Dell Canvas Pen User Manual

Dell Canvas Pen

User's Guide

Notes, cautions, and warnings

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2017 - 08

Rev. A03

Contents

1 Canvas Pen.................................................................................................................................................... 4

2 Canvas Pen features......................................................................................................................................5

Nib holder............................................................................................................................................................................5

Nibs......................................................................................................................................................................................6

3 Installing software drivers.............................................................................................................................. 8

4 User interactions........................................................................................................................................... 9

5 Customizing the Pen....................................................................................................................................10

Button functions................................................................................................................................................................11

Calibrating the Pen display.............................................................................................................................................. 13

Associating the Pen and Touch inputs...........................................................................................................................14

Conguring Dell Canvas as the main display...........................................................................................................14

Using Dell Canvas as an extended display............................................................................................................... 14

Radial menu settings........................................................................................................................................................ 18

Pen and Windows ink settings........................................................................................................................................19

6 Replacing the Pen nib...................................................................................................................................21

7 Troubleshooting........................................................................................................................................... 23

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Canvas Pen

The Canvas Pen is designed for a highly precise and natural writing experience and can be used directly on the Dell Canvas screen. The Pen
uses electro-magnetic resonance (EMR) technology and gets activated when brought within the proximity of the Dell Canvas screen.

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4 Canvas Pen

Canvas Pen features

1 Pen 2 Top barrel button

3 Bottom barrel button 4 Pen tip—nib

For more information about customizing the settings for these features, see customizing the Pen.

Nib holder

The nib holder includes a nib removal tool and compartments to hold the nibs.

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Canvas Pen features 5

1 Cap of the nib holder 2 Nib removal tool

3 Nib holder 4 Base of the nib holder

Nibs

The Pen ships with a total of seven nibs. One hard nib is installed in the Pen. In addition, there are six nibs in the nib holder with two nibs
each of the type: hardest, medium hard, and soft.

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Canvas Pen features

1 Nib holder 2 B—Soft nib

3 H—Hard nib 4 HB—Medium nib

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