PURPOSE: To simplify the supply and replenishment of ink and the washing operation of an inking arrangement, by providing a plurality of inking units each constituted of a pair of ink distributing rollers forming an ink fountain therebetween.

CONSTITUTION: An inking arrangement 20 has a plurality of inking units each consisting of a pair of ink distributing rollers 21, 22 mutually rotating in opposite directions and forming an ink fountain therebetween. Further, a plurality of these inking units are combined with the shaking roller 11 and ink ductor 10 provided to a main body frame 1 and supply printing ink to the ink roller of the stand. Ink lead-out quantity can be adjusted by the contact pressure between the ink distributing rollers 21, 22, the lead-out number of times of the ink ductor 10 and the contact time of the ink distributing roller 21 and the ink ductor 10.