Inking device for printing with greasy ink

An inking device for a printing machine using greasy ink, comprising an inking roller with a soft surface layer tangential to a printing cylinder and rotating at the tangential speed of the latter, in the opposite rotational direction, and a small-diameter rod-shaped doctor roller made of hard material extending parallel to the inking roller applied under pressure against the inking roller, a mass of greasy ink being housed in a space lateral upstream, with reference to the direction of rotation of the inking roller, of the zone of contact of the inking roller and printing cylinder, a dampening device engaging and applying a film of dampening liquid, such as water, to the previously inked surface of the inking roller downstream of the zone of contact of the inking roller with the doctor roller and upstream of the zone of contact of the inking roller and the printing cylinder, wherein said inking device comprises, downstream of the zone of contact of the inking roller and the printing cylinder, a second rod extending parallel to the inking roller, applied under strong pressure against the soft surface layer of the inking roller and forming a barrier solely against the dampening liquid while allowing all the residual film of ink remaining in the periphery of the inking roller to pass and return to the mass of ink in said space.