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Adding hypertext links to a digital library that consists of scanned-in paper documents is sensible in order to enhance the library's functionality with regard to a more intuitive kind of searching. Such a hypertext structure can be automatically generated making use of the information as delivered by an OCR software. Of course, also the hypertext presentation could be based on the pure character information. However, the usage of printed documents' facsimiles for presentation purposes seems to be more promising in order to provide for cognitive support of the user: thus, orientation methods he is accustomed to can be supported. In this paper we will describe, how such an access to facsimile documents can be implemented using the Common Gateway Interface and a graphical WORLD-WIDE WEB browser such as MOSAIC. We will also compare these access methods to those implemented with a proprietary hypertext system.