How to Update Device Drivers Quickly & Easily
Tech Tip: Updating drivers manually requires some computer skills and patience. A faster and easier option is to use the Driver Update Utility for Wacom to scan your system for free. The utility tells you which specific drivers are out-of-date for all of your devices.
Step 1 - Download Your Driver
To get the latest driver, including Windows 10 drivers, you can choose from a list of most popular Wacom downloads. Click the download button next to the matching model name. After you complete your download, move on to Step 2.
If your driver is not listed and you know the model name or number of your Wacom device, you can use it to search our driver archive for your Wacom device model. Simply type the model name and/or number into the search box and click the Search button. You may see different versions in the results. Choose the best match for your PC and operating system.
In order to use your Wacom product properly with your computer, download and install a Windows or Mac driver from the list below. Select a support type & product. It is highly recommended to always use the most recent driver version available. Try to set a system restore point before installing a device driver.
If you don’t know the model name or number, you can start to narrow your search down by choosing which category of Wacom device you have (such as Printer, Scanner, Video, Network, etc.). Start by selecting the correct category from our list of Wacom Device Drivers by Category.
Need more help finding the right driver? You can request a driver and we will find it for you. We employ a team from around the world. They add hundreds of new drivers to our site every day.
Tech Tip: If you are having trouble deciding which is the right driver, try the Driver Update Utility for Wacom. It is a software utility that will find the right driver for you - automatically.
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Wacom updates their drivers regularly. To get the latest Windows 10 driver, you may need to go to Wacom website to find the driver for to your specific Windows version and device model.
Step 2 - Install Your Driver
After you download your new driver, then you have to install it. To install a driver in Windows, you will need to use a built-in utility called Device Manager. It allows you to see all of the devices recognized by your system, and the drivers associated with them.
How to Open Device Manager
In Windows 8.1 & Windows 10, right-click the Start menu and select Device Manager
In Windows 8, swipe up from the bottom, or right-click anywhere on the desktop and choose 'All Apps' -> swipe or scroll right and choose 'Control Panel' (under Windows System section) -> Hardware and Sound -> Device Manager
In Windows 7, click Start -> Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Device Manager
In Windows Vista, click Start -> Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Device Manager
In Windows XP, click Start -> Control Panel -> Performance and Maintenance -> System -> Hardware tab -> Device Manager button
How to Install drivers using Device Manager
Locate the device and model that is having the issue and double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
Select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button and follow the instructions.
In most cases, you will need to reboot your computer in order for the driver update to take effect.
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Tech Tip: Driver downloads and updates come in a variety of file formats with different file extensions. For example, you may have downloaded an EXE, INF, ZIP, or SYS file. Each file type has a slighty different installation procedure to follow.
If you are having trouble installing your driver, you should use the Driver Update Utility for Wacom. It is a software utility that automatically finds, downloads and installs the right driver for your system. You can even backup your drivers before making any changes, and revert back in case there were any problems.
Try it now to safely update all of your drivers in just a few clicks. Once you download and run the utility, it will scan for out-of-date or missing drivers:
When the scan is complete, the driver update utility will display a results page showing which drivers are missing or out-of-date. You can update individual drivers, or all of the necessary drivers with one click.
For more help, visit our Driver Support Page for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.
Wacom is showing attendees of this week's Seybold Seminars conference and trade show in Boston, Mass. its full line of input devices. The company makes pen and tablet products for the Mac and PC that are popular with many graphic designers and artists.
Mac OS X status update
Although the company isn't making any new product announcements at this show, a company spokesman did bring MacCentral up to speed with Wacom's efforts to support Apple's new Mac OS X. Currently, none of its products work with the new operating system.
According to company representative Burt Holmes, Wacom is still on track to release a Mac OS X beta driver sometime in June. The company first confirmed efforts to support OS X back in late March. They have a team of engineers working on what's needed to get the tablets working with Mac OS X now.
It's a sizeable feat. Mac OS X, which uses a fundamentally different system architecture than previous versions of the operating system, requires very different drivers to support input devices like Wacom's products. And although Wacom has been working on OS X support since last summer, some of the necessary functionality to support the product is simply missing from this version of the operating system.
The good news, said Holmes, is that Wacom plans a fairly short beta test. The company hopes at this point to be able to provide finished OS X drivers for its tablets at this summer's Macworld Expo event in New York City. Wacom plans to release drivers for USB-based versions of the Intuos, Graphire, PenPartner and PL products.
Wacom to offer Eye-One for color calibration
Wacom's big news at Seybold is its strategic alliance with GretagMacbeth, which introduced a color management product earlier this week called the Eye-One. Wacom is showing the Eye-One in use with its own PL500 tablet, which combines a pressure-sensitive pen with a 15-inch, 24-bit color LCD flat panel display. The ability to draw directly on the display is more intuitive for visual artists, Wacom says -- but up until now trying to get accurate color calibration has been an expensive endeavor, often costing as much as the PL500 itself (which retails for about US$4,000).
The Eye-One is a spectrophotometer that costs about $600. It can read all types of monitors, including flat panel displays, said Holmes, and works great with the PL500. Using the Eye-One, you can get the exact measurement of a screen color, calibrate the PL500, and create a color palette to help assure accurate color reproduction.
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Wacom doesn't plan any special bundle deals combining the PL500 and the Eye-One together, but will be selling it on its Web site to users who want to be able to calibrate their PL500s.
This story, 'Seybold: Wacom updates OS X driver status, more' was originally published by PCWorld.