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Why is CMYK needed when printing when RGB+color profile can provide the same?

I see some professional printers asking for documents using CMYK instead of RGB. But I don't understand how it is better than RGB with an appropriate ICC color profile. This is actually a good ...
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Why is CMYK needed when printing when RGB+color profile can provide the same?

RGB to CMYK is not a one to one conversion. Sure you can convert automatically but you may want to have control over the conversion. Reasons include but aren't limited to: You may want to check that ...
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Is there any way I can get my cyan printed correctly?

The short answer is no. You will not be able to achieve that overly vibrant blue in CMYK. You will need to determine an actual CMYK color you want. Note that HEX is RGB. Using hex values to pick color ...
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