Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.

Konica Corporation

Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Limited

Ryuichiro Kobayashi

Jiro Takahashi

Kazumasa Watanabe

Noboru Mizukura

Masaru Kanbe

Tawara Komamura

Morito Uemura

Tatsuhiko Kobayashi

Kenji Yoshida

Satoru Ikeuchi

Yuzuru Sato

Naoshi Kunieda

Shunji Suginaka

Kazuhiro Takemoto

Tadanori Oya

Kaoru Onodera

Noriko Fujita

A control methods and an apparatus for outputting warning-information corresponding to the degree of the user's proficiency in inputting operations are described. The apparatus performs consecutive operations based on set-up data of an operating procedure, and includes a receiving section to receive the set-up data of the operating procedure, an error detecting section to detect an error, a history data memorizing section to memorize the set-up data and history data of the errors as an error history data, an error risk calculating section to calculate a degree of error occurrence risk corresponding to the set-up data, and a warning-information generating section to generate warning-information, corresponding to the degree of error occurrence risk.

Method and apparatus for controlling warning-information

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section having a detachable process cartridge provide with identification information; an identification information reading section to read the identification information of the process cartridge; and a control section to control the image forming apparatus on a basis of a comparison result between the identification information and license presence/absence judgment information used for judging whether the process cartridge is licensed or not.

Image forming apparatus, control method for image forming apparatus and administrating method for image forming apparatus

A method for the formation of a color photographic image comprising exposure and development of a photographic element, said photographic element comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer, a compound capable of releasing a diffusible azo dye compound during development, and at least one mordant layer arranged on a support. The color image formation is effected by the reaction of multivalent metallic ions with an azo dye compound having the formula: ##STR1## wherein G.sup.1 is an alkoxy or a thioalkoxy metallic chelating group; G.sup.2 is a metallic chelating group in which an oxygen atom is involved in the chelate formation; and Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 each is a group of atoms necessary to form an aromatic carbocyclic ring or a heterocyclic ring. The azo dye compound and the metallic ions form a metal complex by coordination of the azo group and the G.sup.1 and G.sup.2 groups of the azo dye compound with the multivalent metallic ions.

Formation of color photographic image with azo dye containing alkoxy or

A photographic element containing a nondiffusible metal complex capable of releasing a diffusible photographically useful group. The complex contains at least one poly-dentate ligand which contains the photographically useful group. The complex may be activated when reduced under alkaline conditions to release the photographically useful group.

Photographic element with reducible metal complex that releases

A photographic light-sensitive element for a color diffusion transfer process which has a silver halide emulsion layer and also employs a nondiffusible cyan dye releasing compound. The compound is capable of releasing a diffusible metallic complex which forms an azo dye under alkaline conditions as a function of the development of the silver halide in said silver halide emulsion layer.

Photographic light-sensitive element with nitrophyenylazo metal

A photographic element comprising a support provided thereon with at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a nondiffusible compound which receives at least one electron in an alkaline condition to release a photographically useful material and a nondiffusible electron donor or a precursor thereof having the following formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, an alkyl, an aryl or a heterocyclic group, R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, an alkyl, an aryl, a heterocyclic, an amino, a carbamide, a sulfonamide, a sulfamoyl, a carbamoyl or a ureido group, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each is hydrogen, --COR.sup.5, --SO.sub.2 R.sup.6 or --CSR.sup.7 wherein R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 each is a substituted or unsubstituted, respectively, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, heterocyclic, alkylamino, alkyloxy, aryloxy, alkylthio, arylthio, alkyloxycarbonyl or aryloxycarbonyl group, and R.sup.7 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyllamino or arylamino group, said R.sup.4 being allowed to form a ring together with said R.sup.1.

Photographic element with pyrazole electron donors

A photographic light-sensitive element which comprises on a support a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and having associated therewith a non-diffusible compound capable of, under alkaline condition, releasing a diffusible azo dye, said compound having the formula (1), ##STR1## wherein X represents a group of atoms necessary to complete a naphthalene ring or a benzene ring, G.sup.1 represents a hydroxy group, a salt thereof or a hydrolyzable precursor thereof, G.sup.2 represents a carboxy group, a salt thereof or a hydrolyzable precursor thereof, a hydroxy group, a salt thereof or a hydrolyzable precursor thereof, R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group, R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group, R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, a carboxy group, a carbamoyl group or an amino group, each of which group may be substituted, R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom, a carboxy group, a carbamoyl group, a cyano group or a trifluoromethyl group, J represents a divalent linking group, Y represents a ballasted carrier moiety capable of releasing said diffusible dye under alkaline condition as a function of development of silver halide, m represents an integer of 1 to 3 and n represents zero or an positive integer not larger than m.

Photographic light sensitive element

A silver halide emulsion containing an image dye-forming substance and a hydroquinone compound containing at least one electron attracting group as a color fog inhibiting agent.

Light-sensitive color photographic material

A light-sensitive photographic element comprising a support and at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer coated thereon having associated therewith a magenta image dye-providing compound which releases a magenta dye or a precursor thereof corresponding to the imagewise exposure of said emulsion layer, said magenta dye-providing compound being a compound represented by formula [I]: ##STR1## wherein Car represents a carrier moiety which can be oxidized under alkaline conditions to release a diffusible dye or a precursor thereof from said compound;

Light-sensitive photographic element comprising a magenta image

A light-sensitive photographic element comprising a support and at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer coated thereon having associated therewith a cyan image dye-providing compound which releases a cyan dye or a precursor thereof corresponding to the imagewise exposure of said emulsion layer, said cyan image dye-providing compound being a compound represented by formula [I] or [II]: ##STR1## wherein Car, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, X, Y.sup.1, Y.sup.2, m, J.sup.1 and J.sup.2 are defined in the specification and claims.

Light-sensitive photographic element comprising a cyan image

2-Sulfamoyl-5-sulfamido-1-naphthols represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 can be the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom, a straight-chain alkyl group, a branched alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group; or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 can be connected with each other, together with the nitrogen atom, to form a ##STR2##

2-Sulfamoyl-5-sulfamido-1-naphthols

In a dye image forming process in color photography comprising imagewise exposing a photographic element comprising a support and a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and processing the exposed photographic element with an alkaline processing solution in the presence of a dye developer whereby a dye image corresponding to the imagewise exposure is formed by oxidation of said developer as a function of development of silver halide, the improvement which comprises the dye developer being a mono azo dye developer represented by the following formula:

Dye image forming process

A process for forming a dye image on a receiving element by diffusion transfer from a photosensitive element is disclosed wherein the exposed photosensitive element is processed with an alkaline solution in the presence of a particular dye developer having at least one azo radical.

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Ryuichiro Kobayashi