Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited

Eiji Matsubara

Toshiro Kondo

Hidetoshi Miura

Seiichi Sumi

Sukeaki Date

Masao Okushima

Eiichi Terashima

Takimi Hashimoto

Disclosed is a developer for silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which contains at least one of the compounds represented by the following formulas [I], [II] and [III]: Formula [I]: ##STR1## wherein M represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal or NH.sub.4 and A and B each represents a mercapto group, a hydroxyl group, a hydroxyalkyl group, or ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents a hydrogen atom or --X--Y group in which X represents a divalent group and Y represents a carboxyl group or a hydroxyl group, Formula [II]: ##STR3## wherein M represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal or NH.sub.4, A' represents an organic divalent group, and B' represents --SO.sub.3 M', --COOM', --SO.sub.2 NHR.sub.3, --CONHR.sub.3, or --OH wherein M' represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom or NH.sub.4, and R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of 1-3 carbon atoms, and Formula [III]: ##STR4## wherein M and B' are the same as defined in the above formula [II]:

Developer for silver halide photographic light-sensitive material

Disclosed is a processing solution used for making lithographic printing plates by silver complex diffusion transfer process which contains at least one thioether derivative represented by the following formulas (I), (II) and (III): ##STR1## wherein n.sub.1 and n.sub.2 each represents 0, 1 or 2 and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents an alkylene group of 1-5 carbon atoms, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkylene group of 1-5 carbon atoms, X represents a hydrogen atom, a carboxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, a hydroxy group, or --OR.sup.2 in which R.sup.2 has the same meaning as --R.sub.1 --S).sub.n CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH above, and n represents 0, 1 or 2, ##STR3## wherein X' represents an aromatic or heterocyclic group which has a carboxy group, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents an alkylene group of 1-5 carbon atoms and n represents 0, 1, 2 or 3.

Process for making lithographic printing plates

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Nagaokakyo, Japan

Eiji Matsubara