Konica Corporation

Shoji Nishio

Hideki Komatsu

Akira Shimizu

Yasunori Wada

Takeshi Sanpei

Hiroyuki Ushiroyama

Wataru Ishikawa

Hideo Ishii

Hiroshi Yoshimoto

Teruo Kashino

Iku Metoki

Yorikatsu Miyazawa

Hirobumi Yamashita

Takao Tsuda

Shinji Uchihiro

Kazuya Tsukada

Yutaka Teraoka

Satomi Kawasaki

Akiko Yamaya

Kazushige Aoki

A method for processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which comprises a support, a silver halide emulsion layer provided on the support and a hydrophilic colloid layer adjacent to the silver halide emulsion layer, comprising a step of developing the photographic light-sensitive material with a developing solution containing an ascorbic acid compound as a developing agent, wherein the photographic material contains an amine compound in at least one of the silver halide emulsion layer and the hydrophilic colloid layer and an nucleating agent within a range of 0 to 20 mg per 1 m of the photographic light-sensitive material, and wherein the amine compound has a distribution coefficient (log P) of 1 or more in a n-octanol/water system.

Method for processing silver halide light-sensitive photographic material

Method of processing silver halide photographic light sensitive material

A processing method of a silver halide light sensitive photographic material by the use of an automatic processor is disclosed, in which a developing solution contains a developing agent represented by the formula described below and a developer replenishing solution having activity lower than that of a developing solution used at the time of starting processing is replenished within a predetermined amount to be replenished per unit time, and when the replenished amount of the developer replenishing solution has exceeded the predetermined amount to be replenished per unit time, a developer replenishing solution having higher activity is replenished.

Processing method of silver halide light sensitive photographic material

Processing method of a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material

A method of processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material by use of an automatic processor is disclosed, comprising the steps of developing an exposed photographic material with a developer, fixing with a fixer, washing and drying, wherein a swell ration of overall hydrophilic colloid layers including a silver halide emulsion layer and a protective layer provided on one side of a support is not more than 150%; and the developer, which contains substantially no dihydroxybenzene compound comprises a compound represented by the following formulas in combination with a 3-pyrazolidone compound or an aminophenol compound, and a carbonate salt in an amount of 0.35 mol/l or more.

Method of processing a silver halide photographic material

Disclosed is a method of processing an exposed black and white photographic light-sensitive material employing an automatic processor, the method comprising the steps of developing the exposed material with a developer, the developer is replenished with a developer replenisher; fixing the developed material with a fixer; washing the fixed material; and drying the washed material, wherein the developer contains a developing agent, a compound represented by the following formula (III) and at least one of a compound represented by the following formula (I) and a compound represented by the following formula (II): ##STR1##

Method of processing black and white silver halide photographic light

A solid processing composition and method for processing a silver halide photographic light sensitive material is disclosed in which the solid processing composition has a sodium cation content of 60 mol % or more based on the total metal cation content, and contains a developing agent represented by the following formula (1): ##STR1##

Solid processing composition and method for processing silver halide

A solid developing composition for a silver halide black-and-white photographic light sensitive material is disclosed, comprising a developing agent selected from the group consisting of a dihydroxybenzene compound and a compound represented by formula (A), and the developing composition further comprising a compound represented by formula (1). ##STR1##

Developing composition for silver halide photographic light sensitive

A method for processing an exposed black and white silver halide photographic light-sensitive material includes the steps of: (1) developing the exposed light-sensitive material with a developing solution, (2) fixing the developed material with a fixing solution, (3) washing the fixed material with water which is replenished in an amount of from 0 to 3 liter/m.sup.2 of the exposed light-sensitive material, and (4) drying the washed material. The developing solution is replenished with a solid photographic composition. This solid photographic composition includes a developing agent selected from the group of a dihydroxybenzene developing agent represented by Formula I and a developing agent represented by Formula II (provided that the developing agent represented by Formula II may form a sodium salt, a potassium salt or a lithium salt). Formulae I and II are as follows: ##STR1## In the formulae, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a carboxyl group, a halogen atom or a sulfo group; R.sub.7 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an amino group, an alkoxyl group, a sulfo group, a carboxyl group, an amido group or a sulfonamido group; E.sup.1 represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; and E.sup.2 represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or an NR.sub.8 group, provided that R.sup.8 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group.

Photographic processing method for processing a silver halide

A solid processing composition in the form of granules or a tablet for use as a replenisher of a developer for processing a silver halide black-and-white photographic light sensitive material is disclosed, wherein the solid processing composition is substantially free from a dihydroxybenzene as a developing agent and comprises a cyclodextrin compound.

Solid developer-replenishing composition for processing silver halide

A method of processing an exposed silver halide photographic light sensitive material is disclosed which comprises the steps of:

Method for processing silver halide photographic light-sensitive material

A method of processing a black and white silver halide photographic light sensitive material, using an automatic developing machine, the method comprising the steps of:

An apparatus for processing a light-sensitive material includes a supply controlling section for controlling an amount of solid processing agents to be supplied per a unit time period in accordance with an amount of the light-sensitive material to be processed per a unit time period.

Processing apparatus for light-sensitive materials

A method for continuously processing an exposed silver halide photographic light sensitive material comprises the steps of: developing said material with a developing solution, the developing solution being replenished with a first water and a solid developing composition containing a developing agent and a first sulfite according to a processing amount of said material; and fixing the developed material with a fixing solution, the fixing solution being replenished with a second water and a solid fixing composition containing a fixing agent and a second sulfite according to a processing amount of said material, and no other processing being carried out between said developing and said fixing, wherein the second sulfite is replenished in an amount of 0 to 0.05 mol per liter of the second water.

Processing method of silver halide photographic light sensitive material

A method of processing a photographic light-sensitive material comprising a backing layer on a support opposite an emulsion layer comprises the steps of exposing the material, developing the exposed material with developer, the developer being replenished with developer replenisher in an amount of not more than 200 ml per m.sup.2 of the material, and fixing the developed material,

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