One project that I did required a wood grain print, and although it was not used to replace an original photographic finish as you suggest, the result would have been about the same. To show you how crazy my thinking can be, I have even painted paper with various colors before running it through a laser printer. This was back before color printers were available for us common folk. A 300 dpi laser printer will just barely get by on most work, so any resolution above that can only be better. Almost all my work was sealed or glossed over with some type of clear coating, depending on the situation.

When gluing paper to an item, you almost have to stay away from compound curves, such as the upper corners of the Zenith 10S-130. Simple curves, however, are not usually a problem.

There is one other idea that should not be overlooked when trying to replace a photographic finish, and that is contact paper. There are about a zillion different choices to pick from, so somewhere out there is something that should match up fairly well. I haven’t used it myself, but recommended it to a friend and it worked pretty good. Of course, it just looks like contact paper until the finish matches that of the cabinet. However, lacquer would probably eat it up since it is made out of vinyl, so something else would have to be used over it.