4 Way, 2 1/4" Trackaball Panel Overlay

[coasternuts]

I am thinking along these lines for an overlay.  I hoping the red and blue will stick out just slightly radially around the trackball.  I am trying to stay in the same color scheme as my marquee.   The trackball will be white.  The joy will be a wico red or blue balltop. 

Part of me wants icon figures/logos representative of the time but I want something more personal too.  So I went with this. 

Is there any tips/FAQ's for preparing prints for printing on overlays.  I know one, make it slightly larger than your dimensions.   I am concerned about aliasing/sharpness of the wight edges.  When I view in "print size" they look a little jaggy.  But when I view in "acutal pixels" it looks good.  Which is more representive of the actual print?   

I'll take any feedback I can get as I am not an artist or a printer so I have no idea how any of this is going to work out in the end.   Thanks.

[coasternuts]

I am a noob.   Can somebody answer this question for me?

When I view in "print size" lines look a little jaggy.  But when I view in "acutal pixels" it looks good.  Which is normally more representive of the actual print?

[coasternuts]

OK, I am noob.  I admit it.  So my artwork doesn't turn heads.

Anyway, I had a new idea......what do you think?

I really wanted a button to the right of the trackball.
I would really like higher res pics, but these were the best I could find.  I have never printed a CPO before, would this turn out ok if printed at mamemarquees/emdkay/kinkos?

[Veinman]

As far as the jaggies, I think this comes down to the dpi of your printer. Most printwork seems to be 300 dpi. At lower dpi, something that looks great on-screen can really look like hell when printed.

[PoDunkMoFo]

GIGO

Means Garbage in Garbage out.  Zoom in on your image until it is actual size on your screen, don't rely on View print size.  If you blow it up to approximate actual size and it looks clean then you are good to go.  If you see jaggies then that's how it will print.

Also how anal are you.  If you need it to look perfect when you are 2 inches away then shoot for more resolution just to be sure.  If your OK with it looking good from 18" away (no reason to be closer than that to your panel unless you are myopic) then it is not as critical.