TSG: Pen not drawing in vertical or horizontal bands

Overview

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

Examples

If normal strokes look like this:

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.

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