TSG: Pen skipping vertical or horizontal bands

Overview

This will manifest as vertical or horizontal bands that the pen seems to ignore. These bands will extend across the full active area of the tablet.

Examples

Then missing horizontal bands will look like this:

And missing vertical bands will look like this:

Causes

  • Usually it seems to be a hardware issue with the digitizer in the tablet.

  • It might also be caused by electromagnetic interference

Things to try

Again, this is usually a hardware issue that cannot be fixed. But it is worth trying some of these steps just in case they might help.

  • Restart computer

  • Reinstall driver

  • Test tablet with another computer

  • Check if it happens with multiple applications

  • Check if it happens in the pressure test region of the tablet driver

  • If the problem persists, contact support: Contacting support.

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