An inking apparatus (10, 20; 10*, 20*) of a printing press , in particular an offset or letterpress printing press, comprising : - at least one ink duct with an ink supply roller ; - an ink roller train (30; 30*) comprising at least one inking roller (31; 31*, 32*) which receives ink from the at least one ink duct ; and - at least one vibrator roller interposed between the ink supply roller and the inking roller (31; 31*, 32*), which vibrator roller is swung back and forth between the ink supply roller and the inking roller (31; 31*, 32*) and intermittently transfers ink from the ink supply roller to the inking roller (31; 31*, 32*), wherein a circumference of the vibrator roller exhibits an ink-transfer structure which reflects a desired inking profile (IP; IP, IPa, IPb) of a printing plate (PP) to be inked by the inking apparatus (10, 20; 10*, 20*) and is designed to modulate a quantity of ink transferred by the vibrator roller , wherein the ink-transfer structure is subdivided, in an axial direction (x) of the vibrator roller , into an integer number (m) of individual ink-transfer sections that are repeated with a determined axial period (Δx) in the axial direction (x), characterized in that the ink-transfer structure on the circumference of the vibrator roller is subdivided, in a circumferential direction (y) of the vibrator roller , into an integer number (r) of individual ink-transfer portions that are repeated with a determined circumferential period (Δy) in the circumferential direction (y), each individual ink-transfer portion reflecting the desired inking profile (IP; IP, IPa, IPb) of the printing plate (PP) to be inked by the inking apparatus (10, 20; 10*, 20*), wherein a contact length (CL) over which the vibrator roller runs in contact with the ink supply roller is equivalent to the determined circumferential period (Δy) of the individual ink-transfer portions or to an integer multiple of the determined circumferential period (Δy) of the individual ink-transfer portions . - at least one ink duct with an ink supply roller ; - an ink roller train (30; 30*) comprising at least one inking roller (31; 31*, 32*) which receives ink from the at least one ink duct ; and - at least one vibrator roller interposed between the ink supply roller and the inking roller (31; 31*, 32*), which vibrator roller is swung back and forth between the ink supply roller and the inking roller (31; 31*, 32*) and intermittently transfers ink from the ink supply roller to the inking roller (31; 31*, 32*), wherein a circumference of the vibrator roller exhibits an ink-transfer structure which reflects a desired inking profile (IP; IP, IPa, IPb) of a printing plate (PP) to be inked by the inking apparatus (10, 20; 10*, 20*) and is designed to modulate a quantity of ink transferred by the vibrator roller , wherein the ink-transfer structure is subdivided, in an axial direction (x) of the vibrator roller , into an integer number (m) of individual ink-transfer sections that are repeated with a determined axial period (Δx) in the axial direction (x), characterized in that the ink-transfer structure on the circumference of the vibrator roller is subdivided, in a circumferential direction (y) of the vibrator roller , into an integer number (r) of individual ink-transfer portions that are repeated with a determined circumferential period (Δy) in the circumferential direction (y), each individual ink-transfer portion reflecting the desired inking profile (IP; IP, IPa, IPb) of the printing plate (PP) to be inked by the inking apparatus (10, 20; 10*, 20*), wherein a contact length (CL) over which the vibrator roller runs in contact with the ink supply roller is equivalent to the determined circumferential period (Δy) of the individual ink-transfer portions or to an integer multiple of the determined circumferential period (Δy) of the individual ink-transfer portions . <EOS>