SEYBOLD
I always try not to be TOO hard on anybody (hard, sometimes — never too
hard).
HowEVER, this does raise a significant problem.
If I intend to use a color printer to produce a proof of an image that is
to be printed by 4/c separations, I expect it to look like the final image
(within the limits of resolution). If I must resort to separation negatives
and color key or chromalin, the color printer provides little benefit.
I don't have a solution to this problem, perhaps it to develop a driver
which generates the separations within the RIP, before laying down each
color. Each of the machines I saw lays down the color in 4 separate
passes.