Impress your clients with beautiful,
hand-crafted
Silk Road Albums
from Ultra Color Lab.
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Handmade
Each album is printed and
hand bound by Ultra Color craftsmen. This
allows tremendous attention to detail and
unique styling options not available
elsewhere.
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Asian
Fabrics
Silk Road Album covers
feature over 50 exquisite Asian fabrics
which can be used individually or
combined with a contrasting spine color
for literally thousands of unique
styles.
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Classic Leathers
As an alternative
to our extensive fabric
selection, Silk Road Albums can
be ordered in a choice of Black,
Ivory, or Platinum leathers.
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Modern
Design
Silk Road
Albums are square, flush
mount, hingeless books
printed on Kodak
photographic paper. Pages
are available in 8x8 ,
10x10 or 12x12 either
as folded pano spreads or
split pages.
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Photo Covers
Completely
personalize an album with a
photographic cover. Photo covers
are crafted from true lustre or
metallic photographic paper or a
fine weave canvas, and are
protected with a textured or
sprayed finish.
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Photo Strip
For an even more
contemporary cover treatment, we
offer a photo strip which can be
inlaid vertically on any fabric
cover. This option allows for
customization of the album front
while preserving the luxurious
feel of a fabric cover.
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Fast &
Local
Tired of
delays incurred by
shipping your albums
across the country or
across the world? Because
Silk Road albums are
created locally here in
Watertown, MA, you can
expect them in your hands
within 4 weeks.
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We know how busy you are, so we
have created one of the worlds finest album
products, Silk Road Albums, to bring you a
complete album solution with just a few clicks
of your mouse.
- No more waiting to receive prints just to
repackage them and send them on to the album
company
- No more counting and numbering
images
- No more assembling albums yourself
- No more complicated album order
forms
Each of our album products
include the finest quality photographs printed
by Ultra Color, the album cover and pages, and
all associated mounting and binding charges for
one low price.
For even more convenience, you can even design
and order your album pages using LabPrints or
our free ROES
software.
Silk Road
Pages
All Silk Road album pages are
printed on Kodak paper and have a luster surface.
You can also choose to have the pages sprayed with
a matte spray.
Albums begin with the first page on
the left hand side of the first 2 page spread. Some
photographers will leave the first page a solid
black, white or color. You might also want to print
the couples names, or use a photo of the invitation
on the first page.
Albums start with first print on left hand side
Similarly, albums end with the last
page on the right hand side. Again, many
photographers will leave the last page a solid
black, white or color. You might also want to
consider using the last page to display your
studio's logo and copyright information
Albums end with last print on right hand side
Albums can be created as either
panoramic page spreads (panos) or split pages with
a 3mm gutter as shown below:
Album with pano pages
Detail of album with pano pages
Album with split pages
Detail of album with split pages
The advantage of designs that
incorporate pano pages spreads is that the layout
flows across the seam with the least visual
interruption. The advantage of split pages is that
the seam will not discolor over time as can happen
with folded prints. With either pano or split
editions, the album pages lie flat when opened.
Standard Leather
Covered Albums
Leather albums feature solid
spines, hingeless binding, and padded covers in
either black, ivory, or platinum.
Black leather cover
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Ivory leather cover
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Leather covered albums have a
minimum of 15 pages/30 sides and a
maximum of 24 pages/48 sides.
| 10x10 inch leather album
capacities: |
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12x12 inch leather album
capacities: |
15 pages/30 sides
20 pages/40 sides |
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15 pages/30 sides
20 pages/40 sides |
Up to 2 extra pages can be added to
any of the capacities above.
A 3.25x3.25 inch inset cover photo
is available on the 12x12 leather albums.
Custom Fabric
Covered Albums
Silk Road fabric albums feature
hingeless binding, and a choice of over 50
exquisite Asian cover fabrics.
A second fabric can be used for
contrasting spine color as shown below:
Single Fabric
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Second Fabric used on spine
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Fabric covered albums have
a minimum of 10 pages/20 sides.
The maximum number of pages for
fabric albums with pano pages is 25 pages/50
sides.
The maximum number of pages for
fabric albums with split pages is 22 pages/44
sides.
| 5x5 inch fabric album
capacities: |
10 pages/20 sides
15 pages/30 sides
20 pages/40 sides |
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| 8x8 inch fabric album
capacities: |
10 pages/20 sides
15 pages/30 sides
20 pages/40 sides |
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| 10x10 inch fabric album
capacities: |
10 pages/20 sides
15 pages/30 sides
20 pages/40 sides |
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| 12x12 inch fabric album
capacities: |
10 pages/20 sides
15 pages/30 sides
20 pages/40 sides |
Extra pages can be added to any of
the capacities above, up to the album style's
maximum number of pages.
Click here to
see the current list of fabric swatches.
Printed swatch pages are available
at no charge. These printed swatch pages are as
color accurate as we can make them, but they may
not be a perfect match for some fabrics, such as
our iridescent fabrics.
You can also request a fabric
swatchbook, which is made of up the actual swatches
of our cover fabrics. Fabric swatches are the best
way to judge both the color and the texture of the
fabric . There is a small fee for fabric
swatchbooks.
Click here to request
our printed or fabric swatches
Ordering
To order a silk road album, place
an order for the album pages using our LabPrints or our
ROES software. In ROES,
switch to the Silk Road Albums catalog to choose
your covers and pages. In Labprints, indicate that
the prints are for a Silk Road Album, and indicate
the type of album, as well as leather or fabric
choice in the special instructions area. It's
usually best to call and speak with someone in our
customer service department before placing your
first order.
If you are a first time Ultra Color
customer, fill out this Customer Application
form. An Ultra Color representative will
contact you with your account number and
instructions placing orders.
