Don't want to muddy the waters here too much, cause I am interested in the answer. When I compare between the CMYK output of my epson C82 printer under a good halogen light and the image on my monitor (RGB), it is very close! (I use PhotoPaint 9 from Corel). I have not converted to CMYK (unless it does it on the fly in the background with the print). Thus my basic question, is it really necessary to do so?

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