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Pulse
TM
Smartpen User Manual
Tap the Time button to check the current time.
Tap the Date button to check the current date.
Tap the Battery button to see the current battery charge.
Tap the Storage button once to see amount of remaining storage in megabytes
and tap a second time to see the remaining recording time based on the current
audio quality settings. Refer to
Advanced Audio Settings
in
Chapter 5: Pulse
Smartpen Settings
to customize your audio quality settings.
Livescribe Dot Paper
To perform its many operations, the Pulse smartpen requires Livescribe dot paper. This paper is
standard paper with printed microdots on its surface. These dots are nearly invisible to the
human eye. However, the Pulse smartpen can easily see these dots and uses them to know
which page you are writing on and the exact location on that page. The Pulse smartpen can
even see these dots through the ink you write on your pages.
The microdots are printed on each page in a special pattern based on technology from Anoto
AB. This dot pattern consists of small dots (100 micrometers in diameter) arranged with a
spacing of approximately 0.3 mm. The dot pattern overlays an imaginary square grid. The dots
are slightly displaced from the grid, with each dot in one of four possible positions, forming the
proprietary Anoto dot pattern.
The dot pattern identifies the specific page and locations on the page of the notes you write. The
Pulse smartpen uses the dot pattern in a way similar to a geographical positioning system
(GPS). But, instead of identifying locations on land, it finds locations on paper and stores your
writing as digital ink using those locations. Using this patented dot-positioning system (DPS), the
