Patent ID: 7046364

Claim:
A method for use in an apparatus having at least one fuser roller for matching a first gloss level of a media substrate to a second gloss level of said media substrate, comprising: printing a pattern on a surface of said media substrate; establishing, via a first light pulse, a first optical reflectance value indicative of said first gloss level of said pattern on said surface of said media substrate; establishing, via a second light pulse, a second optical reflectance value indicative of said second gloss level of said media substrate having no pattern located thereon; comparing said first optical reflectance value and said second optical reflectance value to determine if said first and second values are substantially equivalent; and adjusting at least one of the temperature of said at least one fuser roller and the pressure of said at least one fuser roller when said first gloss level and said second gloss level are not substantially equivalent.