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CIP4 plans to add features to JDF 1.3 (the next version of the specification) that will facilitate advertising production, including the ability to track individual ads throughout the production process. (www.adsml.org/www.cip4.org)

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MINNEAPOLIS—Flaire Print Communications has purchased a new chemistry-free CTP system from Agfa, including an Acento platesetter running Azura plates and Sublima enhanced screening. The printer participates in the Printing Industry of Minnesota's "Great Printers Environmental Initiative," which requires area printers to go beyond the minimum environment compliance regulations. (www.agfa.com)