I recently refurbished a Maverick the Movie pinball machine. Not exactly D.E.'s best seller so the machine is considered somewhat rare. Plastics were hard to find and $$$ so I came up with my own method to reproduce the plastics myself since I wasnt pleased with any of the methods I found online.

I figured I would share my method as the results turned out quite close to original, and graphics do not wash out with back lighting like the paper method does.

Take a look and let me know what you think by commenting on the vid.

For clarity really. You could probably use a bitmap or other format image but it would need to be very high resolution to not get a pixelated image when you print it out. With Vector images the lines will always be as clean as you can get them.

You're not kidding man. I put in at least a good 20 hours over 4 days I'd say on recreating the artwork.
More popular tables have really good artwork available out there. Though the plastics sets are readily available too. Though not as cheap as doing it yourself.
I got enough materials to make a full set of plastics for probably 3 or 4 machines for less than 30 bucks.
Decal paper as shown - $12.00
Polycarbonate sheet (off size scrap from plastics shop) - $4.00

It may sound funny, but a good place to check is vpforums.org. These guys recreate real machines in a virtual format and often times have done this work. if not in vector, they will have very high quality scans of full plastics sets included with the tables. And everything is free too so its a really good resource.
Aside from plastics you can often get high quality scans or vector art of playfields as well.

To help out the forums use the links listed above.

For my video specifically though just for information..
The decal paper I got is from a webpage "www.robinseggcetera.com" they offer only white and clear but have inkjet and laser printer papers. only 1 thickness available here. Looks like price slightly increased since I bought. currently lists at US $7.75 for 5 sheets.

bump for anyone who might need this.

Thanks everyone. Feel free to post or share the video wherever you like.

Jormungardian: good luck with your venture. I could see this service being quite valuable for the enthusiast/hobbyiest.

Damn, now you tell me

KingNine: Awesome man! Glad to see the great results. The laser cut plastics look fantastic!

Awesome to see so many people getting some good use out of this method .
Thumbs up and high fives all around.