An ultraviolet curable ink having infrared sensitivity comprising: an ultraviolet light curable matrix; a UV photoinitiator; and an IR sensitive dye wherein said UV light curable matrix comprises one of a bis-A epoxy acrylate, a bis-A epoxy acrylate with 40% tripropylene glycol diacrylate, a bis-A epoxy acrylate with 20% tripropylene glycol diacrylate, an aromatic epoxy acrylate, a polyethylene acrylate oligomer, an aliphatic urethane acrylate oligomer with bound silicone, an epoxy acrylate, a metallic diacrylate, a di-ethylene glycol diacrylate, a polyethyleneglycol 600 diacrylate, a 1,4-butanediol diacrylate, a 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate, an ethyoxylated TMP-triacrylate, a pentaerythritol triacrylate, a tetrahydrofurfuryl acrylate, a metallic acrylate, or a 2-(2-ethoxy ethoxy) ethyl acrylate; and wherein said IR sensitive dye has the chemical structure as shown below: where R 3 can be H, halogen, alkyl, aryl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, thioalkyl, or thioaryl; R 4 and R 5 are independently selected from H, alkyl, aryl, or are bridged to form a cyclic attachment; each of R 6 through R 13 is independently selected from H, alkyl aryl, or any two adjacent R 6 through R 9 and any two adjacent R 10 through R 13 can form a fused aryl; each of R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from alkyl, aryl and substituted alkyl; X and Y, which may or may not be identical, are each represented by the formula CR'R" where R', R" are independently selected from alkyl, aryl and substituted alkyl or X and Y, which may or may not be identical, are each represented by the formula CR'R" where R', R" are independently selected from H, C1-C6 alkyl, O, S, Se and Te. an ultraviolet light curable matrix; a UV photoinitiator; and an IR sensitive dye wherein said UV light curable matrix comprises one of a bis-A epoxy acrylate, a bis-A epoxy acrylate with 40% tripropylene glycol diacrylate, a bis-A epoxy acrylate with 20% tripropylene glycol diacrylate, an aromatic epoxy acrylate, a polyethylene acrylate oligomer, an aliphatic urethane acrylate oligomer with bound silicone, an epoxy acrylate, a metallic diacrylate, a di-ethylene glycol diacrylate, a polyethyleneglycol 600 diacrylate, a 1,4-butanediol diacrylate, a 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate, an ethyoxylated TMP-triacrylate, a pentaerythritol triacrylate, a tetrahydrofurfuryl acrylate, a metallic acrylate, or a 2-(2-ethoxy ethoxy) ethyl acrylate; and wherein said IR sensitive dye has the chemical structure as shown below: where R 3 can be H, halogen, alkyl, aryl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, thioalkyl, or thioaryl; R 4 and R 5 are independently selected from H, alkyl, aryl, or are bridged to form a cyclic attachment; each of R 6 through R 13 is independently selected from H, alkyl aryl, or any two adjacent R 6 through R 9 and any two adjacent R 10 through R 13 can form a fused aryl; each of R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from alkyl, aryl and substituted alkyl; X and Y, which may or may not be identical, are each represented by the formula CR'R" where R', R" are independently selected from alkyl, aryl and substituted alkyl or X and Y, which may or may not be identical, are each represented by the formula CR'R" where R', R" are independently selected from H, C1-C6 alkyl, O, S, Se and Te.