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Abstract

An ink metering device for a printing press, providing improved handling of an ink fountain foil and reduced set-up times, includes an ink fountain for ink, an ink fountain roller rotating about an axis and dipping into the ink fountain, a plurality of zonal metering elements having blade edges at an adjustable distance from a circumferential surface of the roller, and at least one foil between the blade edges and the circumferential surface. The foil is fixed to the ink fountain and angled on one end along a straight line parallel to the axis. The ink fountain is to be thrown on and thrown off the roller between an operating position and a foil exchange position. The foil has a bend or curve so that when the ink fountain is thrown on, a foil end facing the roller is located substantially tangential with the circumferential surface before reaching an operating position.

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