摘要 |
A short inking unit for a planographic printing unit that has a compact design and is operable for transferring an ink film to a form cylinder with high uniformity and stability. This short inking unit includes an applicator roller arrangement having a plurality of applicator rollers (5, 6; 5, 6, 15) which each interact with the form cylinder (1) and are offset with respect to one another in the direction of rotation of said form cylinder (1), and a plurality of engraved cylinders (7, 8; 7, 8, 13; 17, 7, 8; 17, 7) which are offset with respect to one another in the direction of rotation of the form cylinder (1) and which each have a respective ink supply for applying ink to the engraved cylinder. The applicator rollers and engraved cylinders form a roller train having rollers which roll on one another in pairs with each pair of rollers including one applicator roller (5, 6, 15) and one engraved cylinder (7, 8, 13, 17) interacting at a roller nip of the roller train. The rollers of said roller train each are smaller in diameter than the diameter of said form cylinder 1, and the roller train has at least one end formed by an engraved cylinder which interacts with only one applicator roller.
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