The amount of ink printed onto a media via an inkjet printer is determined by either the printer driver or by settings in the RIP software. If you are using an inkjet printer without a RIP, then the specific paper chosen in the printer driver will set the ink limit automatically for the device.
Without proper ink limits, your inkjet printer could put down too much ink in any or all of the color channels, muddying up the colors or putting down more ink than the media can handle, resulting in puddling, bleeding or low drying.
This is especially true with solvent based printers and water based inkjet …