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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1992
Filed:
May. 17, 1990
AGFA-Gevaert, N.V., Mortsel, BE;
Abstract
An aqueous alkaline processing liquid suitable for use in the silver complex diffusion transfer reversal (DTR-) process, wherein said liquid contains one or more alkanolamines, the said alkanolamine(s) consisting of one or more tertiary alkanolamines in an amount in the range from 0.3 mol to 1.5 mol/l, and one or more secondary alkanolamines in an amount from 0 mol % to 5 mol % with respect to the amount of tertiary alkanolamine(s), and said liquid also contains a mixture of a silver image toning agent A being 1-phenyl-1H-tetrazole-5-thiol or a tautomer thereof and at least one other silver image toning agent B being a 1-phenyl-1H-tetrazole-5-thiol or a tautomer thereof, wherein the phenyl nucleus is substituted with halogen, the toning agent A and toning agent(s) B being present in said liquid in a molar ratio from 1/15 to 15/1. 885