() is a Japanese company headquartered in Kazo, Saitama, Japan, that specializes in manufacturing graphics tablets and related products.

Headquarters locations

The main headquarters are located in Kazo, Saitama, Japan. Its office in the USA is currently located in the Pearl District of

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. The European headquarters is located in the Media Harbour in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Functionality

Wacom tablet functionality was used in the screen of the Compaq Concerto computer in 1992, making it an early

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. In 1991, Wacom chips were used in the Samsung Penmaster tablet computer which was also sold as the GridPad SL by Grid Systems. The Penmaster had an early precursor to

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S Pen.

Intuos

2018 models feature 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity and a resolution of 2540 lines per inch. In the Americas and Europe, four models are available in 2018: Intuos Draw, Intuos Art, Intuos Photo, and Intuos Comic.

Accessories

Wacom's Wireless Accessory Kit is a USB

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and adapter which allows all Intuos tablet Models connect to a computer wirelessly. This kit is compatible with certain models. The

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Wacom Project produced drivers for Linux/X11.

Durability

Several Wacom models, including the Intuos4 and Bamboo, were criticized for the drawing surface's roughness, which caused the small pressure-sensitive 'nib' to wear down, and become slanted or scratchy. The Intuos4 surface sheet was revised in October 2010 to reduce nib wear.

Drivers

In 2011 Thinkyhead published a free driver called TabletMagic. It is an

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driver for discontinued serial Wacom tablets for use on modern Apple Macintosh computers running macOS.

Technology

Wacom tablets use patented electromagnetic resonance technology called Electro Magnetic Resonance.

References

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