"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
The sliding strip on the auto gear selector on the old SD1 Rover didn't
survive the oven which baked the new paint on. It's well and truly
frazzled.

It's approx 4" x 12" and somewhat under 1mm thick. It's black in the
middle, but with translucent green at either side to allow the bulbs
beneath to illuminate the gear you're in. In other words, it slides in a
housing controlled by the gear leaver.

I could make and print out something similar on the inkjet. But don't
think it would survive for long. Would a laser print be more robust? (Both
overhead projection transparencies)

I've done a similar thing - to replace the numbers on a microwave with
ones that are not stylish, but have the benefit of actually being readable.
Laminate, and it may well work fine.
Depending on the translucency, laminated paper may even work.