> To each his own. My desktop color printer (HP Color Laser CP1518ni) has > four cartridges, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and blacK. Clearly it will handle > CMYK just fine.
ALL color printers print with CMYK, but that does not mean the printer can handle CMYK input. All office/desktop printers are made to handle RGB data, because that is what most programs will give them. If the printer driver expects RGB input, printing a CMYK file the printer driver will then convert it from CMYK to RGB and then the printer will convert it again from RGB to CMYK. You can probably guess what effect this will have on the final result. Some (very few) office/desktop printers can handle CMYK data, but that often means setting up a second copy of the printer driver giving you both an RGB printer and a CMYK printer. So, bring up your printers manual and check the facts. /Peter
