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10 x 14.6 x 0.5 inches

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2.2 pounds

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B001TUYTZW

Item model number

PTK640

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777 ratings

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Date First Available

March 25, 2009

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With a new design and features inspired by members of the professional creative community, Intuos4 redefines the pen tablet experience. Featuring Wacom's new pen tip sensor technology and 2,048 levels of pen pressure sensitivity, the Intuos4 pen captures the most subtle nuances of pressure, allowing you to dynamically adjust exposure, brush size, opacity and more. User-defined ExpressKeys activate frequently used shortcuts and modifiers, while the accompanying, illuminated ExpressKey displays on the medium, large and extra large models, provide a constant reminder of each key¿s function. The finger-sensitive Touch Ring quickly controls up to 4 different functions such as canvas rotation, zoom, scroll, brush size and more

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The medium Intuos4 tablet is the most popular and versatile choice among creative professionals. With 48.5 square inches of working area, this tablet provides ample workspace for most tablet users. The medium size is built with eight ExpressKeys and illuminated ExpressKey displays that provide easy reference to your assigned functions.

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ramonals

Factory Refurbished Intuso4 Small Pen Tablet Is Amazing!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 16, 2010

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Wacom Intuos4 Small Pen Tablet

I got a small taste of Wacom's Pen Tablets initially when I purchased a Wacom Graphire Tablet about 4 years ago. Last year I spilled coffee on my desk and lost my Graphire Tablet to coffee as a result.

I was upset about it because Graphires aren't even made anymore, it was my first tablet and I was comfortably happy with it and so I was nervous about buying something I was unfamiliar with again.

After researching heavily, I finally decided on buying the Wacom Intuos4 Small Pen Tablet. I bought it refurbished, crossing my fingers that I'd made the right choice. I started illustrating childrens books a while ago and my first pen tablet choice was a success. I had no idea what I was missing in my Graphire Tablets abilities until I received and started drawing with the Wacom Intuos4.

It was a snap to install after 2 little side steps. 1) The instruction disk doesn't start up on it's own on my Vista 32 Dell PC, and, 2) Once I clicked on the software 'Install' button, I made sure I followed the paper manuals instructions that directed me to NOT plug the Wacom Tablet into the USB port until AFTER the software is installed. The software during the software install process, the software prompts incorrectly too early in the process mentioning to what appears to be telling you to plug your tablet in during the install which is exactly the opposite of the paper manual instructions. That is the only software instruction that is incorrect at that particular time during the software installation process. Instead, after the software is installed, the PC needs to be rebooted. You can plug in the Tablet into the USB Port on your PC or Laptop either during the shutdown process or after the PC Reboots. When the PC restarts, the driver will be discovered and installed automatically. That is when to plug the Tablet into the USB port. I am explaining this in detail because I 'almost' plugged the tablet in when the install software 'recommends' it while installing the software. Just don't do it at that time. You will have trouble getting it to work properly if you decide to plug in the tablet during the software install.

Anyway, the good news is I followed the written directions in the manual and that is why it installed effortlessly for me. A reviewer here I think mentioned something about it too and I remembered that as well. Thank you reviewer for mentioning it. Stay with the written manual instructions for when to plug the tablet in and you'll be okay should you decide to go with this product.

Next, because there were 2 Amazon Ads for the same Intuos4 Small Pen Tablet but the Title wording was slightly different from one ad to the other and I didn't see the other more precise Title until after I purchased the tablet with the not so clear Title. This left an afterthought that I might not get the same package contents as the other refurbished one for the same price or that the one I selected was somehow inferior.

That made me a bit nervous as then I started thinking that I might only be getting the tablet itself with nothing else (not that I couldn't have remedied that by buying the pen kit available for this same tablet, but it also would have meant more money being put out).

Also, I didn't see that their was another more explicit ad Titled Intuos4 Small Pen Tablet with the full Model number until of course after I ordered and so I wasn't sure if this was the same as the one I had just ordered, even though they were the same price.

So I wrote The Factory Depot after looking up there many reviews and thinking things through a bit more. I had wrote them roughly 1 or 2 hours after I placed my order to see if I could still cancel my order, but they had already starting the shipping process! I thought that was a good sign, but I wrote one more email asking if I could exchange the one I ordered if it's not complete like the full Titled Ad was for the other same model and same priced tablet after I received my order. I went back to the tablet page I ordered from and when I paged down and found the content summary, descriptions and product and name matched up exactly, so I finally decided to simply wait out the tablets arrival.

In Minnesota it was 13 below zero the day FedEx left it on my doorstep with out knocking. When I found it that afternoon, everything outside and inside the box was very, very cold. I brought it in the house and took everything out and let it just sit to get warm. I didn't want to take any chance that condensation might have built up in the circuts. That evening about 8 hours later I installed the tablet.

When I finally did get the tablet installed, I remembered another reviewer I read somewhere on this page mentioned that you know you've installed the tablet correctly when the little tiny pretty blue light comes on top of the tablet. The light came on and I started feeling relief and thrilled.

I actually started feeling relieved and thrilled when I first pulled the package out of the box it was in. If I had recieved this as a gift from someone, I would have never, and I mean have never known that this was a refurbished product. Ever. The box was in perfect condition and no marks or scratches or blemishes were anywhere. When I opened up the box, everything was wrapped and unopened. It was new and pristine in every sense. No finger prints anywhere. Even the anti-static bag was new. I can't figure out how The Factory Depot refurbished this product because it is totally and perfectly new looking and performs and looks brand new also in every way.

In addition to the additional bonus software that comes with the purchase after you register this product at the Wacom website (it's free to download unless you select the DVD option to get your 'free' software for an additional $15 (approx.) for shipping and handling. I chose to buy the DVD with the 3 free software programs I selected from the Wacom site.

The biggest bonus though, was as an earlier graphire tablet user, I compared the old graphire pen tablet quality and performance to the output of the Intuos4 Pen Tablet as soon as I put the pen to the new tablet. I got so excited from the results, I couldn't harldy contain my joy or keep my elation to myself. I did a few little kid jumps and yelps (I'm a newly 55 year old with a fairly serious streak) and then kept experimenting with the new pen and tablet.

I used my Intuos4 with in GIMP, with in Photoshop 3, and just kept smiling. I love my magnificent, amazing and exciting pen tablet. I'd been hoping for something like this for the last 5 years. I didn't know anyone who had any pen tablets other that me, so I thought they were all the same as the Graphire in capability other that some were bigger, some had the PC illuminated on the tablet, etc. I had no idea of the vast differences in quality and performance could be so far apart.

I like it when I make the right choices. But ore important, and the only thing of importance now, is that I am going to be capable of so much more with this tool. I was a paper and pencil Illustrator, then became a Wacom Graphire Illustrator, until I took this major Intuos4 Graphic Pen Tablet leap.

I hope someday I will be able to get the very largest Intuos or Wacom's newest tablet model. I am a self made artist/illustrator and now I finally have the professional tools I've been hoping for. That I know will make my work much more enjoyable in so many more ways.

Now I get why all of these Intuos and Wacom loyalists are so loyal to Wacom. Wacom really does deserve it. They really know what an artist/illustrator/etc. needs and they succeeded in identifying those needs, and making them reality.

I received my Intuos4 the day before my birthday. It was my Bday present to myself. So I also want to thank The Factory Depot for making this experience so well worth the outcome and getting my Bday present to me a day early. You da-bomb and so is Wacom! Anyone thinking of getting the Intuos4 that are still using Graphires or Bamboos, if you can, I'd recommend getting a great factory refurbished Intuos4 at a great price through Amazon and The Factory Depot.

Also, a special thanks to the reviewers who helped in my research to finally decide on this new tablet set. I have illustrated 2 children's books (1 published and 1 in progress), and now I'm ready to scan in my paper/pencil drawings I did while I was researching what new tablet to get.

Going forward, I'll be able to skip the step of scanning in the paper drawings now, because the Intuos pen and nibs are so sensitive and natural, it's just like I'm illustrating on paper with a pencil or brush or pen.

I'll be able to get my artwork completed with greater ease now. That scanning and formatting was a very cumbersome process. With my new Intuos4 I format my page size first digitally now and just start drawing using my PC with the tablet and pen.

Thanks you kindly for putting so much thought into this product. I appreciate your work greatly.

Sincerely,
ramonals

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Great deal for the price.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 28, 2009

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First of all, I must say that the only tablet I have used before is the Wacom Intuos3, so I will be drawing my comparisons mainly between the Intuos3 and Intuos4. I understand that there are a multitude of tablets/digitizers in the market, such as Genie and *forgot the company's name*, but my review will mainly focus on Wacom's line of tablets. To start off, I must say that if you are considering a tablet, then you might want to first try the Wacom Bamboo/Bamboo Fun before shelling out hundreds for a Intuos.

Everything aside, I love my Intuos4, and I think it is definitely a worthy upgrade from Intuos3 (or any other tablets in general), especially if you spend hours everyday with a pen.

Intuos4, instead of the gray metallic look of the Intuos3, hosts a cool black matte finish with a high-gloss black side panel. It is a lot thinner than the intuos3, a much lower profile, and a 16:9 aspect ratio.

Since most of us have widescreen monitors, I think it is very thoughtful of Wacom to update the aspect ratio of the Intuos4, but be warned though; if you use a 4:3 monitor, you might experience problems with drawing ratios since the 16:9 active area will be 'squeezed' to fit into a 4:3 layout; what this means is that if you draw a tilted line on the tablet, the line will appear to be squeezed horizontally and stretched vertically on the 4:3 monitor. Of course, you can manually limit the active area in the Wacom configuration software, but that would force you to sacrifice a portion of working area, so take this into consideration when purchasing this tablet.

The biggest design change from the Intuos3 is the layout of the expresskeys. Because of the ambidextrous design, Wacom placed all the keys on one side of the tablet, so there are more keys available to the users. What I think is extremely thoughtful of Wacom is that for the Small tablet, it came with 2 USB tables, one tilted upwards and the other downwards, as to cater to both the left-handed and the right-handed configuration. Note, however, that the Small version of the Intuos4 does not have the OLED display to the right of the expresskeys, and instead of 8, you will only get 6 keys (but it is more than sufficient for me).

The problem I have with the expresskeys is that in the Intuos3, the keys are shaped differently, so that it is very easy to locate a specific key without having to constantly look down; however, for intuos4, since all the keys are shaped exactly the same, it is extremely easy activate the wrong key...this is especially the case with Intuos4 Small, since there is no visual indication as to what function each key is assigned to, making navigation difficult. I think Wacom should have made each of the keys more distinct tactilely[sic?], especially for the Small version. However, I think this should not be much of a problem after some time of getting use to (I only had it for a day).

The Touch Ring is what I think the biggest innovation in the Intuos4. The touchstrip was great, but you can only assign one function to the strip, but with the new touch ring, you can assign 4 different functions, switchable with the press of the central bottom. What this means is that you can assign Zoom/Rotate/Brush Size/Opacity/Flow/etc. all to a single touchring, which greatly boosts productivity, and makes the tablet more intuitive to use. This is especially true with the new 'Rotate' feature in Photoshop CS4, but I have noticed that there is a significant latency delay (lag) when invoking the rotate function with the touchring, but it may just be me.

The new rubberized grip pen also features the cool black finish akin to that of the tablet; the weight of the pen is almost perfect, and the rubber grip makes using the grip pen more comfortable than ever before, but the rubber grip also attracts dust and lint, so it may be subjected to constant cleaning. The pen supports 2048 levels of sensitivity, and since I have a light stroke, the penstrokes register a lot better with Intuos4. The rocker on the pen, however, has a very poor travel, and a bit awkward to use. But all in all, I prefer the Intuos4 grip pen over the Intuos3 version for its comfort and usability.

The new improved tablet surface is perhaps as close as you can get with real Pen-on-Paper experience with a digital tablet. Intuos3's surface is extremely 'slippery', and drawing on it feels like plastic-on-plastic; however, the Intuos4's surface makes me really feel like drawing on paper with almost perfect travel and traction. The different nibs offer different levels of friction, simulating different mediums. This concept was attempted in Intuos3, but I think Intuos4 has really perfected the formula, making drawing on the tablet feel almost the same as drawing on paper.

I don't usually talk about the pen-stand, but the pen stand for Intuos4 is definitely worthy mentioning. A high gloss black finish, the pen stand can be twisted open, revealing a nib storage compartment with slots to store 10 extra nibs (and a nib extractor). I used to lose track of my pen nibs all the time, but not anymore, so kudos to Wacom for their attention to details.

The tablet comes with a wide array of softwares (Photoshop Elements, Sketchpad, etc.) all available online to Intuos4 customers via Wacom's website (but you'll have to register your Intuos4 to receive the softwares); the driver installation is extremely easy (but I do recommend resetting your wacom profile in the Wacom Preference Utility and uninstall any old wacom driver(s) before installing the new one to prevent conflicts); it took me literally 15 minutes to set everything up and running under Vista, and no problems thus far.

The expresskey configuration, however, is a bit tedious, especially if you plan on using different presets for you applications. There are many great additions, such as the Radial Menu, which is, in short, a nice multi-command invoker; this, along with the additional expresskeys and the touch ring, would probably take some time to configure to your liking.

There has been complaints about Intuos3's poor Vista support (although I have had no problems with my Intuos3 under vista); according to other reviews, Wacom seems to have fixed most of the incompatibility problems with Intuos4.

Note that I have intentionally left out the Wacom mouse because I never was a fan of Wacom's mouses, so it is still sitting in my box...maybe I'll take it out and test it someday...

PROS
+ Cool black finish, matte frame extremely comfortable to rest hand on.
+ Ambidextrous design
+ More expresskeys
+ Touchring with 4 presets
+ 2048 Levels of sensitivity
+ 16:9 Aspect ratio (may not be a pro if you have a 4:3 design, see above)
+ Great drawing surface, feels like pen-on-paper.
+ Thinner, lighter than Intuos3
+ Great driver, vista support.
+ Improved customization software, many useful functions
+ Improved grip pen, comfortable to use
+ 10 replacement nibs (should last 2-5 years)
+ Innovating pen holder, serves as a storage for replacement nibs
+ Color rings to give the grip pen a different feel
+ Tons of extra softwares, great value.

CONS
- Expresskeys shaped the same, easy to press the wrong key
- Intuos4 Small does not have the OLED display
- Price
- Only 16:9 is offered
- The rocker on the grip pen has poor travel
- May not be the best choice if you prefer the smooth drawing surface of Intuos3
- A bit too big for a small tablet (compared to Intuos3 Small)
- High gloss side panel is a fingerprint magnet
- The rubber grip on the pen attracts dust and lint.
- Does not come with a travel sleeve (is this really too much to ask?)

All in all, Intuos4 boasts many notable upgrades from the previous Intuos3 line. If you have been holding off for a Intuos3, then this is perhaps the time for you to finally jump on the Intuos boat. Due to the size limitations, the Small Intuos4 lacks a few features available in the other models of the Intuos4 line (notably the OLED display, dual USB ports, etc.), but the price difference between the Small and the Medium ($199 vs $349) tablets does not seem to justify for the price jump (especially since I don't have the space to accommodate for a medium tablet).

Again, if this is your first time shopping for a tablet, then I would recommend trying out the Bamboo line of products before considering the Intuos.

I enjoy the Intuos4 tablet, and I would recommend it to any serious graphics designers/photographers/animators/etc. This is a worthy investment and you won't regret it.

Final Verdict: Wacom, you have done it again. ^^

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kimberly

Loved it & still works after 10 years

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 20, 2020

Size: LargeStyle: WiredVerified Purchase

Ive had this tablet for over 10 years and it still works.
The tablet itself is great,
My only complaint would be (and its not the tablet's fault necessarily) that it is too large for my workspace so working with it is cumbersome and it is heavy to carry around.
Also not easy to drag to places because it is so big, youd likely need a special bag for it because it may not fit in normal backpacks if you want to bring it to places safely.

I would recommend this product but in the medium size instead.

Otherwise, I had to change the USB cable often because I feel like the port on the side, and the way the cable itself is made doesnt offer much protection for it, but that's the only thing I ever needed to change on it.

Drew Kindred

Disapponted in performance and lack of WACCOM support

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 24, 2013

Size: MediumStyle: WirelessVerified Purchase

I am normally an adamant WACCOM fan, but this 'pen and tablet' has been a nightmare.

Have connected this with several differnet PCs to see if there is any improvemetn, but find it is over sensitive. I bring the pen tip within 1/2 inch from the tablet, and the cursor starts jumping all over he place. Sensitivity settings have no effect.
Numerous email requests for WACCOM support, have gone unanswered, entirely!
Extremely disappointed in WACCOM!

JT

LOVE IT!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 13, 2012

Size: MediumStyle: WirelessVerified Purchase

I dont use it that much but it is pretty good and i love that is bluetooh. the only "bad" thing to say anything... is that it doest come with the mouse... but pfffff who cares! I LOVE IT!

Ray Calabrese

Hand Eye Mismatch

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on February 23, 2016

Size: LargeStyle: WiredVerified Purchase

A lot of people can use this thing and do great things. I wasn't able to get the hang of drawing in one place and looking at another.

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Pressure Sensitivity	2048 Levels
Screen Size	13 Inches
Specific Uses For Product	Personal

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