Blob brush tool not showing pressure option...?

I am using Illustrator CS4, and I want to use the blob brush tool in conjunction with my Wacom tablet specifically so that I can use the pressure-sensitivity option.
However, when I double-click the blob brush tool to edit the settings, the only settings I have available to me are "fixed" and "random". "Pressure" is dimmed out.
The tablet I am using is a Wacom Graphire2, which does support pressure-sensitivity just fine, and I use it in Photoshop CS4 using the brush tool with pressure-sensitivty turned on, to adjust the size dynamically.
So why is it dimmed out in Illustrator?

Updating the Wacom driver sorted it, thanks!

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