Konica Corporation

Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.

Konica Technosearch Corp.

Megumi Ide

Toyoki Nishijima

Kaoru Onodera

Masaki Tanji

Shun Takada

Masao Sasaki

Takashi Kadowaki

Yutaka Kaneko

Shuichi Sugita

Shigeo Chino

Shinichi Suzuki

Hirokazu Sato

Makoto Kajiwara

Noboru Mizukura

Tomomi Yoshizawa

Katsumasa Yamazaki

Satoshi Nakagawa

Kunimasa Hiyama

Kazuhiro Murai

Motoi Nishimura

Akio Iwaki

Kouji Tashiro

Junji Ito

Takahiro Ogawa

Shinji Yoshimoto

Akio Iijima

Naoko Shimada

Kenzi Kadokura

Tatsuya Sasazawa

An ink-jet recording sheet comprising a support having thereon in the following order: (i) a first ink absorbing layer comprising gelatin and a first cationic polymer; and (ii) a second ink absorbing layer comprising gelatin and a second cationic polymer, wherein the first cationic polymer has a larger ink absorption ratio A than the second cationic polymer, the ink absorption ratio A being defined by the following equation: A (%)&equals;((an optical density of a print after immersion in water)/(an optical density of a print before immersion in water))&times;100.

Ink-jet recording medium

A silver halide photographic material for direct observation comprising a support having on one side of the support, (a) a photosensitive layer comprising a silver halide emulsion; and (b) a non-photosensitive layer, wherein the photographic material comprises at least one oil-soluble dye having a maximum absorption wavelength of a spectral reflection density curve in a range of 540 to 580 nm and exhibiting an absorption density at 440 nm of not more than &frac14; of an absorption density at the maximum absorption wavelength.

Silver halide photographic material for direct observation and ink-jet recording sheet

A method for forming a color photographic image is disclosed. The method comprises steps of

Method for forming a photographic color image with a photographic

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a support having thereon a photographic layer including a silver halide emulsion layer wherein the outermost surface of said photographic layer has a pH value of from 5.4 to 5.9 and said silver emulsion layer contains a compound represented by the following formula I; ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group; R.sub.2 is an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an acyl group or an aryl group; R.sub.3 is a substituent, n is 0 or 1; X.sub.1 is a substituent capable of splitting off upon coupling reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent; and Y.sub.1 is an organic group. The light-sensitive material is excellent in stability during storage and gives stable photographic characteristics even when pH value of developer is varied.

Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material

There is disclosed a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material having at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer and at least one non-light-sensitive emulsion layer of a support, the improvement wherein a coupler represented by the following formula (M-I) and an anti-fading additive having a quenching rate constant of a singlet oxygen of 1.times.10.sup.7 M.sup.-1 .multidot.sec.sup.-1 or more provided that 2,5-dialkylhydroquinones are excluded are contained in at least one layer of the light-sensitive emulsion layer, and a compound represented by the following formula (II) is contained in at least one layer selected from the light-sensitive emulsion layer and the non-light-sensitive emulsion layer. ##STR1## wherein Z represents a group of non-metallic atoms necessary for forming a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring, the ring formed by said Z may have a substitutent(s), X represents hydrogen atom or an eliminatable group by the reaction with an oxidized product of a color developing agent, and R represents hydrogen atom or a substituent, ##STR2## wherein R.sup.12 and R.sup.13 each represent secondary or tertiary alkyl group, provided that total carbon atoms of the alkyl groups represented by R.sup.12 and R.sup.13 are 20 or more.

Light-sensitive silver halide photographic material prevented in color

A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having an improved light-fastness of magenta dye image is disclosed. The photographic material has a silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler represented by the following formula [I], a compound by the following formula [II] and a compound represented by the following formula [III]: ##STR1##

Silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a photographic silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler, a photographic silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow coupler, a photographic silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan coupler and an non-light-sensitive layer containing a binder and a UV absorbent, wherein said silver halide photographic light-sensitive material has not more than 7.6 g/m.sup.2 of gelatin, said UV absorbent is liquid at an ordinary temperature, and said magenta coupler is a compound represented by Formula I; ##STR1## wherein Z represents a non-metallic group necessary to form a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring, X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being split upon reaction with an oxidation product of a color developing agent, and R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent.

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a photographic silver halide emulsion layer is disclosed. The silver halide emulsion layer contains a magenta coupler represented by Formula I, a compound represented by Formula II and at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by Formula III and Formula IV; ##STR1##

Silver halide photographic sensitive material

A silver halide color photographic material that has at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, which emulsion layer contains a compound represented by the following general formula (T) and a yellow coupler represented by the following general formula (Y-I): ##STR1## (where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are each a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an acyl group or an alkoxycarbonyl group; X is a divalent group having a carbon atom as a constituent atom of the 6-membered ring; and n is 0, 1 or 2): ##STR2## (where R'.sub.1 is an alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group; R'.sub.2 is an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an acyl group or an aryl group; R'.sub.3 is a group capable of substitution on the benzene ring; n' is 0 or 1; Y' is a monovalent ballast group, and Z' is a hydrogen atom or an atom or group that are capable of being eliminated upon coupling).

Silver halide color photographic material

Disclosed is a method for processing a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a reflective support, characterized in that at least one layer of the silver halide emulsion layer contains a compound represented by the formula (I) shown below, and the light-sensitive silver halide photographic material with a total amount of a hydrophilic binder contained of 7.5 g/m.sup.2 or less is processed with a color developer with an amount of the color developer replenished of 25 to 100 ml per 1 m.sup.2 of the light-sensitive silver halide photographic material: ##STR1## wherein A, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 are as described in the description.

Method for processing light-sensitive silver halide photographic material

A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a greensen-sitive silver halide emulsion layer which contains a coupound represented by the following formula T and a magenta coupler represented by the following formula M-I: ##STR1## in formula T, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an acyl group or an alkoxycarbonyl group; X is a divalent group including a carbon atom as the component of the 6-member ring of formula T; and n is an integer of zero, 1 or 2. In formula M-I, Z is a group of non-metal atoms necessary to form a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring; Xs is a hydrogen atom or a splitting off substitutent; and R.sub.9, R.sub.10 and R.sub.11 each is a hydrogen atom or a substituent provided that two or three groups represented by R.sub.9 to R.sub.11 are not hydrogen atoms at the same time. The light-sensitive material is improved in the light fastness of magenta image and prevented in formation of yellow stain in no image formed area.

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed, which is improved in stability of cyan dye image formed therein. The light-sensitive material comprises a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing oleophilic dispersed particles. The particles comprises a cyan coupler represented by the following Formula I, an organic solvent selected from phthalic esters having a dielectrical constant of not more than 6.0 and a polymer compounds which is insoluble in water and soluble in a organic solvent: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a ballast group, R.sub.2 is an alkyl group having 2 or more carbon atoms and Z.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent capable of splitting off upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent.

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material improved in fastness to light of the color image formed thereon. The photographic material comprises a support and a silver halide emulsion layer containing a dye-forming coupler, a compound represented by the following Formula I, and a compound represented by the following Formula II: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents a straight or branched chain alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a straight of branched chain alkenyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each represents a straight or branched chain alkyl group having 5 to 18 carbon atoms or a straight of branched chain alkenyl group having 5 to 18 carbon atoms; and R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 each represents a straight or branched chain alkyl group having 4 to 8 carbon atoms.

Silver halide light-sensitive photographic material forming a dye image

A method of forming a dye image suitable for a rapid process is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of,

Dye image forming method

A light-sensitive silver halide photographic material having a support and, provided thereon, photographic component layers including at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of not less tha 90 mole % and having been subjected to gold sensitization, said photographic component layer containing a gelatin of which isoelectric point being 4.0 to 5.0 and the film pH of said photographic component layer being not more than 6.0.

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