[simpits-tech] backlit panels 101

Gene Buckle simpits-tech@simpits.org
Wed, 19 Jun 2002 10:39:40 -0700 (PDT)


> so you say he panels are never engraved and all the lettering we see is
> just the black pohto etched from the white paint ?
>
Ido, there are two ways to do it.  The first involves a chemical
photo-etching process that is very similar to how circuit boards are made.
The second method uses a laser beam to "etch" away the black paint, thus
exposing the white underneath.  Both methods achieve(sp) the same result.

g.