A method of manufacturing a contoured capacitive touch screen control
panel includes printing control indicia on at least one of a front
surface and a back surface of a flexible film and printing conductive ink
pads on a back surface of the film in alignment with the control indicia.
The printed film is placed in an injection mold with the conductive pads
in contact with a back surface of the mold so that a space remains
between the front surface of the flexible film and a front surface of the
mold. The method then includes flowing a molten plastic into the space in
engagement with the front surface of the film to form a control panel
with the printed indicia being visible through the control panel from a
face of the control panel opposite from the film.