System (10, 10'; 110) for intermediate drying of a printed material (12; 112) with: a first intermediate drying unit (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d; 116, 116a-116e; 116', 117) which is arranged downstream of a first printing unit (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d; 114a-114e) and is configured to at least partially surface-dry a first printing liquid outputted from the first printing unit (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d; 114a-114e) on a surface of a printed material (12; 112); and a second intermediate drying unit (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d; 116, 116a-116e; 116', 117) which is arranged downstream of a second printing unit (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d; 114a-114e) which is different from the first printing unit (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d; 114a-114e), and is configured to at least partially surface-dry a second printing liquid outputted from the second printing unit (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d; 114a-114e) on the surface of the printed material (12; 112); wherein the first intermediate drying unit and/or the second intermediate drying unit comprises an infrared intermediate drying unit (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d; 116, 116a-116e; 116', 117) and/or a near-infrared intermediate drying unit (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d; 116, 116a-116e; 116', 117); characterised in that the system (10, 10'; 110) further comprises a controlling unit which is configured to selectively control the first intermediate drying unit (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d; 116, 116a-116e; 116', 117) and/or the second intermediate drying unit (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d; 116, 116a-116e; 116', 117) as a function of printing data of the first printing unit (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d; 114a-114e) and/or the second printing unit (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d; 114a-114e); and that the controlling unit is configured to automatically adapt a drying performance of the first intermediate drying unit (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d; 116, 116a-116e; 116', 117) and/or the second intermediate drying unit (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d; 116, 116a-116e; 116', 117) as a function of printing data of the first printing unit (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d; 114a-114e) and/or the second printing unit (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d; 114a-114e), wherein the controlling unit is configured to adapt in a spatially varied and/or temporally varied manner a drying performance of the first intermediate drying unit (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d; 116, 116a-116e; 116', 117) and/or the second intermediate drying unit (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d; 116, 116a-116e; 116', 117). a first intermediate drying unit (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d; 116, 116a-116e; 116', 117) which is arranged downstream of a first printing unit (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d; 114a-114e) and is configured to at least partially surface-dry a first printing liquid outputted from the first printing unit (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d; 114a-114e) on a surface of a printed material (12; 112); and a second intermediate drying unit (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d; 116, 116a-116e; 116', 117) which is arranged downstream of a second printing unit (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d; 114a-114e) which is different from the first printing unit (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d; 114a-114e), and is configured to at least partially surface-dry a second printing liquid outputted from the second printing unit (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d; 114a-114e) on the surface of the printed material (12; 112); wherein the first intermediate drying unit and/or the second intermediate drying unit comprises an infrared intermediate drying unit (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d; 116, 116a-116e; 116', 117) and/or a near-infrared intermediate drying unit (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d; 116, 116a-116e; 116', 117); characterised in that the system (10, 10'; 110) further comprises a controlling unit which is configured to selectively control the first intermediate drying unit (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d; 116, 116a-116e; 116', 117) and/or the second intermediate drying unit (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d; 116, 116a-116e; 116', 117) as a function of printing data of the first printing unit (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d; 114a-114e) and/or the second printing unit (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d; 114a-114e); and that the controlling unit is configured to automatically adapt a drying performance of the first intermediate drying unit (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d; 116, 116a-116e; 116', 117) and/or the second intermediate drying unit (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d; 116, 116a-116e; 116', 117) as a function of printing data of the first printing unit (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d; 114a-114e) and/or the second printing unit (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d; 114a-114e), wherein the controlling unit is configured to adapt in a spatially varied and/or temporally varied manner a drying performance of the first intermediate drying unit (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d; 116, 116a-116e; 116', 117) and/or the second intermediate drying unit (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d; 116, 116a-116e; 116', 117).