Patent ID: 8327763

Claim:
Printing couple ( 01 ) of a rotary printing press with a forme cylinder ( 02 ), an inking unit ( 06 ) that cooperates with the forme cylinder ( 02 ) and has a plurality of rollers ( 08 ; 09 ; 11 ; 13 ; 14 ; 16 ; 17 ; 18 ), a dampening unit ( 07 ) that cooperates with the forme cylinder ( 02 ) and has a plurality of rollers ( 21 ; 22 ; 23 ), and at least one washing device ( 26 ; 38 ) that cooperates with one of the rollers ( 08 ; 09 ; 11 ; 13 ; 14 ; 16 ; 17 ; 18 ; 21 ; 22 ; 23 ) to wash the inking unit ( 06 ) and/or the dampening unit ( 07 ), wherein the inking unit ( 06 ) has a plurality of ink forme rollers ( 08 ; 09 ; 11 ), which during print operation are engaged directly against the forme cylinder ( 02 ), wherein the dampening unit ( 07 ) has at least one dampening forme roller ( 23 ), which during print operation is engaged directly against the forme cylinder ( 02 ), in that in the washing position, an ink forme roller ( 08 ) of the plurality of ink forme rollers ( 08 ; 09 ; 11 ) and the dampening forme roller ( 23 ) are engaged directly against one another, characterized in that at least the ink forme roller ( 08 ) or dampening forme roller ( 23 ), which can be displaced between an initial position and a washing position, connects rollers ( 08 ; 09 ; 11 ; 13 ; 14 ; 16 ; 17 ; 18 ) of the inking unit ( 06 ) and rollers ( 21 ; 22 ; 23 ) of the dampening unit ( 07 ) to form a shared roller train when in its washing position.