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• • G—PHYSICS
  • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
  • G03C—PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES; PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES, e.g. CINE, X-RAY, COLOUR, STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES; AUXILIARY PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY
  • G03C1/00—Photosensitive materials
  • G03C1/76—Photosensitive materials characterised by the base or auxiliary layers
  • G03C1/825—Photosensitive materials characterised by the base or auxiliary layers characterised by antireflection means or visible-light filtering means, e.g. antihalation
  • G03C1/83—Organic dyestuffs therefor
  • G03C1/832—Methine or polymethine dyes
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
  • G03C—PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES; PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES, e.g. CINE, X-RAY, COLOUR, STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES; AUXILIARY PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY
  • G03C1/00—Photosensitive materials
  • G03C1/005—Silver halide emulsions; Preparation thereof; Physical treatment thereof; Incorporation of additives therein
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
  • G03C—PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES; PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES, e.g. CINE, X-RAY, COLOUR, STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES; AUXILIARY PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY
  • G03C1/00—Photosensitive materials
  • G03C1/005—Silver halide emulsions; Preparation thereof; Physical treatment thereof; Incorporation of additives therein
  • G03C1/06—Silver halide emulsions; Preparation thereof; Physical treatment thereof; Incorporation of additives therein with non-macromolecular additives
  • G03C1/30—Hardeners

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a silver halide photographic material, and more particularly to a silver halide photographic material which can be rapidly processed and has a dye layer.
• the present invention also relates to a method for processing the same.
• black-and-white photographic materials generally used, for example, for X-ray photography, plate making and microphotography have been processed by automatic processors within a time of 1 to 5 minutes. It is, however, desired to complete the processing as rapidly as possible to deal with the increased photographs to be processed.
• Photographic materials used for quick feedback of results such as medical X-ray photographic materials, are required to be processed within the shortest possible time. In these circumstances, the processing time of photographic materials is reduced from 1 minute or more to less than 1 minute, and is being reduced to shorter time.
• the photographic materials for plate making pass through a dot to dot work stage repeatedly. Hence, when the photographic materials do not have sufficient resolution, images are blurred every time the photographic materials pass through the dot to dot work stage, which leads to poor image quality. Therefore, it is desired to improve the image quality.
• photographic materials for plate making are frequently exposed to lasers, so the photographic materials must be capable of maintaining high image quality even when exposed to high intensity light.
• photographic materials for microphotography photographic images are observed not directly, but through an enlarging device such as used in police investigations. Therefore, it is necessary to have clear images for admissibility of photographic evidence. For these reasons, it is required to improve the image quality.
• black-and-white photographic materials are required to be rapidly processed within a time of less than 45 seconds and to have high image quality.
• photographic emulsion layers or other layers are colored to absorb light having a particular wavelength.
• the light scattered when the incident light passes through the photographic emulsion layer or after passing through the emulsion layer is reflected from the interface of the emulsion layer and a support or from the surface of the photographic material opposite to the emulsion layer and reenters the photographic emulsion layer.
• a colored layer is provided between the photographic emulsion layer and the support, or on the surface of the support opposite to the photographic emulsion layer.
• Such a colored layer is called an antihalation layer (hereinafter referred to as an AH layer).
• the X-ray photographic materials are sometimes provided with colored layers as crossover cut layers for decreasing crossover light to improve sharpness.
• these colored layers are formed of hydrophilic colloids. Further, dyes are usually contained in the layers for coloring. The dyes must meet the following requirements.
• Methods for forming the dye layers include the method of dissolving a soluble dye in a hydrophilic colloid layer, as disclosed in British Patents 1,414,456, 1,477,638 and 1,477,639.
• This method has the disadvantage that an improvement in residual color by enhancing the water solubility of the dye weakens the fixation of the dye.
• the dye is diffused into adjacent layers, which causes desensitizing and transfer of the dye to other light-sensitive materials.
• Patents 2,548,564, 4,124,386 and 3,625,694 disclose the method of adding a hydrophilic polymer having a charge opposite to that of a dissociated anionic dye to a layer as a mordant and localizing the dye in the particular layer by the interaction of the dye molecule and the polymer mordant. According to this method, however, if an anionic substance other than the dye is present in the same layer, the dye is not well localized, or coagulation is induced in the coating solution, which exerts an unfavorable effect on the manufacturing process.
• the total amount of hydrophilic colloids is increased because the AH layer is usually formed of a hydrophilic colloid. If the amount of hydrophilic colloids is increased, water is absorbed in large amounts by the light-sensitive material in the processing stage, which results in a deterioration in the drying property. This is a major problem when using rapid processing within a time of less than 45 seconds.
• the coated amount of hydrophilic colloids has been reduced, or a hardening agent has been added in sufficient amounts to decrease the swelling degree on processing.
• a hardening agent has been added in sufficient amounts to decrease the swelling degree on processing.
• residual color after processing tends to increase. Because of this problem, an AH layer is provided to improve sharpness.
• an object of the present invention to provide a silver halide photographic material which has reduced residual color, high image quality and can be rapidly processed.
• Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for processing the above photographic material.
• a silver halide photographic material having on a support at least one hydrophilic colloid layer containing a solid disperse dye and at least one silver halide emulsion layer provided thereon, in which the amount of all the hydrophilic colloids present on each side of the photographic material is 2.5 g/m2 or less, and all the hydrophilic colloid layers are hardened to a sufficient degree to attain a swelling rate of less than 200%, wherein the swelling rate is determined by (a) incubating the photographic material at a temperature of 38°C at a relative humidity of 50% for 3 days, (b) measuring the thickness of the layers, (c) immersing the photographic material in distilled water at a temperature of 21°C for 3 minutes, and (d) measuring the thickness of the layers thus treated to obtain the percent changes in thickness compared to the thickness measured in step (b).
• the photographic material is processed within a time of 45 seconds or less, and more preferably within a time of 30 seconds.
• the dyes used in the present invention include the dyes shown in Tables I to X of PCT International Publication No. WO 88/04794, and the dyes represented by general formulae (I) to (VII) shown below: wherein A and A', which may be the same or different, each represents an acidic nucleus; B represents a basic nucleus; X and Y, which may be the same or different, each represents an electron attractive group; R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; each of R1 and R2 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, an acyl group or a sulfonyl group, and R1 and R2 may combine together to form a 5-membered or 6-membered ring; each of R3 and R6 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or a halogen atom; each of R4 and R5 represents a hydrogen atom or a nonmetallic atom
• the acidic nucleus represented by A or A' is preferably 2-pyrazoline-5-one, rhodanine, hydantoin, thiohydantoin, 2,4-oxazolidinedione, isooxazolidinone, barbituric acid, thiobarbituric acid, indandione, pyrazolopyridine or hydroxypyridine.
• the basic nucleus represented by B is preferably pyridine, quinoline, indolenine, oxazole, benzoxazole, naphthoxazole or pyrrole.
• heterocyclic rings represented by B' include pyrrole, indole, thiophene, furan, imidazole, pyrazole, indolizine, quinoline, carbazole, phenothiazine, phenoxazine, indoline, thiazole, pyridine, pyridazine, thiadiazine, pyran, thiopyran, oxadiazole, benzoquinolizine, thiadiazole, pyrrolothiazole, pyrrolopyridazine and tetrazole.
• the heterocyclic ring represented by Q is preferably a 5-membered heterocyclic ring which may be formed by benzo condensed ring, and more preferably a 5-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring which may be formed by benzo condensed ring.
• Examples of the heterocyclic rings represented by Q include pyrrole, indole, pyrazole, pyrazolopyrimidone and benzoindole.
• the kind and substituting position on the dye molecule are not particularly limited as long as it substantially insolubilizes the dye molecule in water at a pH of 6 or less and substantially solubilizes the dye molecule in water at a pH of 8 or more.
• a group is preferably a carboxyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a sulfonamido group and a hydroxyl group, and more preferably a carboxyl group.
• the dissociative group may be substituted not only directly on the dye molecule, but also through a divalent connecting group such as an alkylene group or a phenylene group.
• a divalent connecting group such as an alkylene group or a phenylene group.
• Examples of the groups that can be substituted through the divalent connecting groups include 4-carboxyphenyl, 2-methyl-3-carboxyphenyl, 2,4-carboxyphenyl, 3,5-dicarboxyphenyl, 3-carboxyphenyl, 2,5-dicarboxyphenyl, 3-ethylsulfamoylphenyl, 4-phenylsulfamoylphenyl, 2-carboxyphenyl, 2,4,6-trihydroxyphenyl, 3-benzenesulfonamidophenyl, 4-(p-diaminobenzenesulfonamido)phenyl, 3-hydroxyphenyl, 2-hydroxyphenyl, 4-hydroxyphenyl, 2-hydroxy-4-car
• the alkyl group represented by R, R3 or R6 is preferably an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
• alkyl groups include methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isoamyl and n-octyl groups.
• the alkyl group represented by R1 or R2 is preferably a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having an alkyl back bone of 1 to 20 carbon atoms (for example, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, n-butyl, n-octyl, n-octadecyl, isobutyl or isopropyl).
• substituent groups include halogen atoms such as chlorine and bromine, nitro, cyano, hydroxyl, carboxyl, alkoxy (for example, methoxy and ethoxy), alkoxycarbonyl (for example, methoxycarbonyl and i-propoxycarbonyl), aryloxy (for example, phenoxy), phenyl, amido (for example, acetylamino and methanesulfonamido), carbamoyl (for example, methylcarbamoyl and ethylcarbamoyl) and sulfamoyl (for example, methylsulfamoyl and phenylsulfamoyl) groups.
• halogen atoms such as chlorine and bromine, nitro, cyano, hydroxyl, carboxyl, alkoxy (for example, methoxy and ethoxy), alkoxycarbonyl (for example, methoxycarbonyl and i-propoxycarbonyl
• the aryl group represented by R1 or R2 is preferably a phenyl group or a naphthyl group, and may have at least one substituent group.
• substituent groups include the above described substituent groups for the alkyl groups represented by R1 or R2 and alkyl groups (for example, methyl and ethyl).
• the acyl group represented by R1 or R2 is preferably an acyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms. Examples thereof include acetyl, propionyl, n-octanoyl, n-decanoyl, isobutanoyl and benzoyl groups.
• the alkylsulfonyl groups or the arylsulfonyl groups represented by R1 or R2 include methanesulfonyl, ethanesulfonyl, n-butanesulfonyl, n-octanesulfonyl, benzenesulfonyl, p-toluenesulfonyl, and o-carboxybenzenesulfonyl groups.
• the alkoxy group represented by R3 or R6 is preferably an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms. Examples thereof include methoxy, ethoxy, n-butoxy, n-octoxy, 2-ethylhexyloxy, isobutoxy and isopropoxy groups.
• the halogen atoms represented by R3 or R6 include chlorine, bromine and fluorine.
• the rings formed by the connection of R1 and R4 or R2 and R5 include, for example, a julolidine ring.
• Examples of the 5-membered or 6-membered rings formed by the connection of R1 and R2 include piperidine, morpholine and pyrrolidine rings.
• the methine group represented by L1, L2 or L3 may have a substituent group (for example, methyl, ethyl, cyano, phenyl, chlorine or hydroxypropyl).
• a substituent group for example, methyl, ethyl, cyano, phenyl, chlorine or hydroxypropyl.
• the electron attractive groups represented by X and Y may be the same or different, and each is a cyano group, a carboxyl group or an alkylcarbonyl group (alkylcarbonyl group may be substituted, for example, acetyl, propionyl, heptanoyl, dodecanoyl, hexadecanoyl, 1-oxo-7-chloroheptyl), arylcarbonyl (which may be substituted, for example, benzoyl, 4-ethoxycarbonylbenzoyl or 3-chlorobenzoyl), alkoxycarbonyl (which may be substituted, for example, methoxycarbonyl, ethoxycarbonyl, butoxycarbonyl, t-amyloxycarbonyl, hexyloxycarbonyl, 2-ethylhexyloxycarbonyl, octyloxycarbonyl, decyloxycarbonyl, dodecyloxycarbonyl,
• the dyes used in the present invention can be easily synthesized by or in accordance with the methods described in PCT International Publication No. WO 88/04794, European Patents 0274723A1, 276,566 and 299,435, JP-A-52-92716, JP-A-55-155350, JP-A-55-155351, JP-A-61-205934, JP-A-48-68623, JP-A-2-282244 (the term "JP-A” as used herein refers to a "published unexamined Japanese patent application"), U.S. Patents 2,527,583, 3,486,897, 3,746,539, 3,933,798, 4,130,429 and 4,040,841, and Japanese Patent Application Nos. 1-50874 and 1-307363.
• the solid disperse dye means a dye which cannot exist in the form of molecule in the desired colored layer because of the insufficient solubility of the dye. Therefore, it exists as a solid having such a size that it is not substantially diffusible in the layer.
• the size of grains which can be incorporated in the layer is limited, because the amount of gelatin coated in the underlayer is preferably 0.5 g/m2 or less. If grains as large as 3 ⁇ m or more are added, the dye grains drop out of the dye layer.
• the grain size is therefore preferably less than 3 ⁇ m, more preferably 1 ⁇ m or less, and most preferably 0.5 ⁇ m or less.
• Methods for removing large-sized grains from the dye include, but are not limited to, filtration and centrifugation.
• the dye is preferably used in an amount of 5 to 400 mg/m2, and more preferably in an amount of 10 to 250 mg/m2.
• the gelatin coating layer contained in the colored layer prepared as described above is used in an amount of 1 g/m2 or less, preferably in an amount of 0.7 g/m2 or less, and more preferably in an amount of 0.5 g/m2 or less.
• the amount of gelatin used in the above preparation can be appropriately adjusted so as to obtain the amount of gelatin used in the present invention, namely, 1 g/m2 or less.
• the amount of all the hydrophilic colloids is increased, the amount of water contained in the film layers is increased in the processing solution, which results in unfavorable deterioration of the drying property.
• the amount of the hydrophilic colloids present on each side is therefore 2.5 g/m2 or less, and preferably 2 g/m2 or less.
• hydrophilic colloids can be used in emulsion layers, surface protective layers, underlayers and back layers.
• the amount of all hydrophilic colloids in the present invention means the sum of all the hydrophilic colloids on each side of the photographic material.
• the hydrophilic colloid layer means a layer containing a hydrophilic colloid, and all hydrophilic colloid layers means the total of those layers.
• the swelling rate of the hydrophilic colloid layer is high, a large amount of water is absorbed by the film layer in the processing solution, which results in unfavorable deterioration of the drying property.
• the swelling rate of all the hydrophilic colloid layers present is therefore preferably 200% or less, and more preferably 170% or less.
• the swelling rate is determined by (a) incubating the photographic material at a temperature of 38°C at a relative humidity of 50% for 3 days, (b) measuring the thickness of the layers, (c) immersing the photographic material in distilled water at a temperature of 21°C for 3 minutes, and (d) measuring the thickness of the layers thus treated to express changes in thickness in percentage, compared to the thickness measured in step (b).
• the swelling rate is required to be at least 120%.
• hydrophilic colloid gelatin is typical. However, other colloids which are known in the art as suitable for photographic material can be used.
• silver halide emulsions used in the present invention emulsions comprising silver bromide, silver iodobromide, silver iodochlorobromide or silver chlorobromide are preferably used.
• the silver halide grains used in the present invention may have a regular crystal form such as a cubic, an octahedral or a tetradecahedral form, an irregular crystal form such as a spherical or a plate (tabular) form, or a composite form thereof. Further, mixtures of grains having various crystal forms may also be used. It is preferred, however, that silver halide grains having a regular crystal form are used.
• the silver halide grains used in the present invention may have different phases in the interior and the surface layers, respectively, or may have homogeneous phases. Further, the grains in which latent images are mainly formed on the surfaces (for example, negative type emulsions) may be used, or the grains in which latent images are mainly formed in the interiors (for example, internal latent image type emulsions or previously fogged direct reversal type emulsions) may be used. Preferably, the grains in which latent images are mainly formed on the surfaces are used.
• the silver halide emulsions used in the present invention are preferably plate form grain emulsions which contain grains having a thickness of 0.5 ⁇ m or less, preferably 0.3 ⁇ m or less, and a diameter of preferably 0.6 ⁇ m or more, and in which 50% or more of the projected area of all grains are composed of grains having a mean aspect ratio of at least 5, or monodisperse emulsions having a statistical coefficient of variation (the value s/ d is obtained by dividing the standard deviation S by the diameter d in distribution of grains when the grain diameter is represented by the diameter of circles approximated by the projected area of the grains) of 20% or less.
• at least two kinds of plate form grain emulsions and monodisperse emulsions may be mixed.
• Plate form grains are high in covering power, so that the amount of silver required to obtain a particular density is reduced.
• the plate form grains are therefore preferably used to decrease the amount of silver applied in X-ray photographic materials which typically are coated with a large amount of silver.
• the photographic emulsions used in the present invention can be prepared according to the methods described in P. Glafkides, Chimie et Physique Photographique (Paul Montel, 1967), G.F. Duffin, Photographic Emulsion Chemistry (Focal Press, 1966) and V.L. Zelikman et al., Making and Coating Photographic Emulsion (Focal Press, 1964).
• solvents for silver halides are used to control the growth of the grains.
• solvents include ammonia, potassium rhodanide, ammonium rhodanide and thioether compounds (for example, described in U.S. Patents 3,271,157, 3,574,628, 3,704,130, 4,297,439 and 4,276,374), thione compounds (for example, described in JP-A-53-144319, JP-A-53-82408 and JP-A-55-77737) and amine compounds (for example, described in JP-A-54-100717).
• Cadmium salts, zinc salts, thallium salts, iridium salts or complex salts thereof, rhodium salts or complex salts thereof, iron salts or complex salts thereof may be present during the formation of the silver halide grains or during physical ripening.
• Gelatin can be advantageously used as a binder or as a protective colloid for the emulsion layers or the intermediate layers of the photographic material of the present invention.
• hydrophilic colloids other than gelatin may also be used.
• various synthetic hydrophilic polymers can be used.
• polymers examples include proteins such as gelatin compounds, graft polymers of gelatin and other polymers, albumin and casein; cellulose compounds such as hydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose and cellulose sulfate; saccharide compounds such as sodium alginate and starch compounds; and homopolymers or copolymers such as polyvinyl alcohol, partially acetalized polyvinyl alcohol, poly-N-vinylpyrrolidone, polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, polyacrylamide, polyvinylimidazole and polyvinylpyrazole.
• proteins such as gelatin compounds, graft polymers of gelatin and other polymers, albumin and casein
• cellulose compounds such as hydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose and cellulose sulfate
• saccharide compounds such as sodium alginate and starch compounds
• homopolymers or copolymers such as polyvinyl alcohol, partially acetalized polyvinyl alcohol, poly-N-
• gelatin As gelatin, acid-treated gelatin or enzyme-treated gelatin described in Bull. Soc. Sci. Phot. Japan , 16 , 30 (1966), as well as general purpose lime-treated gelatin, may also be used. Further, hydrolyzed products of gelatin can be used.
• inorganic or organic hardening agents may be added to any hydrophilic colloid layers, including photographic light-sensitive layers or back layers.
• specific examples of hardening agents include chromium salts, aldehydes (such as formaldehyde, glyoxal and glutaraldehyde) and N-methylol compounds (such as dimethylolurea).
• Active halogen compounds such as 2,4-dichloro-6-hydroxy-1,3,5-triazine
• active vinyl compounds such as 1,3-bis(vinylsulfonyl)-2-propanol, 1,2-bis(vinylsulfonylacetamido)ethane, bis(vinylsulfonylmethyl)ether and vinyl polymers having vinylsulfonyl groups at their side chains
• active vinyl compounds such as 1,3-bis(vinylsulfonyl)-2-propanol, 1,2-bis(vinylsulfonylacetamido)ethane, bis(vinylsulfonylmethyl)ether and vinyl polymers having vinylsulfonyl groups at their side chains
• N-carbamoylpyridinium salts such as (1-morpholinocarbonyl-3-pyridinio)methanesulfonate
• haloamidinium salts such as 1-(1-chloro-1-pyridinomethylene)pyrrolidinium and 2-naphthalenesulfonate
• the silver halide photographic emulsions used in the present invention may be spectrally sensitized with methine dyes or the like.
• Dyes used for spectral sensitization include cyanine dyes, merocyanine dyes, complex cyanine dyes, complex merocyanine dyes, holopolar cyanine dyes, hemicyanine dyes, styryl dyes and hemioxonol dyes.
• cyanine dyes, merocyanine dyes and complex merocyanine dyes are useful. Any nucleus usually employed in cyanine dyes as a basic heterocyclic nucleus can be present in these dyes.
• Such basic heterocyclic nuclei include pyrroline, oxazoline, thiazoline, pyrrole, oxazole, thiazole, selenazole, imidazole, tetrazole and pyridine nuclei; nuclei in which alicyclic hydrocarbon rings are fused together with these nuclei; nuclei in which aromatic hydrocarbon rings are fused together with these nuclei, such as indolenine, benzindolenine, indole, benzoxazole, naphthoxazole, benzothiazole, naphthothiazole, benzoselenazole, benzimidazole and quinoline nuclei. These nuclei may have substituent groups on the carbon atoms.
• 5-Membered or 6-membered heterocyclic nuclei such as pyrazoline-5-one, thiohydantoin, 2-thiooxazolidine-2,4-dione, thiazolidine-4-dione, rhodanine and thiobarbituric acid nuclei may be present in the merocyanine dyes or the complex merocyanine dyes as nuclei that have a ketomethylene structure.
• the emulsions may contain dyes which themselves have no spectral sensitization action, or substances which do not substantially absorb visible light and exhibit super-sensitization.
• the emulsions may contain aminostilbene compounds substituted with nitrogen-containing heterocyclic nucleus groups (for example, described in U.S. Patents 2,933,390 and 3,635,721), aromatic organic acid-formaldehyde condensation products (for example, described in U.S. Patent 3,743,510), cadmium salts and azaindene compounds.
• the combination of the sensitizing dyes described in U.S. Patents 3,615,613, 3,615,641, 3,617,295 and 3,635,721 is particularly useful.
• the silver halide photographic emulsions used in the present invention may contain various compounds to prevent fogging during manufacturing stages, storage or photographic processing of the light-sensitive materials or to stabilize photographic properties thereof. Specifically, many compounds known as antifoggants or stabilizers can be added.
• Such compounds include azoles such as benzothiazolium salts, nitroindazoles, nitrobenzimidazoles, chlorobenzimidazoles, bromobenzimidazoles, mercaptothiazoles, mercaptobenzothiazoles, mercaptobenzimidazoles, mercaptothiadiazoles, aminotriazoles, benzotriazoles, nitrobenzotriazoles and mercaptotetrazoles (particularly, 1-phenyl-5-mercaptotetrazole); mercaptopyrimidines; mercaptotriazines; thioketo compounds such as oxazolinethione; azaindenes such as triazaindenes, tetraazaindenes (particularly, 4-hydroxy-substituted (1,3,3a,7)tetraazaindenes) and pentaazaindenes; benzenethiosulfonic acid; benzenesulfinic acid; and
• the photographic material of the present invention may contain at least one surface active agent for various purposes such as for use as a coating assistant, the prevention of static charge, improvements in slip properties, the promotion of emulsification and dispersing, the prevention of adhesion and improvements in photographic characteristics (for example, development acceleration, contrast enhancement and sensitization).
• a coating assistant for use as a coating assistant, the prevention of static charge, improvements in slip properties, the promotion of emulsification and dispersing, the prevention of adhesion and improvements in photographic characteristics (for example, development acceleration, contrast enhancement and sensitization).
• the hydrophilic colloid layers may contain water-soluble dyes as filter dyes, for the purpose of preventing irradiation or halation or for other various purposes.
• dyes include oxonol dyes, hemioxonol dyes, styryl dyes, merocyanine dyes, anthraquinone dyes and azo dyes.
• cyanine dyes, azomethine dyes, triarylmethane dyes and phthalocyanine dyes are also useful.
• Oil-soluble dyes emulsified by oil-in-water dispersing methods can also be added to the hydrophilic colloid layers.
• the present invention can be applied to a multilayer multicolor photographic material having at least two different color sensitivities on a support.
• the multilayer color photographic material usually has at least one layer for each red-sensitive, green-sensitive and blue-sensitive emulsion layer on the support.
• the order of arrangement of these layers can be arbitrarily selected as required.
• the preferred order of the layers arranged from the support side is the red-sensitive layer, the green-sensitive layer and the blue-sensitive layer, the blue-sensitive layer, the green-sensitive layer and the red-sensitive layer, or the blue-sensitive layer, the red-sensitive layer and the green-sensitive layer.
• Emulsion layers having the same color sensitivity but which differ from each other in light sensitivity may be formed and used in a combination of at least two emulsion layers to improve the range of sensitivity, or may be formed in a three-layer structure to improve the graininess.
• a light-insensitive layer may be interposed between two or more layers having the same color sensitivity. Between emulsion layers having the same color sensitivity, an emulsion layer having a different color sensitivity may be inserted.
• a reflecting layer of a finely divided silver halide or the like may be provided under a high-sensitive layer, particularly under a high-sensitive blue-sensitive layer to improve the sensitivity.
• the red-sensitive emulsion layer contains a cyan-forming coupler
• the green-sensitive emulsion layer contains a magenta-forming coupler
• the blue-sensitive emulsion layer contains a yellow-forming coupler.
• the red-sensitive layers may be incorporated into the photographic material of the present invention to use for pseudo color photographs or semiconductor laser exposure.
• the photographic emulsion layers and other layers are coated on a flexible support usually employed such as a plastic film, paper or cloth, or a rigid support such as a glass, a ceramic or a metal.
• a flexible support usually employed such as a plastic film, paper or cloth, or a rigid support such as a glass, a ceramic or a metal.
• Useful flexible supports include films formed of semisynthetic or synthetic polymers such as cellulose nitrate, cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate butyrate, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene terephthalate and polycarbonates, and paper coated or laminated with a baryta layer or an ⁇ -olefin polymer (for example, polyethylene, polypropylene or an ethylene-butene copolymer).
• the supports may be colored by using dyes or pigments. They may be colored black to shield the light.
• the surface of the support is preferably subjected to corona discharge treatment, glow discharge treatment or ultraviolet irradiation treatment.
• the support may be provided with an underlayer composed of a styrene-butadiene latex, a vinylidene chloride latex or the like, and a gelatin layer may be further formed thereon.
• a hydrophobic polymer As an underlayer to prevent deterioration of dimensional stability caused by absorption of water by the support on processing.
• a vinylidene chloride polymer is preferably used as such a polymer.
• an underlayer comprising an organic solvent containing a polyethylene swelling agent and gelatin may be provided. These underlayers can further improve adhesion with the hydrophilic colloid layer by adding a surface treatment.
• Multilayers may be simultaneously formed by coating methods described in U.S. Patents 2,681,294, 2,761,791, 3,526,528 and 3,508,947, as required.
• the present invention can be applied to various color photographic materials and black-and-white materials.
• Typical examples thereof include negative color films for movies, reversal color films for slides or for television, color paper, color positive films, color reversal paper, color diffusion transfer photographic materials and thermal developing type color photographic materials.
• the present invention can also be applied to black-and-white materials such as photographic materials for X-ray photography by employing mixtures of three color couplers described in Research Disclosure , No. 17123 (July, 1978) or black color developing couplers described in U.S. Patent 4,126,461 and British Patent 2,102,136.
• the present invention can also be applied to films for plate making such as lithographic films and scanner films, direct X-ray films or indirect medical or industrial X-ray films, negative black-and-white films, black-and-white photographic paper, COM or normal microfilms, silver salt diffusion transfer photographic materials and print-out type photographic materials.
• the photographic materials of the present invention can be exposed by various means. Any light source emitting radiation corresponding to the light-sensitive wavelengths of the photographic materials can be used as an illuminating light source or a write-in light source. Natural light (sunlight), an incandescent lamp, a halogen atom-enclosed lamp, a mercury lamp, a fluorescent lamp and a flash light source such as an electronic flash or a metal burning flash valve are generally used. A gas, a dye solution, a semiconductor laser, a light emitting diode and a plasma light source which emit light in the wavelength range extending from the ultraviolet region to the infrared region can also be used.
• fluorescence emitted from a fluorescent material excited with electron beams or X-rays for example, CRT and fluorescent sensitized paper
• exposure means in which a linear or plane light source is combined with microshutter arrays utilizing lead titanium zirconate (PLZT) doping a liquid crystal display (LCD) or lanthanum
• PZT lead titanium zirconate
• LCD liquid crystal display
• lanthanum a fluorescent material excited with electron beams or X-rays
• the spectral distribution used for exposure is adjustable with color filters, if necessary.
• This photographic processing may be either photographic processing for forming silver images (black-and-white photographic processing) or photographic processing for forming dye images (color photographic processing), depending on their purposes.
• the processing temperature is usually selected within the range of 18 to 50°C.
• Developing solutions used for black-and-white photographic processing may contain conventional developing agents such as dihydroxybenzenes (for example, hydroquinone), 3-pyrazolidones (for example, 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone) and aminophenols (for example, N-methyl-p-aminophenol). These developing agents may be used separately or in combination.
• dihydroxybenzenes for example, hydroquinone
• 3-pyrazolidones for example, 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone
• aminophenols for example, N-methyl-p-aminophenol
• the developing solutions generally contain conventional preservatives, alkali agents, pH buffers and antifoggants, and may further contain dissolving assistants, color tone agents, development accelerators (for example, quaternary salts, hydrazine and benzyl alcohol), surface active agents, antifoaming agents, water softeners, hardening agents (for example, glutaraldehyde) and tackifiers (viscosity imparting agents) as so desired.
• dissolving assistants for example, quaternary salts, hydrazine and benzyl alcohol
• surface active agents for example, antifoaming agents, water softeners, hardening agents (for example, glutaraldehyde) and tackifiers (viscosity imparting agents) as so desired.
• any of known processing methods for forming positive silver images by reverse development can be used for the black-and-white reversal photographic processing of the photographic materials of the present invention.
• the processing can be conducted by using conventional processing solutions.
• the processing temperature is usually selected within the range of 18 to 65°C. However, the temperature may be lower than 18°C or may exceed 65°C.
• Reversal processing generally comprises the following stages: First Development - Washing - Bleaching - Cleaning - Whole Exposure - Second Development - Fixing - Washing - Drying.
• Developing solutions for the first development for black-and-white photographic processing may contain conventional developing agents such as dihydroxybenzenes (for example, hydroquinone), 3-pyrazolidones (for example, 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone), aminophenols (for example, N-methyl-p-aminophenol), 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolines, ascorbic acid and heterocyclic compounds such as a product obtained by condensation of a 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline ring and an indolene ring which is described in U.S. Patent 4,067,872.
• These developing agents may be used separately or in combination.
• the developing solutions for the first development generally contain conventional preservatives, alkali agents, pH buffers and antifoggants, and may further contain dissolving assistants, color tone agents, development accelerators, surface active agents, antifoaming agents, water softeners, hardening agents and tackifiers, as required.
• the photographic materials of the present invention are usually processed with first developing solutions containing sulfite ions in an amount of 0.15 mol/liter as the preservative.
• the pH of the developing solution for the first development is preferably 8.5 to 11, and more preferably 9.5 to 10.5.
• Solvents for silver halides such as NaSCN are used in an amount of 0.5 to 6 g/liter in the first developing solutions.
• second developing solutions ordinary black-and-white processing solutions can be used. Specifically, they have the same composition as with the first developing solutions with the exception that the solvents for silver halides are removed therefrom.
• the pH of the second developing solutions is preferably 9 to 11, and more preferably 9.5 to 10.5.
• Bleaching agents such as potassium bichromate or cerium sulfate are used in bleaching solutions.
• Thiosulfates or thiocyanates are preferably used in fixing solutions, which may contain water-soluble aluminum salts, if necessary.
• the developing agent may be added to the photographic material, for example, to the emulsion layer, and the photographic material containing the developing agent may be processed in an alkali solution to develop it.
• the hydrophobic agents can be added to the emulsion layers by various methods described in Research Disclosure , No. 169 ( RD -16928), U.S. Patent 2,739,890, British Patent 813,253 and West German Patent 1,547,763.
• fixing solutions having the composition generally used can be employed.
• the fixing agents organic sulfur compounds whose fixing effect is known can be used in addition to thiosulfates and thiocyanates.
• the fixing solutions may contain water-soluble aluminum salts as hardening agents.
• Color developing solutions used for processing the photographic materials of the present invention are preferably aqueous alkaline solution mainly containing aromatic primary amine color developing agents.
• aminophenol compounds are also useful as the color developing agents, p-phenylenediamine compounds are preferably used.
• Typical examples thereof include 3-methyl-4-amino-N,N-diethylaniline, 3-methyl-4-amino-N-ethyl-N- ⁇ -hydroxyethylaniline, 3-methyl-4-amino-N-ethyl-N- ⁇ -methanesulfonamidoethylaniline, 3-methyl-4-amino-N-ethyl-N- ⁇ -methoxyethylaniline, and sulfates, hydrochlorides and p-toluenesulfonates thereof.
• These diamines are preferably used in the form of salts, because they are generally more stable in the form of salts than in the free state.
• the color developing solutions generally contain pH buffers such as alkali metal carbonates, borates and phosphates, and developing inhibitors or antifoggants such as bromides, iodides, benzimidazoles, benzothiazoles and mercapto compounds.
• pH buffers such as alkali metal carbonates, borates and phosphates
• developing inhibitors or antifoggants such as bromides, iodides, benzimidazoles, benzothiazoles and mercapto compounds.
• the color developing solutions may contain various preservatives such as hydroxylamines, dialkylhydroxylamines, hydrazines, triethanolamine, triethylenediamine and sulfites, organic solvents such as triethanolamine and diethylene glycol, development accelerators such as benzyl alcohol, polyethylene glycol, quaternary ammonium salts and amines, dye forming couplers, competitive couplers, nucleating agents such as sodium borohydride, auxiliary developing agents such as 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone, tackifiers, various chelating agents represented by aminopolycarboxylic acids, aminopolyphosphonic acids, alkylphosphonic acids and phosphonocarboxylic acids, and antioxidants described in German Patent Application (OLS) 2,622,950, as required.
• preservatives such as hydroxylamines, dialkylhydroxylamines, hydrazines, triethanolamine, triethylenediamine and sulfites, organic solvents such as triethanolamine and diethylene
• Black-and-white developing solutions used here may contain known black-and-white developing agents such as dihydroxybenzenes (for example, hydroquinone), 3-pyrazolidones (for example, 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone) and aminophenols (for example, N-methyl-p-aminophenol). These developing agents may be used separately or in combination.
• black-and-white developing agents such as dihydroxybenzenes (for example, hydroquinone), 3-pyrazolidones (for example, 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone) and aminophenols (for example, N-methyl-p-aminophenol). These developing agents may be used separately or in combination.
• Developing agents used in developing solutions include dihydroxybenzene developing agents, 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone developing agents and p-aminophenol developing agents. These developing agents may be used alone or in combination (for example, 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidones and dihydroxybenzenes, or p-aminophenols and dihydroxybenzenes).
• the photographic materials of the present invention may be processed by an infectious developing solution containing hydroquinone and a sulfite ion buffer such as carbonyl bisulfite.
• dihydroxybenzene developing agents examples include hydroquinone, chlorohydroquinone, bromohydroquinone, isopropylhydroquinone, toluhydroquinone, methylhydroquinone, 2,3-dichlorohydroquinone and 2,5-dimethylhydroquinone.
• the 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone developing agents include 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone, 4,4-dimethyl-1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone, 4-hydroxymethyl-4'-methyl-1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone and 4,4-dihydroxymethyl-1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone.
• the p-aminophenol developing agents include p-aminophenol and N-methyl-p-aminophenol.
• the alkali agents contained in the developing solutions used in the present invention include potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate, sodium acetate, potassium tertiary phosphate, diethanolamine and triethanolamine.
• the pH of the developing solution is usually 8.5 or more, and preferably 9.5 or more.
• the developing agents may contain organic compounds known as antifoggants or development inhibitors.
• organic compounds known as antifoggants or development inhibitors include azoles such as benzothiazolium salts, nitroindazoles, nitrobenzimidazoles, chlorobenzimidazoles, bromobenzimidazoles, mercaptothiazoles, mercaptobenzothiazoles, mercaptobenzimidazoles, mercaptothiadiazoles, aminotriazoles, benzotriazoles, nitrobenzotriazoles and mercaptotetrazoles (particularly, 1-phenyl-5-mercaptotetrazole); mercaptopyrimidines; mercaptotriazines; thioketo compounds such as oxazolinethione; azaindenes such as triazaindenes, tetraazaindenes (particularly, 4-hydroxy-substituted (1,3,3a,7)tetraazaindenes) and pent
• the developing solutions used in the present invention may contain polyalkylene oxide as a development inhibitor.
• polyalkylene oxide having a molecular weight of 1,000 to 10,000 can be added in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 10 g/liter.
• water softeners include nitrilotriacetic acid, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, triethylenetetraminehexaacetic acid and diethylenetetraminepentaacetic acid.
• compounds described in JP-A-56-24347 can be used as silver stain-proofing agents, compounds described in JP-A-62-212651 as uneven development-proofing agents, and compounds described in JP-A-61-267759 as dissolving assistants.
• boric acid described in JP-A-62-186259 saccharides (for example, saccharose) described in JP-A-60-93433, oximes (for example, acetoxime), phenols (for example, 5-sulfosalicylic acid) and tertiary phosphates (for example, sodium salts and potassium salts) are used as the buffers.
• saccharides for example, saccharose
• oximes for example, acetoxime
• phenols for example, 5-sulfosalicylic acid
• tertiary phosphates for example, sodium salts and potassium salts
• development accelerators may be used as development accelerators in the present invention, and may be added either to the photographic materials or to any of the processing solutions.
• Preferred examples of the development accelerators include amine compounds, imidazole compounds, imidazoline compounds, phosphonium compounds, sulfonium compounds, hydrazine compounds, thioether compounds, thione compounds, certain kinds of mercapto compounds, meso-ionic compounds and thiocyanates.
• the development accelerator is necessary to conduct rapid processing within a short period of time. It is desirable to add the development accelerator to the color developing solution.
• the development accelerator can be added to the photographic material depending on the kind of development accelerator or the position at which a light-sensitive layer to be accelerated in development is formed. Further, they may be added to both the color developing solution and the photographic material. Furthermore, a preceding bath can be provided prior to a color developing bath to add the development accelerator thereto.
• inorganic amines such as hydroxylamine and organic amine are both useful.
• the organic amines may be aliphatic, aromatic, cyclic, aliphatic-aromatic mixed or heterocyclic amines, and primary, secondary and tertiary amines and quaternary ammonium compounds are all effective.
• the photographic emulsion layers are generally bleached. Bleaching may be carried out simultaneously with fixing or separately. Further, bleaching-fixing treatment may be conducted after bleaching to expedite processing.
• bleaching agents for example, compounds of polyvalent metals such as iron(III), cobalt(III), chromium(IV) and copper(II), peracids, quinones and nitrone compounds are used.
• bleaching agents include ferricyanides; bichromates; organic complex salts of iron(III) or cobalt(III), for example, complex salts of iron(III) or cobalt(III) with aminopolycarboxylic acids such as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid and 1,3-diamino-2-propanoltetraacetic acid, or with organic acids such as citric acid, tartaric acid and maleic acid; persulfates; manganates; and nitrosophenol.
• aminopolycarboxylic acids such as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid and 1,3-diamino-2-propanoltetraacetic acid, or with organic acids such as citric acid, tartaric acid and maleic acid; persulfates; manganates; and nitrosophenol.
• the salt of iron(III) with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid the salt of iron(III) with diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid and persulfates are preferable from the viewpoints of rapid processing and environmental pollution.
• the complex salts of iron(III) with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid is also particularly useful for both independent bleaching solutions and combined bleaching-fixing solutions.
• Bleaching promoters may be added to the bleaching solutions, the bleaching-fixing solutions and the preceding baths thereof, as required.
• Specific examples of the useful bleaching promoters include compounds having mercapto groups or disulfide groups described in U.S. Patent 3,893,858, West German Patents 1,290,812 and 2,059,988, JP-A-53-32736, JP-A-53-57831, JP-A-53-37418, JP-A-53-65732, JP-A-53-72623, JP-A-53-95630, JP-A-53-95631, JP-A-53-104232, JP-A-53-124424, JP-A-53-141623, JP-A-53-28426 and Research Disclosure , No.
• the compounds having mercapto groups or disulfide groups are preferable from the viewpoint of high promoting effect, and particularly the compounds described in U.S.
• Patent 3,893,858, West German Patent 1,290,812 and JP-A-53-95630 are preferable.
• the compounds described in U.S. Patent 4,552,834 are also preferable.
• These bleaching promoters may be added to the photographic materials. When color photographic picture-taking materials are subjected to the bleaching-fixing, these bleaching promoters are particularly effective.
• Fixing agents include thiosulfates, thiocyanates, thioether compounds and large quantities of iodides.
• the thiosulfates are generally used.
• As preservatives for the bleaching-fixing solutions or the fixing solutions sulfites, bisulfites or carbonyl bisulfite addition compounds are preferably used.
• the photographic materials are usually subjected to washing and stabilizing stages after bleaching-fixing or fixing.
• various known compounds may be added to prevent precipitation or to save water.
• various compounds can be added as required which include water softeners such as inorganic phosphoric acids, aminopolycarboxylic acids, organic aminopolyphosphonic acids and organic phosphoric acids; disinfectants or antifungal agents for preventing various bacteria, duckweeds or molds from being produced; metal salts represented by magnesium salts, aluminum salts and bismuth salts; surface active agents for preventing the load and unevenness of drying; and various hardeners.
• water softeners such as inorganic phosphoric acids, aminopolycarboxylic acids, organic aminopolyphosphonic acids and organic phosphoric acids
• disinfectants or antifungal agents for preventing various bacteria, duckweeds or molds from being produced
• metal salts represented by magnesium salts, aluminum salts and bismuth salts surface active agents for preventing the load and unevenness of drying
• various hardeners such as compounds
• a countercurrent washing system using two or more tanks is usually employed to save water.
• a multistage countercurrent stabilizing stage described in JP-A-57-8543 may be carried out instead of the washing stage. This stage requires 2 to 9 countercurrent baths.
• various compounds are added to these stabilizing baths to stabilize images. Typical examples thereof include various buffers for adjusting the pH of films, for example, to pH 3 to 9.
• buffers are borates, metaborates, borax, phosphates, carbonates, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, aqueous ammonia, monocarboxylic acids, dicarboxylic acids and polycarboxylic acids used in combination of two or more and aldehydes such as formalin.
• various additives may be used, if necessary, and two or more compounds which are the same or different in their object may be used in combination.
• Such additives include chelating agents (such as inorganic phosphoric acids, aminopolycarboxylic acids, organic phosphoric acids, organic phosphonic acids, aminopolyphosphonic acids and phosphonocarboxylic acids), disinfectants (such as benzoisothiazolinone, crizotin, riodazole, riodazole, riodazole, riodazole, riol, phenol, sulfanilamide and benzotriazole), surface active agents, fluorescent brightening agents and hardeners.
• chelating agents such as inorganic phosphoric acids, aminopolycarboxylic acids, organic phosphoric acids, organic phosphonic acids, aminopolyphosphonic acids and phosphonocarboxylic acids
• disinfectants such as benzoisothiazolinone, crizotinone, rhiazolone, sulfanilamide and benzotriazole
• surface active agents such as benzoisothiazolinone
• ammonium salts are preferably added as film pH adjusting agents.
• Such ammonium salts include ammonium chloride, ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate, ammonium phosphate, ammonium sulfite and ammonium thiosulfate.
• the washing-stabilizing stage usually carried out after fixing can also be replaced by the above described stabilizing stage and washing stage (water saving treatment).
• the stabilizing stage and washing stage water saving treatment
• formalin contained in the stabilizing bath may be removed.
• the washing time and the stabilizing time are each usually 20 seconds to 10 minutes, and preferably 20 seconds to 5 minutes, though they vary depending on the kind of photographic material and processing conditions.
• the silver halide color photographic materials of the present invention may contain the color developing agents in order to simplify and expedite processing. It is preferred to use various precursors of the color developing agents for this purpose. Examples of such precursors include indoaniline compounds described in U.S. Patent 3,342,597, Schiff base type compounds described in U.S. Patent 3,342,599, Research Disclosure , No. 14850 and ibid. , No. 15159, aldol compounds described in Research Disclosure , No. 13924, metal salt complexes described in U.S.
• the silver halide color photographic materials of the present invention may contain various 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidones for the purpose of promoting color development, as required. Typical compounds thereof are described in JP-A-56-64339, JP-A-57-144547, JP-A-57-211147, JP-A-58-50532, JP-A-58-50536, JP-A-58-50533, JP-A-58-50534, JP-A-58-50535 and JP-A-58-115438.
• processing solutions in the present invention are used at a temperature of 10 to 50°C.
• the standard temperature is usually 33 to 38°C.
• the temperature may be elevated higher to expedite processing, whereby the processing time can be shortened.
• the temperature can be decreased lower to achieve improvements in image qualities and in stability of the processing solutions.
• processing may be conducted using cobalt intensification or hydrogen peroxide intensification described in West German Patent 2,226,770 and U.S. Patent 3,674,499 to save silver of the photographic materials.
• Various processing baths may be provided with heaters, temperature sensors, level sensors, circulating pumps, filters, floating covers and squeegees, if necessary.
• a constant finish is obtained by preventing the fluctuation of the solution composition, using the replenisher of each processing solution.
• the replenishment rate can be reduced to one half or less of the standard replenishment rate for cost reduction.
• the bleaching-fixing processing can be generally carried out. Also when they are photographic materials for taking pictures, the bleaching-fixing processing can be conducted, as so desired.
• the development processing time in the present invention means a period from the time when a leading end of a photographic material reaches a developing solution to the time when the leading end is discharged from a final drying zone in automatic processing.
• a 175 ⁇ m thick polyethylene terephthalate film dyed blue and biaxially oriented was submitted to corona discharge and a first undercoat solution was applied to the film with a wire bar coater so as to give the following coated amounts, followed by drying at 175°C for 1 minute. Then, the solution was also similarly applied to the opposite surface to form a first underlayer.
• Second underlayers were formed on the above described first underayers on both surfaces so as to give the following coated amounts by drying at 150°C for 1 minute.
• an aqueous solution containing 149.9 g of silver nitrate and an aqueous solution of potassium bromide were added thereto by the control double jet method for 40 minutes, keeping the potential at pAg 8.2.
• the flow rate at this time was accelerated so that the flow rate at the time then the addition was completed was increased to 9 times that at the time when the addition was started.
• 15 cc of a 2 N potassium thiocyanate solution was added, and 25 cc of a 1% potassium iodide solution was further added thereto for 30 seconds.
• the temperature was thereafter lowered to 35°C, and soluble salts were removed by the precipitation method.
• the temperature was elevated to 40°C, and 74.5 g of gelatin and 1.2 g of Proxel were added, followed by adjustment with sodium hydroxide and potassium bromide to pH 6.40 and pAg 8.10.
• the following agents were added to the emulsion per mol of silver halide to prepare a coating solution.
• a coating solution for a surface protective layer was prepared so as to give the following coated amounts of respective components:
• An antihalation layer was prepared using the following amounts of the respective components.
• the layers were formed on the support in the order of the AH layer, the emulsion layer and the surface protective layer, and dried to obtain Photographic Materials 1-1 to 1-4 shown in Table 1.
• the coated amount of emulsion was 1.6 g/m2 as silver and that of gelatin was as indicated in Table 1.
• GRENEX orthoscreen HR-4 (Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.) was brought into close contact with both sides of the photographic material by using a cassette to carry out X-ray sensitometry. The amount of exposure was adjusted by varying the distance between an X-ray tube and the cassette. After exposure, automatic processing A-1(a) was conducted using the following developing solution and fixing solution.
• compositions of the developing solution and the fixing solution were as follows:
• the MTF was measured in the combination of the above described HR-4 screen and automatic processing. The measurement was conducted through an aperture with a size of 30 ⁇ m x 500 ⁇ m, and the evaluation was carried out at the portion whose optical density was 1.0, using the MTF value at a spatial frequency of 1.0 cycle/mm.
• the film with a size of 24.5 cm x 30.5 cm was subjected to automatic processing A-1(a) and A-1(b), and the film discharged from the drying zone was immediately touched by hand to confirm the dried state.
• the respective results are summarized in Table 1.
• the evaluation standard is as follows:
• the developing solution and the fixing solution were prepared as in automatic processing A-1(a).
• the swelling percentage was measured 7 days after coating.
• Each photographic material was incubated at a temperature of 38°C at a relative humidity of 50% for 3 days.
• the thickness of all hydrophilic colloid layers of each photographic material was first measured, and then, each sample was immersed in distilled water at 21°C for 3 minutes. Then, the change in the thickness thereof was measured.
• the thickness was measured by freezing each sample with liquid N2 and observing a cross section thereof with a scanning electron microscope having a liquid N2 stage.
• Both surfaces of a 100 ⁇ m thick biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate film were coated with a first underlayer of the following formulation (1) and a second underlayer of the following formulation (2) in turn.
• the coating solution to which 10% by weight of KOH was further added and which was adjusted to pH 6 was applied so as to give a dried film thickness of 0.9 ⁇ m by drying at 180°C for 2 minutes.
• This coating solution was applied so as to give a gelatin amount of 0.08 g/m2 by drying at 170°C for 2 minutes.
• One surface of the support thus obtained was undercoated with a conductive layer of the following formulation (3) and a back layer of the following formulation (4).
• the opposite surface thereof was further coated in the following manner.
• Emulsion A (Br: 1 mol%, grain size: 0.20 ⁇ m, Rh: 1.0 x 10 ⁇ 5 mol/mol Ag) was prepared by the following method using the following Solutions I, II and III:
• Solutions II and III were added to Solution I maintained at 40°C, keeping the speed constant for 20 minutes, by double jet method.
• Soluble salts were removed from the resulting emulsion by a conventional method well known in the art, followed by addition of gelatin.
• 2-methyl-4-hydroxy-1,3,3a,7-tetraazaindene was added thereto as a stabilizer without chemical ripening.
• the mean grain size of the resulting emulsion was 0.20 ⁇ m, the yield thereof was 1 kg, and the amount of gelatin contained therein was 45 g.
• the following hydrazine compound (Hz) was added to this emulsion in an amount of 4 X 10 ⁇ 4 mol/mol Ag to prepare an emulsion.
• UV absorber ultraviolet light absorber
• polyethyl acrylate latex was added in an amount of 30% by weight as a solid based on gelatin
• 1,3-bis-(vinylsulfonyl)-2-propanol was added thereto in the amount described in Table 2 as the hardener.
• the resulting coating solution was applied so as to give a coated silver amount of 2 g/m2 and the coated gelatin amount described in Table 2.
• UV Absorber Ultraviolet Light Absorber
• An anti-halation layer (AH layer) to which a dispersion (prepared by dispersing a dye as shown in Table 2 in the same manner as described in Examples 1 to 7 of PCT International Publication No. WO 88/04794) was added, was formed under the emulsion layer so as to give a coated gelatin amount of 0.30 g/m2.
• Photographic Materials 2-1 to 2-16 were prepared as described above.
• Photographic Materials 2-1 to 2-16 were subjected to the following processing.
• composition of the developing solution used was as follows:
• An image quality of extracted characters "5" means such an image quality of extracted characters that 30 ⁇ m wide characters are reproduced when normal exposure is given so that 50% dot area forms 50% dot area on a photographic material for dot to dot work using a document. This image quality is very good.
• an image quality of "1” means that only a character width of 150 ⁇ m or more can be reproduced when similar normal exposure is given. This image quality is poor.
• the image quality of "4", "3", and “2” are between “5" and "1".
• the image quality of "3" or more is on the practical level.
• the film with a size of 24.5 cm ⁇ 30.5 cm was subjected to automatic processing A-2(a) and A-2(b), and evaluated as in Example 1.
• the developing solution and the fixing solution used were similar to those used in automatic processing A-2(a).
• the swelling rate was evaluated as in Example 1.
• a 100 ⁇ m thick biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate film was submitted to corona discharge and a first undercoat solution was applied to the film with a wire bar coater so as to give the following coated amounts, followed by drying at 170°C for 1 minute.
• a second underlayer was formed on the above described first underlayer so as to give the following coated amounts by drying at 175°C for 1 minute.
• Solutions II and III were simultaneously added to Solution I for 5 minutes.
• the addition of Solutions II and III was temporarily stopped, and each of sodium thiosulfate and chloroauric acid tetrahydrate was added in an amount of 115 mg per mol of silver.
• chemical ripening was conducted at 75°C for 60 minutes.
• Solutions II and III were simultaneously added again to the chemically ripened grains thus obtained.
• an emulsion containing cubic core/shell grains having a mean grain size of 0.28 ⁇ m was finally obtained.
• the emulsion was dispersed in an aqueous solution containing 90 g of inactive gelatin.
• each of sodium thiosulfate and chloroauric acid tetrahydrate was added in an amount of 34 mg per mol of silver to adjust it to pH 8.9 and pAg 7.0 (40°C), followed by chemical ripening at 75°C for 60 minutes.
• the layers were formed on the above described support in the order of the AH layer, the emulsion layer and the protective layer, and dried to obtain Photographic Materials 3-1 to 3-4.
• Image-like exposure was conducted from the emulsion-coated surface under a safety lamp through a continuous density wedge by using a xenon flash sensitometer (Mark-II, manufactured by E.G. & G., U.S.A.) for 10 ⁇ 3 second.
• a xenon flash sensitometer Mark-II, manufactured by E.G. & G., U.S.A.
• Each of the samples was subjected to automatic processing A-3 under the following conditions by using the general purpose processing solution for microfilms (FR-537 developing solution, manufactured by FR Chemicals, U.S.A.).
• the MTF was measured through an aperture with a size of 400 x 2 ⁇ m2, and the evaluation was carried out at the portion whose optical density was 1.0, using the MTF value at a spatial frequency of 20 cycles/mm.
• the swelling rate was evaluated as in Example 1.
• the silver halide photographic materials excellent in sharpness and drying property can be provided, and it becomes possible to process the photographic materials rapidly within a time of 45 seconds or less.

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