Additional Services

The Charles University Center is able to provide additional services related to document digitization for Charles University faculty libraries, other faculty departments, and other university units. We offer a document printing service from the Charles University digital library to interested parties from both Charles University and general public.If you are interested, please contact us using the dedicated form at servicedesk.cuni.cz, which is available under the "Contact us" button in the detailed description of each service bellow.

Please note: some contact forms are intended only for employees of faculties and departments of Charles University, and access to them will require logging in with your Charles University username and password.

OCR processing of documents

Who can use the service?	Faculties of Charles University, their departments and workplaces
	Charles University Rectorate, its departments and workplaces
	Charles University employees
What types of files can be processed?	Image files in commonly used formats (JPG, PNG, BMP, etc.)
	PDF files without text layer
Factors influencing service usage	Poor-quality image files (photos from mobile phones, cameras, etc.) may not be processed with sufficient accuracy, and therefore the usability of the text output cannot be guaranteed.
	Recognition of image files containing Gothic fonts (Fraktur, Schwabacher, etc.) is not supported, and the usability of the text output cannot be guaranteed.
Service description	We offer automatic text recognition from image files that must meet the criteria described above in order to guarantee sufficient usability of the outputs. The output of OCR processing can be: separate output files for each image file one merged output file consisting of all image files Output file formats: PDF file(s) with text layer TXT file(s) (plain text format) RTF file(s) (rich text format) DOCX file(s) (Microsoft Word file format)

Book cleaning

Who can use the service?	Faculties of Charles University, their departments and workplaces
	Charles University Rectorate, its departments and workplaces
What types of books can be cleaned?	Hardcover books
	Paperback books
Macimum dimensions of the book (in millimeters)	140 x 300 x 400
Service description	We offer automated cleaning of hardcover and softcover books for Charles University faculties, their departments and workplaces (especially faculty libraries), as well as for the Charles University Rectorate, its departments and workplaces. The books will be mechanically cleaned (using special brushes) on all sides to remove minor surface dirt and dust. The book cleaner cannot remove sticky dirt and stains from food or drinks. Due to the cleaning method, we also recommend that you consider the overall condition of the book with regard to possible mechanical damage before using this service.

Document trimming

Who can use the service?	Faculties of Charles University, their departments and workplaces
	Charles University Rectorate, its departments and workplaces
What types of books can be cleaned?	Hardcover books
	Paperback books
	Loose sheets
Maximum document height	95 mm
Maximum cutting length	550 mm
Maximum cutting depth	570 mm
Service description	We offer trimming documents and printed materials using hte IDEAL 5560 stack cutter for Charles University faculties, departments, and workplaces, as well as for departments and workplaces of the Charles University Rectorate. The stac cutter allows material to be cut manually or using pre-programmed steps. This cutter is therefore ideal not only for preparing documents for destructive digitization (cutting book bindings), but also for cutting common office printed materials (such as business cards) and promotional materials.

Print from Charles University Digital Library

Who can use the service?	Students of Charles University and anyone else for their personal use
Print format	A4–A2
Print options	Colour / black and white
	With or without graphic editing of the document for printing purposes. This involves converting a colour document to black and white or cleaning up a black and white document, or cropping the edges of the document and straightening the lines of text.
	We can bind the printed document with ring binding
Delivery period	Usually within two weeks
Please note	We do not print documents that fall under the Copyright.
Delivery method	Personal pickup at the Central Library of Charles University
	Delivery by mail
Service description	We offer printing digitized documents (either in whole or in part) from the Charles University Digital Library Kramerius to both students of Charles University and anyone else. Such copies are intended for the personal use only, in accordance with the Copyright Act.

Last change: February 24, 2026 15:08

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