Konica Corporation

Shinichi Ohtani

Kiyoshi Sato

Mikio Kawasaki

Noboru Hatakeyama

Akio Suzuki

Yasunori Wada

Teruo Kashino

Satoru Nagasaki

Eiji Yoshida

Katsushi Fujita

Masaaki Taguchi

Masatoshi Iwata

Masatosi Iwada

An image forming method and its apparatus are disclosed. The method comprises exposing a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material having a support and hydrophilic colloid layers provided on both sides of the support and developing the exposed material with a developing solution without immersing it in the developing solution. The apparatus comprises (a) a pair of rollers for transporting the material in a downward direction and (b) a pair of nozzles for feeding the developing solution to both sides of the material, the nozzles being provided above the rollers.

Image forming method and apparatus

A method of developing a silver halide photographic material is disclosed. The method comprises a step of supplying a developer to a surface of an exposed silver halide photographic material, which is transferred by at least one pair of rollers, intermittently at least twice wherein an interval time of each supplying is not more than 10 seconds and the amount of developer retained in the light-sensitive material ranges from 50 to 250 ml/m.sup.2 . The method provides a compact developing system, which is free from uneven development with good grainess of the image.

Method of development comprising intermittently spraying a photographic

The invention provides an apparatus for processing a sheet-shaped silver halide photographic light sensitive material having a hydrophilic colloidal layer on a substrate without dipping it in a processing solution in a tank. In the apparatus, there are provided a conveying device having a pair of conveying belts disposed to face each other with a gap, wherein the gap is made so that the pair of conveying belts hold the developing solution therebetween. Accordingly, the conveying device conveys the sheet-shaped material with the developing solution between the pair of conveying belts.

Apparatus for processing light-sensitive materials

A silver halide photographic material is disclosed which has at least one hydrophilic colloidal layer on a support, said photographic material having a water content of 10-20 g/m.sup.2 at the time when the washing step of processing with a roller transport type automatic processor is completed.

Silver halide photographic material containing a specified water

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