System and module for operating textile printing machines

A system for operating textile printing machines, with

• a first textile printing machine and at least one second textile printing machine, which are provided in a first entity or a second entity, which are independent of each other,
• wherein each textile printing machine is provided with a data-processing module, which is configured to detect data about the state, set-up and/or utilization of the textile printing machine, and to determine textile and printer ink on the textile printing machine,
• wherein the data processing module can be unblocked on the request of a customer of the textile printing machine,
• wherein the textile printing machines transmit the detected data and the determined data of textile and printer ink from an unblocked data processing module to a data center independently of entities and/or location, and
• wherein the data center is configured to accept print jobs from third parties and, based on the transmitted data, transmit at least one print job fitting the data to one of the at least two textile printing machines, so far as sufficient free print time is available on the respective textile printing machine.