Printing inks for offset printing and / or high relief absorbents and absorbent irc irc soluble in offset printing inks and / or typography.

Printing inks for letterpress and / or offset comprising 5-45% by weight of at least one nonpolar solvent with a boiling point of 200 to 320 ° C, 20 to 70% by weight binder, 5-25% by weight a dye which absorbs in the visible spectral range and an NIR absorber which essentially no absorption in the visible range of the spectrum, characterized in that the solubility of the NIR absorber in the printing ink is at least 0, 1% by weight relative to all components of the printing ink, with the proviso that the solubility of the NIR absorber is greater than or equal to the concentration of the NIR absorber in the printing ink.