Wacom One 2023 Pen (CP-923) notes

Overview

Wacom introduced this pen in 2023. It is a terrible pen. Because of of how it handles pressure. I prefer using the Wacom One Pen 2019 GEN1 (CP-913) instead.

Officially the name of the CP-923 pen is "Wacom One Standard Pen" but that name is confusing so I will call it one of the following names:

  • Wacom One Pen GEN2 pen

  • Wacom One 2023 pen

  • CP-923 pen

The Old Wacom One Pen (CP-913)

Below is the old Wacom One Pen (CP-913). It is better than the CP-913. It only has one button but the pressure handling is a bit better.

Pen support

  • All the Wacom One (Gen 2) tablets are compatible with the new Wacom One Pen (Gen 2).

  • This is good. It eliminates a huge source of confusion around pen compatibility.

Pen evolution

  • One by Wacom (CTL-472, CTL-672) -> Wacom Pen 2K (LP-190K)

  • Intuos (CTL-4100*, CTL-6100*) -> Wacom Pen 4K (LP-1100K)

  • Wacom One Pen (Gen 1) -> CP91300B2Z

  • Wacom One Pen (Gen 2) -> CP92303B2Z

Pressure levels

This pen supports 4096 levels of pressure. Same as the CP-913 pen. As a reminder, all you really need are 2048 pressure levels and it is the pressure range that is more important.

Number of pen buttons

  • CP-923 -> 2 buttons

  • CP-913 -> 1 button

Tilt

  • CP-923 -> supports tilt

  • CP-913 -> does not support tilt

Compatibility

Backwards compatibility

Wacom lists these tablets as compatible with the CP-923

  • Wacom One 12 (DTC-121)

  • Wacom One 13 touch (DTH-134)

  • Wacom One S (CTC-4110WL)

  • Wacom One M (CTC-6110WL)

  • Wacom One 2019 (DTC-133)

Note on backwards compatibility with the DTC-133

I tested 3 units of the CP-923 it it works with the DTC-133.

  • Note: the CP-923 pen has two buttons, however the Wacom Driver only lets you use 1 button with the DTC-133.

Forwards compatibility

  • The old pen (CP-913) does work with new new Wacom One 2023 GEN2 tablets

Samsung Galaxy S compatibility

  • I confirmed both pens (CP-913, CP-923) work with the Samsung Galaxy S8 Ultra.

  • I confirmed that the Samsung S Pen works with both the Wacom One 2019 GEN1 tablet and the Wacom One 2023 GEN2 tablets

Serious Pressure problems

Pressure response

Max Pressure

RAND
PEN
INVENTORY
PHYSICAL
LOGICAL

WACOM

CP-923

WA0009

285.1gf

99.90%

WACOM

CP-923

WA0010

219.4gf

99.90%

WACOM

CP-923

WA0011

267.4gf

99.90%

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