Electrographic printing device comprised of at least one printer with a plurality of developer stations

An electrographic printing device, comprising:

• a plurality of printing groups each having a respective plurality of developer stations;
• a plurality of toner reservoirs outside of said printing groups and each being connected via a respective toner transport channel with one or more of said developer stations of one or more of said printing groups;
• each of the toner reservoirs arranged outside of the printing groups being stored in a respective toner transport unit;
• each of the toner reservoirs being provided with a respective first circuit having a memory in which is stored at least a color filled into the respective toner reservoir;
• a respective second circuit with a memory associated with each of the respective toner transport units, and in each said respective memory is stored at least the respective toner color filled into the respective stored toner reservoir;
• and
• a respective third circuit with a memory provided for each developer station, said respective memory having stored therein at least a toner color filled into said respective developer station.

A method for operation of an electrographic printing device, said printing device having a plurality of printing groups each having a respective plurality of developer stations, a plurality of toner reservoirs outside of said printing groups and each being connected via a respective toner transport channel with one or more of said developer stations of one or more of said printing groups, each of the toner reservoirs arranged outside of the printing groups being stored in a respective toner transport unit, each of the toner reservoirs being provided with a respective first circuit having a memory, a respective second circuit with a memory associated with each of the respective toner transport units, and a respective third circuit with a memory provided for each developer station, comprising the steps of:

• storing in each of said respective first circuit memories at least the color filled into the respective toner reservoir;
• storing in each of the respective second circuit memories at least the respective toner color filled into the respective stored toner reservoir;
• storing in each said respective third circuit memory for each developer station at least a toner color filled into said respective developer station;
• and
• providing a main control module, and registering with said main control module components used for the toner supply of the printing groups upon activation of the printing device.

An electrographic printing device, comprising:

• a plurality of printing groups each having a respective plurality of developer stations;
• a plurality of toner reservoirs outside of said printing groups and each being connected via a respective toner transport channel with one or more of said developer stations of at least one of said printing groups;
• each of the toner reservoirs arranged outside of the printing groups being stored in a respective toner transport unit provided with a respective first circuit having a memory in which is stored at least a color filled into the respective toner reservoir;
• a respective second circuit with a memory associated with each of the respective toner transport units, and in each said respective memory is stored at least the respective toner color filled into the respective stored toner reservoir;
• and
• a respective third circuit with a memory provided for each developer station, said respective memory having stored therein at least a toner color filled into said respective developer station.