A control system for regulating a dispenser that includes a feeder bowl and a plurality of dispensing paths is disclosed. A lithographic printing plate precursor having a protective layer containing an inorganic layered compound, and an image-recording layer containing a binder polymer. A drive pulse generation section generates a drive pulse for turning on and off a voltage decrease switch and a voltage increase switch in response to the result of a comparison between the computation output voltage and a ramp wave. The second resistive-change element includes one end having the second polarity connected to the output node. Each trench has a width that increases along the depth direction of the substrate.