Abstract: An ink metering method for an inking mechanism of a rotary printing machine having an ink fountain, a doctor roller, a separate electric motor for driving the doctor roller and a low speed of rotation relative to the printing machine, includes the selection of a rate at which the electric motor imparts to the doctor roller discrete angular motions; and selecting by a second selector switch the magnitude of the angular motions. A circuit arrangement for carrying out the method includes a time selection unit which delivers at its output a series of pulses at a desired rate; an increment evaluation unit which receives at its input a number of pulses corresponding to the magnitude of the angular motion performed by the electric motor and compares the momentary number with a preset desired number corresponding to a desired magnitude of the angle of rotation.

Abstract: A paper web is continuously moved by rotary drive rollers through a series of printing machines having pairs of printing rollers movable between inoperative and printing positions, and controlled and operated so that successive web sections are imprinted by the correlated printing machines only once whereby a plurality of type areas representing printed pages are printed on both sides of each web section in a predetermined pattern. After cutting of the web sections into sheets, and after collecting and folding the sheets, consecutive printed pages follow each other in a folded book.