Printing a Color Book out of Illustrator?

Is it possible to print one of the Color Books from illustrator with the spot color name attached to each color?

No.  And yes.  Depends on how much money you have to invest in paper and ink.  Like Steve says above, in order to print the CMYK equivalents, you need a really good proofer and a decent Postscript 3 RIP.  Then there's the paper.  You might as well just buy the actual books from Pantone and save yourself alot of hassle, time, and money.  I mean, you're talking about thousands of CMYK combinations.  But, those combinations have to be built for your particular printer.  Years ago I had an HP1200c/ps that came with Pantone Color lookup tables so you could build a specific color that would then print fairly reasonably through the hardware RIP on a decent paper.  Unless you've got about six months to a year's worth of free time, forget about it.

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