Single width press with digital ink injection

A method of replacing the open fountain system of inking in a one-up press with a novel ink distribution head and swing frame, said method comprising removing the swing frame and the associated open ink bath from adjacent the fountain roller in a one-up press, and substituting therefore an ink distribution head and swing frame, including a main body having a longitudinal extent substantially equal to that of said fountain roller, a blade holder disposed beneath and attached to said main body, a plurality of ink inlets spaced longitudinally along the length of at least one of said main body and said blade holder, said main body and said blade holder cooperating so as to provide, between them, a plurality of ink channels of narrow width and a given height, said channels terminating downstream in spreader portions of gradually decreasing depth and of increasing width such that their outer margins extend gradually outwardly in both directions from said channels to points closely adjacent each other, said main body portion and said blade holder both having front surfaces that are substantially parallel to each other and are inclined so as to be approximately tangent to said fountain roller, a blade support element, a blade received non-adjustably within a notch in said blade support element adjacent a tapered end of said blade holder, and positioning said blade adjacent but not in contact with said fountain roller by moving said swing frame adjacent said fountain roller of said press.