An ink set composition, an apparatus, and a method of providing an image on a
receiver are provided. The method includes operating a printhead having a first
segment that applies a gloss matching fluid to the non-imaged area of the printed
area of the image and a second segment that applies an ink set having at least
one color to the imaged area of the printed area of the image, wherein the ink
set has a predetermined minimum gloss value (GVmin) and a maximum gloss
value (GVmax), and the gloss matching fluid has a predetermined gloss
value (GVGMF), wherein the predetermined gloss value GVGMF
satisfying the following condition: 0.1 GVminGVGMF 1.5
GVmax, wherein GVmin and GVmaxare predetermined
gloss values calculated according to the following equations:
- where, i is a variable which identifies a certain color patch used in
the evaluation, and n is the total number of color patches used in the evaluation.
The apparatus includes an ink set source having at least one color and a source
of gloss matching fluid connected to the printhead adapted to deliver the ink set
and the gloss matching fluid to a receiver based on data received from a controller.
