Patent ID: 6886460

Claim:
A method for conditioning a printing ink in a printing press, which comprises: providing an ink duct roller ( 6 ) and a metering device ( 7 ); operating the ink duct roller ( 6 ) in conjunction with the metering device ( 7 ) for liquefying the printing ink ( 5 ) before a start of printing; providing a further roller ( 10 ) for removing the printing ink ( 5 ) from the ink duct roller ( 6 ); and holding removal of the printing ink ( 5 ) from the ink duct roller ( 6 ) by the further roller ( 10 ) in a suppressed state, while simultaneously rotating the ink duct roller ( 6 ) at a conditioning rotational speed, and simultaneously controlling the metering device ( 7 ) pursuant to a conditioning profile, for only partially opening the metering device at least from time to time.