "just works" but you may need help or a question answered by customer support. So, Make sure you know how to for your tablet manufacturer

Read the user manual

  • Most questions you have will be answered already in the user manual.

  • You will spare yourself a lot of frustration if you read it first.

  • You don't need to even open the box. You can download the manual from the manufacturer website.

  • The most important thing to understand in the user manual is how the tablet physically connects to your computer. This is especially important if you have a pen display (screen tablet).

Don't drop the pen

  • If drop the pen to the floor, usually it will be unharmed.

  • When you are not using it make sure its stored in such a way it doesn't fall off your desk.

  • HOWEVER, sometimes a pen seems to hit just right and the fall can damage the pen.

Keep the box safe

  • You may need to return or transport the tablet, the original box is the best way of doing thus.

Verify the box contains what it should

The box will usually list everything that is supposed to be inside it. If you can't see it there look for it in the user manual, or the manufacturer website.

Then verify that box contains everything that is expected.

99.9999% if of the time it will have everything is supposed to have. But every now and then you might encounter a box that is missing a cable.

Prepare for replacing your pen

The pen has somewhat delicate parts inside and is the most likely thing you will break. If you lose or damage your pen, there are some things you need to know:

  • Pens are surprisingly expensive to replace.

    • Some pens cost half the cost of the tablet

    • Some pens (especially Wacom Pro pens) are more expensive than the tablets of other brands.

Install the tablet driver

  • You need the tablet driver installed for the tablet to work correctly.

  • You can go to the manufacturer site and download the driver and install now before your tablet even arrives.

  • If the tablet driver is installed, when you connect the tablet with USB cable the driver will just detect the tablet and the pen will work as soon as it comes close to the tablet (about 10mm)

  • The drivers install an app you can use to configure the driver. The apps have different names depending on your tablet brand

Connect the tablet

  • Pen tablet - There will be a simple USB cord. These days the cords are all USB-C cords.

    • Some pen tablets ALSO support wireless connection. For now ignore wireless. It just adds more complication. Get it working with a cable first. Once everything is working, then try wireless.

The NO SIGNAL problem with pen displays

How the pen & tablet work with the computer

  • If the pen is in range (about 10mm) of the tablet or touching the tablet , then moving the pen will move the mouse pointer.

    • If the pen is not touching the tablet, it will be like your are not pressing down any mouse buttons

    • if the pen is touching the tablet, it will be like you are holding down the left mouse button

  • In drawing apps which are pen aware can take advantage of other features like pressure and tilt.

  • If you are using a drawing program, You don't need to hold down any button for it to draw, just put touch the pen to the tablet.

Learn what the active area is (aka "Working Area")

  • The active area on the tablet is the region of the tablet that is sensitive to the pen.

    • Wacom calls this the "Active Area" in their docs. In their driver, it is called "Mapping"

    • Huion calls this the "Working Area"

    • I will always call it the "active area" because that is the oldest term for it.

  • Go into the driver and and find the active area and get familiar with what it looks like. It's one of the most common things you'll need to adjust.

Pen tablets: map the Active Area to a single display

  • This step is needed for pen tablets (the ones without a screen)

  • The active area can be mapped to one of your displays or multiple displays.

  • By default, they are often mapped to multiple displays.

  • For now, map the active area to a single display.

  • If you want to use both displays, later on you can configure a "display toggle" feature that lets you switch between displays by pressing a button on the pen or the tablet.

Pen displays: map the Active Area to your pen tablet if needed

  • With a pen tablet, the active area should be mapped to the screen of your tablet.

  • Sometimes however, drivers get confused and they initially map the active area to some other display that your have. When this happens you will move the pen on your tablet but you'll see the mouse pointer move on a different display.

Pen tablets: Enable Force Proportions to match aspect ratios between the active area and your display

  • This step is very important for pen tablets (the ones without a screen). You don't have to do this for pen displays.

  • If you don't do this there will be a distortion as you draw - in other words tracing out a perfect circle on the tablet will draw an oval on the screen.

Windows

Apps

First drawing tablets are generally only compatible with the pen they came with or a small number of pens. So note down the model number of the pen. You will need this to get a replacement. More here:

More here:

Pen display - There are several options. See

If you encounter a "NO SIGNAL" message, follow these troubleshooting steps:

Once the tablet driver is installed and the tablet is connected it will detect the pen. It will treat the pen just like a mouse. (except a mouse uses relative positioning and the pen uses absolute positioning. more here: )

More here:

This is VERY easy to solve:

Explanation and instructions here: .

Perform this configuration:

Krita - I highly recommend you Install . It is a FREE and good drawing app. Eve if you are not going to draw anything, it is useful for testing and troubleshooting.

Kleki - is a FREE web-based app that is very simple. It's ideal I think for something for kids to start with before they try something complicated like Krita.

Clip Studio Paint - I draw a lot of illustrations so I pay for a subscription to .

Photopea () is a web-based Photoshop-like app. It is very good and also has a free tier.

- this is THE drawing app to get if you are drawing on an iPad.

- this is the equivalent of Procreate, but for Android devices.

Other applications - Look here to find a large number of applications to explore:

the beginner's guide
detailed buying guide
Finding the model number of a drawing tablet
contact support
Pen compatibility with drawing tablets
drivers
connecting a pen display
Troubleshoot the NO SIGNAL problem
Absolute versus relative positioning
Active Area
Troubleshoot pen moving pointer on the wrong display
Matching aspect ratios with Force Proportions
Disable the press-and-hold ring in Windows
Krita
Kleki
Clip Studio Paint
https://www.photopea.com/
Procreate
Infinite Painter
applications