North Bergen, New Jersey-based Edison Retail Solutions, a full-service signage and in-store décor provider, announces the purchase of a new Inca Onset 3X UV flatbed printer, distributed by Japan-based Fujifilm, a global supplier of drop-on-demand inkjet printheads for industrial applications.

“The biggest driver for us to add the Onset X3 into our set of solutions was that it is the fastest and highest quality flatbed in the market,” says Kevin Neureuter, CEO of Edison Retail Solutions. “Nothing beats the superior performance that the Onset X3 delivers.”

When Neureuter, named CEO in January of 2017, was brought on board at Edison Retail Solutions in April of 2016, he set out to solve the obstacles they were facing in the industry and determine how to continue to grow. That growth started for Edison back in 2011, when it moved into its new facility in Bergen. The company had changed its name from Edison Lithographic & Printing Corp.

“As we’re emerging as a leader in the retail market, we need high speed flatbed printing on a number of different substrates and the Onset X3 gave us the flexibility to meet all of our customer’s needs,” says Neureuter. “With the quality of the Onset X3, we can now run work for our high-end cosmetic and fashion clients who have previously turned down the quality of digital prints.”

The Onset X3 has a maximum throughput of nearly 10,000 square feet per hour, equating to 180 beds per hour (126.8” x 63”). It has a choice of unidirectional, bi-directional and super high-quality print modes that can be selected depending on the specific job requirements, making it ideal for retail projects, Edison says.

The Onset X3 also features the addition of white ink, the first of the company’s digital presses to provide this application.

“With white ink on our Onset X3, we’re going to be able to print white digitally which we haven’t been able to do up to this point,” says Neureuter. “This is especially important to our retail clients around the holidays when we experience a significant need for printing white on colored substrates, clear media and foils. This saves a lot of money and time for our customers because it eliminates the previous make-ready times and waste we had producing this work on our offset presses.” 

Edison Printing Solutions already had one Inca, an S40i with a 124” x 63” bed that it purchased in 2011. Among its other equipment in the shop is a 120” EFI VUTEk 3200; a Durst Rho 900; and two AXYZ CNC routers.

Edison Retail Solutions has been around more than 55 years and operates out of a 115,500-square-foot facility.