Why is my printer not printing CMYK colours?

[coye]

Hi there. I printed some sticker sheets with my Epson ecotank printer and I found that the colours are not even close to the colours I’ve picked from my CMYK Pantone swatch. The colours seem closer to the monitor which is RGB. I know I can’t get exactly the same colours as the CMYK Pantone swatch since it’s just a home printer, but I wonder why the printer is printing RGB colour even though my illustrator file is in CMYK colour. Is there anything I can do with the print settings or Illustrator's settings?

[Monika Gause]

Home printers are optimized for RGB input. Make an RGB file for them and mix colors that way. It also makes sense to make test prints.