Control circuitry for assisting electrostatographic compensation

Claim 1

In an electrostatographic copying device which utilizes a replaceable member having a particular sensitivity response with respect to operations to be performed thereon in the device at the work stations thereof, the member carrying coded indicia of the particular one of n sensitivity response ranges into which the particular response of the utilize member falls, the device including: i. means for detecting the particular sensitivity response range of the utilized member and for generating signals indicative thereof; and ii. drive means cooperably associated with at least one of the work stations for achieving compensation of the work stations effect on the utilized member in accordance with the sensitivity response thereof; apparatus for assisting the control of any of the cooperably associated work stations as a function of a signal generated by the means for detecting, said apparatus comprising: a. ''''n minus one'''' recognition trigger circuits cooperably associated with the means for detecting, each of said recognition trigger circuits being responsive to a different signal generated by the means for detecting; b. drive circuit means cooperably associated with the drive means for controlling its effect on the work stations cooperably associated therewith; and c. n switching circuits, all but one of which are connected between one of said recognition trigger circuits and said drive circuit means, and one of which is connected between said recognition trIgger circuits and said drive means, said switching circuits enabling said drive means to effect compensation by the cooperably associated work stations as a function of the detected sensitivity response of the utilized member and for disenabling said drive means when compensation has been effected.