Pen problems

When I use the paint brush tool with my mouse, color set to black, it works fine. But when I use the tablet pen, it draws this fuzzy pinkish black color. What's the problem and how do I fix it?

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I had the SAME problem. This worked for me:
Before, I was running Yosemite 10.10 on an iMac i7
I had the latest driver from Wacom (I tried a couple of older drivers, to no avail)
I'm running PS CS6, with all update
I'm using a Wacom Intuos 5 medium tablet
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Everything on the notebook is fine except the stylus pen. The screen responds to my finger touch but does not respond to the pen at all.
I purchased a genuine replacement HP stulys pen, same problem!
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Hello Honourable, welcome to the HP Forums.
I see that your having an issue with the stylus working as a source of touch for your notebook. I will try to assist you with this.
I would like to start by providing you this document:
HP TouchSmart PCs - Troubleshooting Touch Screen Issues in Windows 7.
You can try unchecking the box for "Use your finger as an input device" that may allow you to use the stylus. If not recheck it.
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Note: I've got the latest drivers installed and re-installed them several times.
Before I start here are some changes I recognized.
In my Systempanel under the category "Hardware and Sound" there are two new things wich wasn't there before. One is called "Touch-Properties" and the otherone "Pen Tablet-Properties".
1.)
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I even tried to downgrade my divers, but i couldn't find any old ones.
best regards
Ben
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I ALMOST fixed the pen-problem.
Read somewhere to download the "Tablet-PC" Drivers from WACOM Hompage (isd701-8_int.exe), which i did.
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Solved!
Go to Solution.

Ok. I solved it.
for all who encouter the same stuff here is how I did it:
- deinstall drivers ONCE AGAIN!
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Hallo zusammen, ich hoffe man kann mir hier weiter helfen.
Seit ich Photoshop CS 6 auf meinen Rechner habe (Windows 7 64Bit, 8GByte Ram, Nvidia GTX 460 Grafikkarte) habe ich Probleme beim Zeichnen probleme mit dem Drucksensitiven Stif meines Wacom Cintiq 21UX Pen-Display.
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Bedanke mich schon mal im voraus für jede Hilfe.

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