Konica Corporation

Moeko Hagiwara

Hiroaki Kobayashi

Shigeharu Koboshi

Satoru Kuse

Yutaka Ueda

Tsuyoshi Haraguchi

Masayuki Kurematsu

Manabu Nakahanada

Kenji Kuwae

Masao Ishikawa

Kenji Ishida

Hiroshi Yoshimoto

Ichiro Tsuchiya

Yoshimasa Komatsu

Takeyoshi Iguchi

Shinsaku Nagaoka

A photographic guide print for guiding how to print image data corresponding to a photograhic image; comprises a sheet on which the image data are printed in a form of a standard sample image on a basis of a standard image processing condition; and a remark section provided on the sheet so that information to designate an image processing condition how to retouch the standard sample is written in the remark section in view of the standard sample image.

Photographic image print guide and print producing method

A method for processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The method comprises the step of supplying a photographic processing solution on the image forming surface of the silver halide photographic material by a processing solution supplying means, and said processing solution has a contact angle to the image forming surface of said silver halide photographic light-sensitive material of not more than 45&deg;.

Method for processing silver halide photographic light-sensitive material

An apparatus for processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, the apparatus having plural processes of at least a developing process, a bleaching process and a fixing process, comprises a supplying device to supply a processing solution to a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material in at least one process of the plural processes, whereby a point of the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is supplied with the processing solution during a supplying time, wherein the point of the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is processed during a processing time in the process and the supplying time is not longer than 70% of the processing time; and a heater to heat the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material in such a manner that a surface temperature of the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material when the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is supplied with the processing solution by the supplying device is 40.degree. C. to 90.degree. C.

Automatic developing machine for silver halide photographic

An apparatus for processing a silver halide photographic material which is exposed to a light, comprises a supplying head on which plural jetting orifices are provided. A processing solution is supplied through a space from the plural jetting orifices onto the silver halide photographic material so that plural solution dots are formed on the silver halide photographic material. The plural jetting orifices are provided in such an arrangement that, when the amount of the processing solution supplied through each of the plural jetting orifices is a minimum amount, each solution dot on the silver halide photographic material has a dot area S and a overlapping area D in which neighboring solution dots are overlapped with each other and a degree of overlapping defined by a formula (D/S) is not less than 0.2.

Automatic processing machine for silver halide photographic

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a color developing process is disclosed. The color developing process comprises

Processing method for silver halide color photographic light-sensitive

An automatic processing apparatus having a processing solution tank for processing a silver halide photosensitive material, includes a container accommodating a set of solid processing agents which can process a predetermined amount of the material, a detector for detecting an amount of the material to be processed, and a supplier for supplying an amount of the solid processing agents accommodated in the container into the processing solution tank in accordance with a detected amount of the material. The apparatus further includes a controller for controlling the supplier in which the controller controls the supplier to supply all amount of the solid processing agents remained in the container to the processing solution tank, when the processing agents are remained in the container after the predetermined amount of the material is completed to be processed. The controller controls the supplier to inhibit a supply of another set of the solid processing agents until the predetermined amount of the material is completed to be processed, when all amount of the solid processing agents in the container has been supplied onto the processing solution tank before the predetermined amount of the material is completed to be processed.

Automatic processing apparatus for processing silver halide

In an apparatus for processing a silver halide photographic material, processing solid agent is composed of a mixture of a plurality of processing agent components and has average particle sizes of 150 .mu.m to 3000 .mu.m more than 50% in particle size distribution thereof. The agent supply device measures a predetermined volume of the processing solid agent and supplies it into a processing solution with which the silver halide photographic material is processed.

Automatic developing apparatus for silver halide photographic

A recycling method for photographic processing waste liquid is disclosed. The photographic processing waste liquid is subjected to evaporative concentration under a reduced pressure of not higher than 700 mmHg and at a temperature of not higher than 90.degree. C. The resulting distillate is used as a solvent for photographic processing agents or as an evaporation compensator for processing tanks of an automatic processing machine.

Recycling method for photographic processing waste liquid

A method of processing a silver halide color photographic material by exposing the material to light, color developing, processing with a solution having a fixing function and thereafter, stabilizing the material. The stabilizing processing solution is one in for replacing formaldehyde in known processing solutions. The compound that replaces the formaldehyde is a meta substituted benzaldehyde. A method of using the processing solution is also disclosed.

Method of stabilizing a color silver halide image

Disclosed is a stabilizer for silver halide color photographic light-sensitive materials comprising-at least one compound represented by Formula (I) and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of Formula (II-A), Formula (II-B) and Formula (II-C); ##STR1## wherein Z represents a group of atoms necessary to form a substituted or unsubstituted homocycle or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocycle, X represents an aldehyde group, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents a lower alkyl group; 1 represents an integer of 1 to 4, ##STR3## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represent a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 each represent an alkyleneoxy group or a branched alkyleneoxy group, m and n each represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 100, provided that m+n.ltoreq.100 is satisfied, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a lower alkyl group, an alkoxyl group, a halogen atom or a hydroxyalkyl group.

Stabilizer for silver halide color photographic light-sensitive

Disclosed is a stabilizing solution for a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material, comprises a compound represented by the following Formula F, and has a pH of from 7.5 to 10.0; ##STR1## wherein Z represents a group of atoms necessary to form a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic hydrocarbon or heterocyclic ring, X represents an aldehyde group, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represent a lower alkyl group. The stabilizing solution and the processing method for a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material according to this invention, can provide a processing technique that can achieve a superior stability of dye images, can better prevent backside deposits, can promise superior solution stability, and can better prevent yellow staining.

Stabilizing solution for light-sensitive silver halide color

Disclosed is a stabilizing solution for a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material, comprises a compound represented by the following Formula I, and has a surface tension of from 15 to 60 dyne/cm at 20.degree. C.; ##STR1## wherein Z represents a group of atoms necessary to form a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic hydrocarbon or heterocyclic ring, X represents an aldehyde group, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represent a lower alkyl group. The stabilizing solution and the processing method for a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material according to this invention, can provide a processing technique that can achieve a superior stability of dye images, can better prevent backside deposits, can promise superior solution stability, and can better prevent yellow staining.

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, wherein a silver halide color photographic material A comprising silver halide grains with a total amount of silver coated of 2 g/m.sup.2 to 10 g/m.sup.2 and another silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material B comprising silver halide grains with a total amount of silver coated of not more than 1 g/m.sup.2 are processed with a stabilizer solution containing a hexamethylenetetramine compound or at least one compound selected from the group consisting the compounds represented by the following formulas: ##STR1##

The present inventions relate to a processing method for processing, with a developing time of not more than 180 seconds, a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support, provided thereon, with at least one silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one emulsion layer containing silver iodo-bromide with not less than 0.5 mole % of silver iodine, in particular to an active processing method wherein, a light-sensitive material B not only containing silver iodo-bromide with an iodine content of not less than 0.5 mole % but also a magenta coupler and providing a maximum magenta density, after exposed, and being capable of only satisfying the maximum magenta dye density M of M&lt;2.0 if exposed under specific conditions and then subjected to color developing of a duration of three minutes 15 seconds at 38.degree. C. with a specific developer solution, is capable of offering a maximum magenta density satisfying M.gtoreq.2.0, when the light-sensitive material is exposed under the exposure conditions and subjected to color developing with a duration of not more than 2.5 minutes, whereby excellent image in terms of image quality is resulted.

A stabilizing solution for processing silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials and a processing method of silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials using the stabilizing solution are disclosed. The stabilizing solution contains a polyoxyalkylene type compound and a compound selected from triazine type compounds and methylol type compounds.

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Moeko Hagiwara