This is what I've done and it works well, though my panel is a centre
section with 8 groups and a 12 x 6 matrix.so that's a lot of time in
Photoshop and reassembling A4 scans. (Desk is DDA CS8)

I'm getting quotes from sprayers/screen printers but I expect it's going to
be expensive. Thing is, and this explains my post, I'm sure years ago I saw
and article or advert where you sprayed on a paint then exposed it with UV
and mask or some similar photo process. It was a front panel legending
affair. Maybe it wasn't very good or I was dreaming. Couldn't find
anything in Google.


Thanks for the inputs,

Gareth.


.. g Then you take the best one, lay it on
the scanner and create an image. Buy a copy of Photoshop, install it,
import the image of the panel, replace all the ragged text with clean
text, touch up all the other artwork, and generate something that an
engraver or etcher can use. Maybe a Gerber file? Are they still using
those?

Then strip off all the paint, engrave, paint, and fill. Reassemble.

I'll bet that if you did the artwork yourself, it wouldn't cost you
but about $50 per channel.