hey guys, ive seen alot of templates here for white dials and what not, when printing them out, do you need some special type of paper? im not completly sure what you have to print it onto.


cheers folks

You'll want to make sure whatever you print it on is;

fade resistant
reasonably translucent
plain on the other side - if you use photo paper the brand printed on the reverse side will come thru

I did up a white dial design for my EF; I initially did it on photo paper until Canon suddenly sponsored my instrument panel. I then did it on presentation quality paper printed on a colour laser printer, and while it looked sensational during the day, at night the lights behind it were very uneven, and the regular bulbs gave it that quality piss-yellow look. Also, the white speedo/tacho/fuel/temp needles became practically invisible.

I put up with it for a day before I changed to royal blue, which looks awesome.

Last edited by spoungeworthy on Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:29 am, edited 1 time in total.

Its the same paper as photos are printed on isnt it?