Recreational vehicle component with image and method of manufacturing

A method of forming a structural panel for a recreational vehicle, the structural panel forming a sidewall, an interior wall, a floor, or a ceiling of the recreational vehicle and having an outer side and an inner side, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of layers, one layer of the plurality of layers comprising a printable layer formed from an ink printable material;
• forming a lamination from the plurality of the layers to form the structural panel, said forming including forming an outer surface of the outer side of the structural panel with the printable layer, and said forming further includes forming the lamination into the sidewall, interior wall, floor, or ceiling of the recreational vehicle;
• reinforcing the lamination with a reinforcing component;
• forming an optical reference in a known fixed location relative to the structural panel;
• printing a two-dimensional image on the printable layer, the image being formed from a plurality of pixels, said printing including printing the image at a known location in fixed registry with the optical reference wherein each pixel forming the image is in a precise known location on the structural panel;
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• providing the reinforcement component in a known location in fixed registry with the optical reference wherein each pixel forming the image is in a precise known location in fixed registry with the reinforcement component;
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• wherein the printable layer has a first side and a second side, said forming an optical reference comprises printing an image on the second side of the printable layer, and said printing further comprises printing the image on the first side of the printable layer at a known location in fixed registry with the optical reference on the second side of the printable layer.