Technique for marking a prolate object

A device for providing a marking arranged or arrangeable in a circumferentially closed manner around a prolate object, comprising:

• a material interface configured to receive a printed product output from a printer;
• a data interface configured to communicate with the printer for a providing or arranging of the marking as a communication;
• at least one actuator configured, using the printed product output from the printer, to arrange the marking on the object in a circumferentially closed manner or to provide the marking for circumferentially closed arrangement according to the communication with the printer via the data interface;
• and
• a memory readable by the printer via the data interface and configured to store operational data of the providing or arranging,
• wherein the control unit or regulating unit of the device is configured to indicate an error or a request for maintenance via the data interface on a display of the printer if the operational data reaches or exceeds a limit value,
• wherein the control unit or regulating unit of the device is configured to:
• forward the operational data to the printer via the data interface of the device and to a central computer via an interface of the printer for predictive maintenance of the device, and
• wherein the printer or central computer determines a component of the device to be replaced based on the operational data and requests the component from a warehouse via network access.