A method for manufacturing a surface discharge plasma display panel, having a pair of front and rear substrates arranged in opposition to each other with a discharge space therebetween, the front substrate being provided with a plurality of parallel display electrode pairs extending along display lines and formed on the front substrate, a belt-shaped light shielding film arranged between adjacent display electrode pairs on the front substrate to shield visibility of the rear substrate, and a dielectric layer covering the display electrodes and the belt-shaped light shielding film, the rear substrate being provided with a plurality of address electrodes extending in a direction perpendicular to the display electrode pairs, the method comprising steps of:
- forming the display electrodes and the light shielding film on the internal surface of the front substrate;
- coating a dielectric layer having a first thickness on the internal surface of the front substrate to cover the display electrodes and the light shielding film and annealing the dielectric layer;
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- coating another dielectric layer having a second thickness larger than the first thickness on said dielectric layer and annealing the another dielectric layer.