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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1992
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A method of continuously processing an imagewise exposed silver halide photographic material using an automatic processor which has a color development bath, comprising the steps of a) developing with a color developer containing an organic preservative, and b) adding to the color developer during the continuous processing (i) a replenisher for the color developer containing a development agent and other components for the development in an amount of from 20 ml to 600 ml per m.sup.2 of the photographic material processed, and (ii) a water solution in an amount of from 0.1 to 1.2 times the amount of the developer which has evaporated from the bath at a frequency of about once per week or more often.