Maybe OT – re Wacom tablets: Protective cover???

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Jun 1, 2006
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Hey, all.

Not sure if this is the best group for this, but I figure someone will have an opinion.

I just bought a Wacom 6×8 Intuos3 tablet.

Having a blast with it – but I’m curious if I should be using some kind of protective plastic over the pad surface… I do see little marks made by the stylus tip, even if I press lightly. I can wipe them clean, but I have to wonder if I should be putting something over the working surface to protect it from ‘wear’…?

Thanks!!

BD
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Mike Russell
Jun 1, 2006
From: "BD"

Not sure if this is the best group for this, but I figure someone will have an opinion.

I just bought a Wacom 6×8 Intuos3 tablet.

Having a blast with it – but I’m curious if I should be using some kind of protective plastic over the pad surface… I do see little marks made by the stylus tip, even if I press lightly. I can wipe them clean, but I have to wonder if I should be putting something over the working surface to protect it from ‘wear’…?

If your tablet is like mine, the pad surface is replaceable. It lasts a long time, so not to worry. The plastic tips last so long that I find it hard to keep track of the spares.
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avdree
Jun 1, 2006
I am using a Wacom ArtpadII since nov 1997, and no mouse anymore. Yes, you can see, if you look carefully, where I have been with my pen and also which part of the surface is used most.
So don’t worry!

A. van der Ree

"BD" wrote in message
Hey, all.

Not sure if this is the best group for this, but I figure someone will have an opinion.

I just bought a Wacom 6×8 Intuos3 tablet.

Having a blast with it – but I’m curious if I should be using some kind of protective plastic over the pad surface… I do see little marks made by the stylus tip, even if I press lightly. I can wipe them clean, but I have to wonder if I should be putting something over the working surface to protect it from ‘wear’…?

Thanks!!

BD
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edjh
Jun 1, 2006
BD wrote:
Hey, all.

Not sure if this is the best group for this, but I figure someone will have an opinion.

I just bought a Wacom 6×8 Intuos3 tablet.

Having a blast with it – but I’m curious if I should be using some kind of protective plastic over the pad surface… I do see little marks made by the stylus tip, even if I press lightly. I can wipe them clean, but I have to wonder if I should be putting something over the working surface to protect it from ‘wear’…?

Thanks!!

BD
I know a guy who actually managed to wear a big hole through the plastic cover of his ArtZ II. But yeah, not to worry. They last practically forever.

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BD
Jun 1, 2006
If your tablet is like mine, the pad surface is replaceable.

Right you are – it just lifts right off – and I found a link for replacement surfaces.

Righty-o, then – I’ll scribble and not worry!

Thanks!
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noone
Jun 1, 2006
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If your tablet is like mine, the pad surface is replaceable.

Right you are – it just lifts right off – and I found a link for replacement surfaces.

Righty-o, then – I’ll scribble and not worry!

Thanks!

BD,

If you have that URL handy, you might want to post it to this thread. Over the years there has been much discussion on replacement sheets, and it seems that Wacom did not offer them. I’m sure someone doing a Google.Groups search will appreciate that info at some point.

I’ve had an ArtZII since they were first introduced, and as others have stated, have never replaced its sheet (or even the nib on the pen) and I have done years of Painter and Photoshop work.

Hunt
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BD
Jun 1, 2006
If you have that URL handy, you might want to post it to this thread.

Here are a couple I found…

http://wacomdirect.wacom.com/wacomdirect/dept.asp?dept_id=20 0

http://www.gadgetpeople.co.nz/products.php?CA=Input-Other&am p;active=y&SCat=active

Googling for ‘wacom replacement sheet’ was all I did…
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BD
Jun 1, 2006
If you have that URL handy, you might want to post it to this thread.

Here’s the one I found last night…

http://www.coolgraphicstuff.com/store/index.php?cat=51
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noone
Jun 1, 2006
In article ,
says…
If you have that URL handy, you might want to post it to this thread.

Here are a couple I found…

http://wacomdirect.wacom.com/wacomdirect/dept.asp?dept_id=20 0
http://www.gadgetpeople.co.nz/products.php?CA=Input-Other&am p;active=y&SCat=
active
Googling for ‘wacom replacement sheet’ was all I did…

Excellent. Should someone need the data later, you have included it in the thread. With all the years of painting in masks and sketching in Painter, I have yet to damage any of my overlays, but it obviously does happen. When this qustion last arose, it seemed that Wacom did not offer the replacements, and no amount of searching turned up anything. There were several suggestions on how to "make" your own, but it’s nice to know that replacements do exist. Someone, sometime, somewhere will thank you,

Hunt

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