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• the wide-band communication methods for the transmission of fingerprint
transactions to and from the FBI.

These standards do not cover the following areas:

• the ability of scanners to produce and transmit output records in the Elec-
tronic Fingerprint Transmission Specification (EFTS) formats,
• the ability of AFIS systems to read EFTS-formatted records, and
• the ability of AFIS systems to process defined transaction types.

For electronic submissions, the transaction must be fully compliant with the
ANSI specification, the EFTS and its Appendices, WSQ and CJIS WAN proto-
cols. For more information, see the SEARCH—FBI/CJIS Advisory Policy
Board’s IAFIS Planning Guide.