Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Yukihide Urata

Masashi Ogawa

Taku Nakamura

Yasuo Kasama

Shigenori Moriuchi

Hiroyuki Mifune

Tadao Shishido

Eiichi Okutsu

Yoshiharu Fuseya

Tatsuo Nishimura

Shingo Yamauchi

A color photographic material composed of a support having thereon at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein

Silver halide color photographic material for laser recording

A color photographic material having at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, characterized in that a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion which is used in at least one of the blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer or layers contains silver halide grains of an average size of 0.4.mu. or less and at least one sensitizing dye represented by formula I or II: ##STR1## wherein Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2 and Z.sup.3 each represent an atomic group necessary for completing an oxazole, benzoxazole, naphthoxazole, thiazole, benzothiazole, naphthothiazole, imidazole, benzimidazole or naphthoimidazole ring; R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group; (X.sup.-) represents an acid anion; and n represents zero or 1. The photographic material is excellent in sensitivity, graininess, sharpness and storage stability, and gives an excellent color reproduction without color mixing.

Silver halide color photographic material including a silver halide of

A silver halide photographic emulsion comprising silver halide, binder, and sensitizing dyes of formulas (I), (II), (III): ##STR1## R.sub.1, R.sub.2 represent substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 being sulfoalkyl or carboxyalkyl; R represents alkyl or aralkyl; W.sub.1, W.sub.2, W.sub.3, W.sub.4, being the same or different, represent hydrogen, halogen, aryl, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, carboxy, or hydroxy, provided W.sub.1 and W.sub.2 are not both a phenyl; X.sup..crclbar. represents an acid anion; n represents 1 or 2, n being 1 when the dye forms an intramolecular salt; ##STR2## R.sub.4, R.sub.5 represent substituted or unsubstituted alkyl; at least one of R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 being sulfoalkyl or carboxyalkyl; R.sub.3 represents ethyl, propyl, or aralkyl; V.sub.1, V.sub.2, V.sub.3, V.sub.4, V.sub.5, V.sub.6, V.sub.7, being the same or different, represent hydrogen, halogen, aryl, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, carboxy, or hydroxy, provided any of V.sub.1 and V.sub.2, V.sub.2 and V.sub.3, V.sub.3 and V.sub.4, V.sub.5 and V.sub.6, or V.sub.6 and V.sub.7 may combine into a benzene ring; X.sub.1.sup..crclbar. represents an acid anion; m represents 1 or 2, m being 1 when the dye forms an intramolecular salt; ##STR3## R.sub.6, R.sub.7, R.sub.8, being the same or different, represent an aliphatic group; U.sub.1, U.sub.2, U.sub.3, U.sub.4, being the same or different, represent hydrogen, halogen, aliphatic hydrocarbon, acyl, acyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, carbamoyl, sulfamoyl, cyano, trifluoromethyl or hydroxy; A represents a sulfo or carboxy; X.sub.2.sup..crclbar. represents an acid anion; h is 1 to 6; and e represents 1 or 2.

Silver halide photographic emulsions

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material for photo-mechanical process comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one light-insensitive upper layer which is positioned above the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein at least one of the light-insensitive upper layers has a melting time longer than a melting time of the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and the light-insensitive upper layer contains a polymer latex. The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material has excellent aptitude for reduction treatment without increasing the amount of silver per unit area. The occurrence of reticulation is prevented with the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material. A method of reduction treatment for a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material for photo-mechanical process comprising the steps of: exposing the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as described above, development processing the exposed silver halide photographic light-sensitive material to form a silver image, and carrying out reduction treatment of the silver image is also disclosed.

Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material for photomechanical

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material for plate making is disclosed. The material is comprised of a support base having thereon a sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one upper insensitive layer having a melting time longer than the melting time of the sensitive silver halide emulsion layer. A method of reduction treatment for such silver halide light-sensitive material is also disclosed. The sensitive materials have excellent aptitude for reduction treatment and do not deteriorate even if the amount of silver per unit area is relatively small.

Silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials for plate making

A silver halide photographic material for a photomechanical process which has an excellent reduction processing aptitude is disclosed. The material is comprised of a support having a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer thereon and a light-insensitive layer disposed outside the silver halide emulsion layer. The light-insensitive layer contains a hydrophilic colloidal binder coated in such an amount per unit area as to be 1.0 or more times that of a hydrophilic colloidal binder contained in the silver halide emulsion layer.

Silver halide photographic material for photomechanical process and

A lithographic silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is described which scarcely exhibits colored fringe and black pepper, forms halftone dots of good quality whether a fresh or an exhausted developer is used for processing thereof, and which scarcely shows a drop in sensitivity even when a developer contaminated by a fixing solution is used; said material comprises a support and at least one lithographic silver halide emulsion layer, and containing in said emulsion layer or in another hydrophilic colliodal layer which does not contain silver halide emulsion at least one compound represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein M represents hydrogen, an alkali metal ion or --NH.sub.4.sup..sym. ; X represents --SO.sub.2 NHR', --COOM', --SO.sub.3 M', --OH or --CONH.sub.2, wherein M' represents hydrogen, an alkali metal ion or --NH.sub.4.sup..sym. ; and R' represents hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R represents hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and n represents 1 or 2.

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