Sony's new 13.3" digital paper DPTRP1 released - Page 53

JoeS · 08-24-2017, 09:36 PM

Just did the pen calibration and did some writing. Having used Wacom, NTrig, and Apple Pencil before, my DPT-RP1 pen seems to have a pretty high IAF (initial activation force). Do others feel like they need to press pretty hard? I'm almost afraid I'll scratch the screen.

In positive news, I love how light this thing is, just awesome!

digiflash · 08-25-2017, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeS

o others feel like they need to press pretty hard? I'm almost afraid I'll scratch the screen.

No. Just slight pressure. Fluent writing without any exhausting movements

JoeS · 08-25-2017, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by digiflash

No. Just slight pressure. Fluent writing without any exhausting movements

Thanks for the response. I changed the tip to one of the plastic black ones, and it seems better. I still find that the full weight of the pen when holding it vertical itself is not enough to draw a line, I get sort of a dashed line that way. But with the new tip at least I can write comfortably as if I'm writing on paper.

JoeS · 08-25-2017, 12:45 PM

Apologies for the post overdose here, but I just got the device so it's all new.

Just had my first hiccup: I installed the digital paper app on a second machine (Win10 Pro x64), but when I plug in the DPT and the 'pairing' dialog appears, nothing else happens. I'm not asked to install a certificate, and the pairing dialog simply disappears with no error message. I've seen other mention that closing all apps in their system tray helped, but so far no luck here. Does anyone have any tips?

JS_F · 08-25-2017, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeS

Apologies for the post overdose here, but I just got the device so it's all new.

Just had my first hiccup: I installed the digital paper app on a second machine (Win10 Pro x64), but when I plug in the DPT and the 'pairing' dialog appears, nothing else happens. I'm not asked to install a certificate, and the pairing dialog simply disappears with no error message. I've seen other mention that closing all apps in their system tray helped, but so far no luck here. Does anyone have any tips?

Did you close the firewall & anti-virus software?

JS_F · 08-25-2017, 01:14 PM

I can pair the device with Digital Paper App. But the device can't connect Digital Paper App via wifi on both my and my friend' win10 64-bit laptops. Strangely, I found that I could use connect digital paper app via wifi on my girlfriend's Macbook. I'm not sure is Digital Paper App buggy on windows or is the problem with the device.

JoeS · 08-25-2017, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by JS_F

Did you close the firewall & anti-virus software?

I paused Windows Defender, but I didn't disable the firewall. It did pair fine on my Surface Pro 4, which as far as I know has the same firewall settings. I might give it a shot.

As an aside, I am not using the included USB cable, but I tried two different ones with the same result, so I doubt it's the cable.

JS_F · 08-26-2017, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by JoeS

I paused Windows Defender, but I didn't disable the firewall. It did pair fine on my Surface Pro 4, which as far as I know has the same firewall settings. I might give it a shot.

As an aside, I am not using the included USB cable, but I tried two different ones with the same result, so I doubt it's the cable.

Can you connect your digital paper and digital paper app via wifi on your surface pro4?

JoeS · 08-26-2017, 10:03 AM

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Can you connect your digital paper and digital paper app via wifi on your surface pro4?

It took me a while, but I was able to. In the process the DPT helped me spot a security problem with my network!

Turns out for years I had my home wifi set up with the less secure (wildly vulnerable?) WPA-AES, which the DP App refuses to even display. That's not helpful by the way, the app should at least show the networks in a list "unsupported networks" along with tips on how to secure those.

Once I changed my home network to the more secure WPA2-AES protocol, the networked showed up and I could connect the DPT.

So thanks for the suggestion, now how would I use this new connectivity option to pair the DPT to my second Win10 computer? I'd be OK with just a bluetooth or wifi connection to the second system, just for being able to use 'print to DPT'.

JoeS · 08-27-2017, 10:25 PM

Still not able to connect my DPT to my second PC, but other than that I've been enjoying the device.

One thing that wasn't clear to me originally is how annotations and highlights would look when synced back to the PC. Turns out the default blue annotation is dark blue (navy), and the highlighter appears cyan on my PC. I'd like to change these to brighter blue and yellow. Is it possible to customize the colors, and if not, is there a hack on the horizon that could allow this?

JS_F · 08-28-2017, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by JoeS

Still not able to connect my DPT to my second PC, but other than that I've been enjoying the device.

One thing that wasn't clear to me originally is how annotations and highlights would look when synced back to the PC. Turns out the default blue annotation is dark blue (navy), and the highlighter appears cyan on my PC. I'd like to change these to brighter blue and yellow. Is it possible to customize the colors, and if not, is there a hack on the horizon that could allow this?

You can set the colour of annotation to red but not the colour of highlight.

JoeS · 08-28-2017, 07:08 AM

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You can set the colour of annotation to red but not the colour of highlight.

Thanks, I saw that in the instructions. I was just wondering if there was any option or hack that could modify the two pen colors and the one highlighter color. Should be just about the easiest thing in the world for the Sony programmers.

dr_eos · 09-01-2017, 01:42 PM

Will the cover be available anytime soon?

joshy · 09-03-2017, 07:47 AM

.....

SnowMuffler · 09-12-2017, 11:31 AM

So... has the novelty worn off on this device or what? Thread has died and little sub forum activity otherwise.

Despite having written the device off early on, I got mine from B&H and have had it for about 2 weeks. Still waiting on my case and no one there seems to have any idea when it will be available.

Has come in handy during meetings for notes and I have been using it for technical white papers in the office. I do wish I had a quicker, easier way to sync my notes as I’ve always used One Note in the past. While I do enjoy the writing experience better than my iPad, the latency is night and day between the two. That’s one of my biggest gripes. So far I haven’t really had a scenario where using the app to sync documents has been as cumbersome as I thought it would be.

How does Sony generally handle updates on these devices? Pushed through the app?

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08-24-2017, 09:36 PM	#781
JoeS Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 1000 Join Date: Aug 2017 Device: Sony DPT-RP1	Just did the pen calibration and did some writing. Having used Wacom, NTrig, and Apple Pencil before, my DPT-RP1 pen seems to have a pretty high IAF (initial activation force). Do others feel like they need to press pretty hard? I'm almost afraid I'll scratch the screen. In positive news, I love how light this thing is, just awesome!

08-25-2017, 12:45 PM	#784
JoeS Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 1000 Join Date: Aug 2017 Device: Sony DPT-RP1	Apologies for the post overdose here, but I just got the device so it's all new. Just had my first hiccup: I installed the digital paper app on a second machine (Win10 Pro x64), but when I plug in the DPT and the 'pairing' dialog appears, nothing else happens. I'm not asked to install a certificate, and the pairing dialog simply disappears with no error message. I've seen other mention that closing all apps in their system tray helped, but so far no luck here. Does anyone have any tips?

08-25-2017, 01:14 PM	#786
JS_F Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 71710 Join Date: Mar 2017 Device: Sony DPT RP1, Remarkable	I can pair the device with Digital Paper App. But the device can't connect Digital Paper App via wifi on both my and my friend' win10 64-bit laptops. Strangely, I found that I could use connect digital paper app via wifi on my girlfriend's Macbook. I'm not sure is Digital Paper App buggy on windows or is the problem with the device.

08-27-2017, 10:25 PM	#790
JoeS Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 1000 Join Date: Aug 2017 Device: Sony DPT-RP1	Still not able to connect my DPT to my second PC, but other than that I've been enjoying the device. One thing that wasn't clear to me originally is how annotations and highlights would look when synced back to the PC. Turns out the default blue annotation is dark blue (navy), and the highlighter appears cyan on my PC. I'd like to change these to brighter blue and yellow. Is it possible to customize the colors, and if not, is there a hack on the horizon that could allow this?

09-01-2017, 01:42 PM	#793
dr_eos Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2017 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 3	Will the cover be available anytime soon?

09-12-2017, 11:31 AM	#795
SnowMuffler Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2017 Device: None	So... has the novelty worn off on this device or what? Thread has died and little sub forum activity otherwise. Despite having written the device off early on, I got mine from B&H and have had it for about 2 weeks. Still waiting on my case and no one there seems to have any idea when it will be available. Has come in handy during meetings for notes and I have been using it for technical white papers in the office. I do wish I had a quicker, easier way to sync my notes as I’ve always used One Note in the past. While I do enjoy the writing experience better than my iPad, the latency is night and day between the two. That’s one of my biggest gripes. So far I haven’t really had a scenario where using the app to sync documents has been as cumbersome as I thought it would be. How does Sony generally handle updates on these devices? Pushed through the app?

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