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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1991
Masao Koga, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Minoru Ohashi, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for image formation which is free from the problems such as uneven development and pepper fog and can give photographic characteristics of extremely high contrast negative tone using a stable developer and which comprises developing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material in the presence of a compound represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group of 1-8 carbon atoms or a cycloalkyl group having 4-8 carbon atoms in the ring, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 may be identical or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group with a proviso that they cannot be simultaneously hydrogen atoms, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may link to each other to form a ring structure, and at least one hydroxy group is present in the substituents R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4.