Timothy Weber wrote:
> Have you tried a laminated color laser print, + glue or a bezel to 
> attach it to the enclosure, + drilled holes to let board-mounted tactile 
> switches stick through?
>
> I'm planning this for a current project, and it seems pretty simple 
> though it's not done yet (waiting for boards to come back).  I know some 
> other folks here have mentioned doing it similarly.
>   

I've used this technique quite successfully.  Prototype instruments were 
built this way and worked quite well.  Production instruments replaced 
the laminated label with a commercial embossed label.  My circuit board 
has 7-segment LED displays, so getting the board at the right spacing 
was difficult - we solved that issue by putting an adhesive cork "dot" 
from the hardware store on top of each switch to get the correct spacing.

For the label itself, I used an inkjet printer and I believe HP inkjet 
photo paper, which is actually some kind of thin plastic (about the 
thickness of a normal sheet of copy paper).  When it was laminated, it 
became one with the laminating material - there was no risk of 
separation.  For LEDs, I used a dark background and left a white 
(unprinted) area over each LED.  Here's a picture of one of the 
prototype instruments, still in use after 6 years of service:

http://www.spintelligentlabs.com/st101main.html

Jon


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