Not all digital photo books are created equal

Not all digital photo books are created equal!

First some terminology. Digital photo book, digital photobook, digital album, digital printed album, photobook, fotobook these are all the same terms for a product which consists of printing your photos and text on high quality digital presses and then binding those pages into a book. It is the modern day digital equivalent of the photo album. It is a physical product which you can hold in your hands, place on your coffee table, browse with your family and friends.

We started Fotocodex because we wanted to provide you with artisan quality digital photo books. We sought an option that was not mass produced and that stood out amongst all the others on the market.

Just how are we different?

There are two main factors which determine your photo book's quality: print quality and the binding quality.

Photographic Print Quality
(Not all digital presses are created equal)

Most photo book providers are using one of three types of digital presses: HP Indigo, Xerox iGen, or the Kodak Nexpress. All are capable of delivering good photographic prints but at Fotocodex we believe that the HP Indigo 5000/5500 consistently delivers excellent quality. We further enhance your photos' quality by printing them on a carefully chosen high quality matte finish paper.

The quality coming off the Indigo digital press is excellent as is. We don't have to run your pages through a varnishing process with non environment friendly chemicals nor do we have to laminate your pages with a micro-thin plastic coating (more non environment friendly stuff).

We do not run nor do we believe in using automated photo enhancing software. Personally we find that their results are hit and miss. The programmed enhancements are subject to personal tastes. They are a one size fits all solution. Some photos perhaps look better some suffer.

At Fotocodex we just focus on ensuring that our Indigo digital press delivers the highest quality output it possibly can w/o relying on these automatic software photo enhancers.

Creating the hard back
(not all bindings are created equal)

Casing your book's pages into a hard bound book is perhaps where Fotocodex distinguishes itself from everyone else. Every one of our books is built by hand and is built to last. We rely on the techniques of old world craftsmanship to make you the best possible digital photo book for your money.

Our hard backs are offered in cloth or suedette. They can be plain covers or can have a personalized title stamped on to them.

We have two new offerings which are being trialed to a selected group of professional clients: natural leather hard backs and printed cover hard backs.

The leather is soft and supple. Available in red, midnight blue, dark green or brown. You can have your title stamped as well.

Printed covers are our newest item. We use a textured material resembling art canvas which has been specially designed for covering books. We print your design onto this material using a high resolution flatbed printer. The quality is truly stunning!

So not all photo books are created equal. Fotocodex focuses on delivering you artisan quality heirloom photo books.