Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Yukio Karino

Shinji Sakaguchi

Junichi Yamanouchi

Hiroshi Hayashi

Takashi Yoshida

Hisashi Okamura

Tomokazu Yasuda

Hideki Tomiyama

Tetunori Matushita

Yoshio Sakakibara

Morio Yagihara

Tadashi Ito

Masakazu Morigaki

Keiji Mihayashi

Kazunobu Katoh

Yasushi Hattori

Mitsunori Ono

Noriyuki Inoue

Taku Nakamura

Kei Sakanoue

Yoshihiro Jimbo

Isamu Itoh

Yukio Maekawa

Toshiyuki Watanabe

Takeshi Shibata

Yoshio Idota

Koji Tamoto

Takushi Miyazako

Yoshiharu Fuseya

Seiya Sakurai

Kokichi Waki

Kentaro Shiratsuchi

Masatoshi Nakanishi

Katsusuke Endo

Masataka Ogawa

Hideki Takaki

Sosuke Hanai

There is disclosed a novel surface-active compound, and a silver halide photographic material and a processing solution for a silver halide photographic material containing the same. The surface-active compound is represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## Wherein R.sup.1 represents an aliphatic group, an alicyclic compound group, an aromatic group, or a heterocyclic ring; R.sup.2 represents an aliphatic group, an alicyclic compound group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic ring, or a group represented by --L--Z; Q.sup.1, Q.sup.2, and Q.sup.3 each represent a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or a group represented by --N(R.sup.3)--, in which R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a group represented by R.sup.2 ; L represents a divalent linking group; and Z represents an ionic group.

Surface-active compound and a silver halide photographic material

A silver halide photographic material comprises at least one silver halide emulsion layer provided on a support. The silver halide emulsion layer contains a color coupler. According to the present invention, the color coupler is contained in particles of a specific polymer dispersed in the silver halide emulsion layer. The specific polymer comprises repeating units represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is hydrogen, a halogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; each of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is an aliphatic group or an aromatic group, or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are combined with the oxygen atoms and the phosphorus atom to form a heterocyclic ring; and L is a divalent linking group selected from --CO--, --O--, --S--, --NR.sup.4 --, --SO.sub.2 --, a divalent aliphatic group, a divalent aromatic group and a combination thereof, and R.sup.4 is hydrogen or an aliphatic group.

Silver halide photographic material comprising emulsion layer containing

A silver halide photographic material having at least one hydrophilic colloid layer containing a dispersion obtained by emulsifying and dispersing a mixed solution containing at least one oil-soluble dye and at least one water-insoluble, organic solvent-soluble polymer.

Silver halide photographic material containing an oil-soluble dye

There is disclosed a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material containing a dye which can be decolored or eluted without causing a stain problem attributable to a residual color, wherein the light-sensitive material comprises a support, having provided thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one hydrophilic colloid layer containing a dispersed solid form of a dye, wherein the dye is dispersed in fine particles with an anionic polymer.

Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material

A novel silver halide photographic material is provided comprising on a support at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the emulsion layer or other hydrophilic colloidal layers comprise at least one compound represented by ty the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; W represents a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; Z represents --Y.sub.1 (R.sub.3).sub.n0 or R.sub.3 (in which R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent); n.sub.0 and n.sub.1 each represents an integer O or 1; 1 represents an integer 1 or 2; R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may be connected to each other to form a carbon ring or a heterocyclic group; Y.sub.1 represents ##STR2## (in which R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent) when n.sub.1 is 1 or represents a cyano group or a nitro group when n.sub.1 is 0; X represents --SO.sub.2 -- or --SO.sub.3 --; and D represents a photographic dye portion.

Silver halide photographic material

A novel silver halide photographic material is provided comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein the emulsion layer or other hydrophilic colloidal layers comprise at least one compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein W represents .dbd.N-- or ##STR2## in which R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R.sub.0 represents an alkyl group containing 10 or more carbon atoms or an aromatic group containing 12 or more carbon atoms; Z represents an atomic group which can form a heterocyclic group or a carbon ring; Y represents ##STR3## wherein R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, and R.sub.7 each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X.sub.1 represents a divalent group connected to carbon atom via a hetero atom contained therein; D represents a photogragraphic dye portion connected to X.sub.1 via a hetero atom contained therein; A represents a water-solubilizing group; m.sub.1 represents an integer 0 or 1; and n represents an integer 2 or more.

Silver halide photographic material containing light absorbing compound

A color diffusion transfer photographic film unit is disclosed, which comprises:

Color diffusion transfer photographic film unit with dye trapping layer

A silver halide photographic material is disclosed, comprising a hydrophilic layer containing a dye dispersed in a solid particle form therein on at least one side of a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the coating weight of hydrophilic colloid in said layer containing a dye dispersed in a solid particle form therein is from 0.05 to 0.5 g/m.sup.2 and the total coating weight of hydrophilic colloid on each side of said support is from 0.5 to 3 g/m.sup.2.

Silver halide photographic material and method for processing thereof

A diffusion transfer photographic element wherein there is included at least one layer which contains a water based polymer dispersion obtained by adding at least one ethylenic unsaturated monomer which contains a sulfinic acid group to a polymer dispersion which contains repeating units which have at least one quaternary ammonium salt and carrying out a polymerization.

Diffusion transfer photographic elements

A photographic element comprising a polymer mordant containing a repeating unit containing a tertiary amino group or a quaternary ammonium salt and at least one reprating unit represented by the formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5, which may be the same or different, each represent an alkyl group or substituted alkyl group; R.sup.6, R.sup.7, and R.sup.8, which may be the same or different, each represent hydrogen, an alkyl group or a substituted alkyl group; R.sup.11 represents an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a substituted alkoxy group, an acylamino group or a halogen atom; R.sup.12 and R.sup.13, which may be the same or different, each represent an alkyl group or a substituted alkyl group; L.sup.1 and L.sup.3, which may be the same or different, each represent a divalent connecting group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and n represents an integer of 0 or 1, wherein the proportion of the repeating unit containing a tertiary amino group or a quaternary ammonium salt in the polymer is in the range of from 10 to 90 mol %, and the proportion of the at least one repeating unit represented by formula (I) or (II) in the polymer is in the range of of 10 to 90 mol %.

Photographic element

An image receiving element for use in a silver salt diffusion transfer process comprising at least an alkali neutralization layer, a neutralization timing layer and an image receiving layer containing silver precipitation nucleus material in regenerated cellulose obtained by saponfying a cellulose ester with a substantially water free alkaline solution after coating disposed on a support in the recited order, wherein the alkaline solution contains from 1 to 20% by weight of a polyhydric alcohol having two or more hydroxyl groups or a derivative thereof. Saponification carried out for forming the image forming layer can be kept from progressing into the layers situated below, thereby enabling the obtainment of satisfactory image receiving sheets with less increase in stains, less density lowering in the storage stability, and less change in the tone.

Image receiving element for use in a silver salt diffusion transfer

A process for forming an image by silver salt diffusion transfer comprising developing a light-sensitive element which comprises a support having provided thereon a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer which has been imagewise exposed to light by an alkaline processing composition in the presence of a silver halide solvent so that at least a part of silver halide unexposed in said emulsion layer is converted to a transferable silver complex salt, and then transferring at least a part of said silver complex salt to an image-receiving layer containing a silver precipitating agent to form an image on said image-receiving layer, wherein the concentration of said silver precipitating agent in said image-receiving layer is in the range of from 2.times.10.sup.-6 to 8.times.10.sup.-6 mol/m.sup.2 and at least one of said light-sensitive element and said alkaline processing composition contains at least one of a compound represented by formula (I) and a compound represented by formula (II) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a phenyl group or a phenyl group substituted by an alkyl group having 1 or 2 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or a hydroxyalkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, a phenyl group substituted by an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; ##STR2## wherein R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R.sub.8 represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 3.

Process for forming an image by silver salt diffusion transfer

A light-sensitive element for the silver salt diffusion transfer method is described, comprising a support bearing thereon at least a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing silver iodide, wherein at least one layer for trapping on iodide ion is provided between the support and the emulsion layer. This light-sensitive element provides a silver image which is improved in fading and discoloration during storage.

Light-sensitive element for silver salt diffusion transfer with iodine

A novel color diffusion transfer photographic material comprising (A) a light-sensitive element comprising a first support having thereon at least a silver halide photographic emulsion layer and a dye providing compound, (B) an image receiving element comprising a second support having thereon at least an image receiving layer and (C) means for providing an alkaline treating solution between element (A) and (B), wherein

Hardened color diffusion transfer photographic materials

A multilayer color photographic light-sensitive material containing no image-receiving layer is described, comprising a support, an internal latent image type direct reversal silver halide emulsion layer combined with a dye-providing substance, and a void layer between the support and the layer containing the dye-providing substance closest to the support.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yukio Karino