printing RAW

Yes.

Although as an aside, it would possible to more directly ‘print’ from raw if the CMYK screening could be done directly from the raw data. But as the vast majority of printers discussed on this forum are RGB printers, their drivers need a rendered RGB image from which to create a CMYK dithering pattern.

Further asides: A jpeg has to be rendered too, although the process is simpler and could be seen as more of an unpacking. And, it is a bit pointless creating a jpeg or TIFF specifically for onsite printing unless it is in the printer’s native screening resolution, 360 ppi for Epson for example. If you have an app the 'prints' without you having to create a transitionary file, why waste time creating one?

Brian A