Abstract: An inking apparatus including a first vibrator roller to which ink is intermittently transferred by a ductor roller from an ink fountain, a pair of second vibrator rollers held in contact with a plurality of ink form rollers held against a plate cylinder, a third vibrator roller, a first distributor roller held in contact with the first and third vibrator rollers, three second distributor rollers disposed in peripheral contact between the second vibrator rollers, a third distributor roller held in contact with a central one of the three second distributor rollers and the third vibrator roller, a fourth vibrator roller held in contact with one of the second distributor rollers which is located upstream of the central one thereof with respect to the direction of rotation of the plate cylinder, and a fourth distributor roller held in contact with the third vibrator roller and the fourth vibrator roller.