JP2001281801A - Silver halide photographic sensitive material and processing method for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a silver halide photographic sensitive material less liable to generate stain and defective fixation in fixation and a processing method for the sensitive material. SOLUTION: The silver halide photographic sensitive material has at least one sliver halide emulsion layer on one side of the base and at least one backing layer on the other side, the sum of the amount of an anionic surfactant contained on the emulsion layer side of the base and that on the backing layer side is >=8×10-4 mol/m2 and the amount of the anionic surfactant contained on the emulsion layer side is >=2.5×10-4 mol/m2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a silver halide photographic material and a processing method therefor, and more particularly to a silver halide photographic material with less occurrence of stains and fixing defects during fixing processing and a processing method therefor. .

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2. Description of the Related Art Black-and-white silver halide photographic materials are widely used in the field of plate making, medical use and the like. Recent technological advances in these fields have been remarkable, and accordingly, photographic photosensitive materials have been required to have a high level of quality. For example, not only is it necessary to have appropriate photographic characteristics to faithfully reproduce an image, but also the demand for rapid processing stability, which enables processing in as short a time as possible and obtains consistent results at any time, is increasing. Is coming.

[0003] In most cases, automatic developing machines are used for developing photographic materials. In order to satisfy the above-mentioned demands for rapid processing, the temperature of the processing has been steadily increasing. When the processing temperature rises, the amount of gelatin and other chemicals eluted from the photosensitive material into the processing solution increases, and the processing solution evaporates and concentrates. Contamination of the transport roller is more likely to adhere, and the influence of the contamination on the photosensitive material on the quality has been a problem.

[0004] In particular, the influence of contamination and adhesion of dirt during the fixing process is serious in terms of quality such as defective fixing. The causes of stains and poor fixing are due to substances eluted from the silver halide photographic material into the developing solution and fixing solution during processing, and several improvement methods have been proposed to address such problems. Have been. As a method for preventing adhesion of dirt using a surfactant, JP-A-5-303180, JP-A-6-3774, JP-A-6-130586 and the like are described.

As a substance which elutes from a silver halide light-sensitive material into a processing solution to cause stains and defective fixing, there are gelatin and a surfactant which easily forms a complex with gelatin. In particular, JP-A-7-209825 describes the problem of staining due to a complex of gelatin and a dialkyl sulfosuccinic anionic surfactant.

An automatic developing machine is mainly used as a method for processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material. Among such automatic developing machines, a roller transport type is widely used. In such an automatic developing machine, a part of the first roller of the fixing solution is exposed above the liquid surface, and the causative substance which causes dirt or poor fixing tends to adhere to the roller surface. When the photosensitive materials are processed by the method, they are transferred, causing stains and poor fixing. Such a problem is described in JP-A-6-138576.

It is common practice to process a plurality of types of photosensitive materials by using a single automatic processor with a common processing solution.
In such a method, when a photosensitive material to be processed includes a photosensitive material that is liable to be stained, the photosensitive material may have an adverse effect of causing stains or defective fixing on other photosensitive materials.
In some cases, the automatic developing machine may be connected to an output machine such as an image setter for online processing.In such a case, the paper passing direction of the photosensitive material is limited to the upper side of the emulsion surface due to the structure of the output machine. Therefore, if a part of the first roller of the fixing liquid is exposed above the liquid surface, the environment is liable to cause stains and fixing defects.

In a processing system using a photosensitive material in which such a processing solution is common and in which dirt is liable to be generated, or in a processing system using the same in combination, a dirt and a fixing defect generated by an automatic developing machine processing in which the emulsion surface is directed upward are conventionally used. The technology is not at a satisfactory level, and the method of directly adding a surfactant to a fixing solution to prevent stains is not practical because foaming at the time of liquid preparation or waste solution occurs, which is not practical. Prevention has been an issue.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which causes less occurrence of stains and fixing defects during fixing processing, and a processing method therefor.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide at least one silver halide emulsion layer on one side of a support and at least one backing layer on the other side of the support. The amount of the anionic surfactant represented by the following general formula (4) contained on the side having the silver halide emulsion layer with respect to the support and the amount of the backing layer with respect to the support: The sum of the amounts contained on the holding side is 7 × 10 ^-4 mol /
In m ² or more, and accomplished by a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, characterized in that the amount contained in the side having the silver halide emulsion layer contains at 2.5 × 10 ^-4 mol / m ² or more conditions Was done.

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In the formula, R represents an alkyl group or a substituent represented by Formula 5, and M represents a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal.

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In the formula, n is a natural number from 1 to 10. X represents an alkyl group having 5 to 15 carbon atoms or a substituent represented by Chemical formula 6.

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In the formula, R ₁ represents an alkyl group having 5 to 15 carbon atoms, and R ₂ represents an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a hydrogen atom and a halogen atom.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail. Specific examples of the surfactant represented by Chemical formula 4 used in the present invention are shown below. However, the compounds used in the present invention are not limited to these.

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More preferred among the surfactants represented by Chemical Formula 4
Preferably, the substituent of R is represented by the formula
Things are good. In the present invention, the surfactant is a halogenated compound.
Silver halide emulsion layer, intermediate layer, top layer, backing layer, etc.
Although it can be contained in these layers,
And the amount contained in the side having the silver halide emulsion layer
The sum of the amounts contained on the side having the sealing layer is 7 × 10^-FourMole
/ M^TwoAbove and included on the side having the silver halide emulsion layer
2.5 × 10^-FourMol / m^TwoDo not meet the above conditions
I have to. If this condition is satisfied, it can be used in the present invention.
Surfactant to be used on support against silver halide emulsion layer
May be contained only on the side having. The above used in the present invention
7 × 10 surfactants in total^-FourMol / m^TwoAbove level
Is larger than the amount normally used for improving coatability, etc.
Processing system using photosensitive material which is easy to generate or used together
In the processing system, it is effective in preventing dirt and fixing failure,
Especially with dialkyl sulfosuccinic acid-based anionic surfactants
Fixation by precipitates generated in gelatin complex
It has been found that it is effective for defects and dirt. Included in the total amount
A preferable range of the amount is 8 × 10^-FourMol / m^Twothat's all
And more preferably 1 × 10^-3Mol / m^TwoAbove,
There is no particular upper limit, but 1 × 10^-2Mol / m^TwoThe following is good
Good. Further, a silver halide emulsion is further added to the support.
2.5 × 10 on the side with the layer^-FourMol / m^Two
Dramatically more effective at above levels, especially anchorage
The first fixing roller of an automatic developing machine that is prone to defects and dirt
With the emulsion surface facing upward with a part of the
It was found that it was effective when processed under conditions. Preferred
3.5 × 10^-Four~ 5 × 10^-FourMol /
m ^TwoIt is. It is not necessary to include it on the backing layer side, but it is preferable
2x10^-Four~ 7 × 10^-FourMol / m^TwoContained in the range
It is to make it.

The silver halide photographic emulsion used in the present invention can be adjusted by various known methods.

The silver halide grains in the photographic emulsion may have regular crystals such as cubic, octahedral, tetradecahedral, and rhombohedral, or irregular grains such as spherical and tabular. Those having a crystal system or those having a composite form of these crystal forms may be used. Further, it may be composed of a mixture of particles of various crystal forms.

Also, for example, a composite silver halide crystal in which an oxide crystal such as PbO is combined with a silver halide crystal such as silver chloride, and a silver halide crystal epitaxially grown (for example, silver bromide) Silver chloride, silver iodobromide,
Silver iodide or the like is grown epitaxially. ) May be used.

The aspect ratio is 3 or more, preferably 5
To 20 tabular silver halide grains can also be used. For more details, see U.S. Pat.
39520, JP-A-59-99433, "Research Disclosure" Vol. 22534 (1
Jan. 983).

The grain size distribution of the silver halide grains used in the present invention is arbitrary, but may be monodispersed. Here, the monodisperse is a dispersion system in which 95% of the particles fall within ± 60%, preferably 40%, of the number average particle size. Here, the number average grain size is the number average diameter of the projected area diameter of the silver halide grains.

The photographic emulsion to be used in the present invention is a photographic emulsion prepared by GFDuffin.
istry), The Focal Press
Published (1966), W. El.
L. Zelikman et al) Making and Coating Photographic Emulsion (Making and Coa
ting Photo-graphic Emulsion), published by The Focal Press (1964), and the like. That is, any of an acidic method, a neutral method, an ammonia method and the like may be used, and a method of reacting a soluble silver salt and a soluble halide may be any one of a one-side mixing method, a simultaneous mixing method, and a combination thereof. Good.

As one type of the double jet method, a method in which pAg in a liquid phase in which silver halide is formed is kept constant, that is, a control double jet method can be used. According to this method, a silver halide emulsion having a regular crystal form and a nearly uniform grain size can be obtained.

Further, two or more kinds of silver halide emulsions formed separately may be mixed.

In the course of silver halide grain formation or physical ripening, a cadmium salt, a zinc salt, a lead salt, a thallium salt, an iridium salt or a complex salt thereof, a rhodium salt or a complex salt thereof and the like may coexist.

As a method for removing soluble salts from the emulsion after precipitation or physical ripening, a noodle method for gelling gelatin, an inorganic salt, an anionic surfactant, an anionic polymer or modified gelatin is used. A precipitation method (a flocculation method) or the like is used.

The silver halide emulsion can be subjected to chemical sensitization by a known method. Examples of the sulfur sensitizer include thiosulfate, thiourea, allylisothiocyanate, cystine, rhodanine, and US Pat.
No. 728947, No. 2410689, No. 244020
No. 6, No. 3187458, No. 3415649, No. 3
Sulfur-containing compounds such as those described in JP-A-501313 and the like can be used. Also, US Pat.
No. 2,597,915, and 2399083 can be subjected to gold sensitization with a gold compound.
U.S. Patent Nos. 2448060 and 2540036
Nos. 2,556,245 and 2,566,263. A sensitization method using a salt of a noble metal such as platinum palladium, iridium, rhodium or ruthenium can be used in combination. And these sensitization methods can be used not only singly but in combination.

In the present invention, a polyalkylene oxide,
Various development accelerators such as thioether compounds and quaternary ammonium salt compounds can be used.

The silver halide photographic emulsion used in the present invention may be spectrally sensitized with other sensitizing dyes such as cyanines and merocyanines, if necessary. And additives such as surfactants and hardeners.

Examples of the hydrophilic colloid used in the present invention include gelatin, colloidal albumin, proteins such as casein, cellulose derivatives such as carboxymethyl cellulose, agar, sugar derivatives such as sodium alginate and starch, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylamide and the like. May be used alone or in a mixture at an appropriate ratio.

In the light-sensitive material of the present invention, all those usually used as supports for photographic light-sensitive materials are used. For example, there are a cellulose nitrate film, a cellulose acetate film, a cellulose acetate butyrate film, a cellulose acetate propionate film, a polystyrene film, a polyethylene terephthalate film, a polycarbonate film, a laminate thereof, and paper. Substrates such as paper coated or laminated with baryta or α-olefin polymers, especially polymers of α-olefins having 1 to 10 carbon atoms such as polyethylene and polypropylene, are also suitable.

The developing agent used in the developer used in the present invention is not particularly limited, but preferably contains dihydroxybenzenes. Further, from the viewpoint of developing ability, dihydroxybenzenes and 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidones are preferred. Or a combination of dihydroxybenzenes and p-aminophenols.

The dihydroxybenzene developing agents used in the present invention include hydroquinone, chlorohydroquinone,
Bromohydroquinone, isopropylhydroquinone,
Methylhydroquinone, 2,3-dichlorohydroquinone, 2,5-dichlorohydroquinone, 2,3-dibromohydroquinone, 2,5-dimethylhydroquinone,
Hydroquinone monosulfonate and the like are preferred, but hydroquinone is particularly preferred.

The developing agents of 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone or a derivative thereof used in the present invention include 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone, 1-phenyl-4,4-dimethyl-3-pyrazolidone, 1-phenyl-4- Methyl-4-
Hydroxymethyl-3-pyrazolidone, 1-phenyl-
5-methyl-3-pyrazolidone, 1-p-aminophenyl-4,4-dimethyl-3-pyrazolidone, 1-p-tolyl-4,4-dimethyl-3-pyrazolidone and the like. Examples of the p-aminophenol-based developing agent used in the present invention include N-methyl-p-aminophenol and N- (β-
(Hydroxyethyl) -p-aminophenol, N- (4
-Hydroxyphenyl) glycine, 2-methyl-p-aminophenol, p-benzylaminophenol and the like, among which N-methyl-p-aminophenol is preferred.

The developing agent is preferably used usually in an amount of 0.1 mol / L to 0.8 mol / L. When a combination of dihydroxybenzenes and 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidones or p-aminophenols is used, the former is 0.1 mol / L to 0.5 mol / L, and the latter is 0.06 mol / L.
It is preferably used in an amount of not more than mol / L.

The sulfite preservatives used in the present invention include sulfites such as sodium sulfite, potassium sulfite, sodium bisulfite, potassium metabisulfite, and formaldehyde sodium bisulfite. The amount used is not particularly limited, but is preferably 0.1 mol / L to 1.0 mol / L.
It is used in the range of mol / L.

The automatic developing machine used in the present invention is not particularly limited, but a general roller transport type is effective. Stain generated in the fixing solution and deposits that cause poor fixing are likely to adhere to the roller in the automatic developing machine. In particular, when a part of the first fixing roller is exposed above the liquid level, the roller is continuous. Even in the rotational driving state or the intermittent rotational driving state, dirt and deposits easily accumulate on the exposed roller surface.
Therefore, the present invention is effectively used when processing is performed by an automatic developing machine, and is effective when the photographic material to be processed is passed with the emulsion surface facing upward.

The developing solution may further contain a buffer (eg, carbonate, boric acid, borate, alkanolamine), an alkaline agent (eg, hydroxide, carbonate), a dissolution aid (eg, polyethylene glycols, etc.) ), A pH adjuster (for example, an organic acid such as acetic acid), a sensitizer (for example, a quaternary ammonium salt), a development accelerator, a surfactant, a hardener, and the like.

The developing solution may further contain an antifoggant (for example, 5
Benzotriazoles such as -nitroindazole, 5-nitro-benzimidazole, 5-methyl-benzotriazole, 5-nitrobenzotriazole, benzothiazole, tetrazole such as 1-phenyl-5-mercapto-tetrazole, thiazole or British Patent 1,2
69,268), and a chelating agent (eg, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, an alkali metal salt thereof, a polyphosphate, a nitriloacetate).

The pH value of the developer adjusted in this way is selected to be sufficient to give a desired density and contrast, but is preferably in a range of about 8 to 12.

The development processing temperature and time of the light-sensitive material are interrelated and are determined in relation to the total processing time, and are generally from about 20 to 50 ° C. for 10 seconds to 3 minutes. Is a temperature of about 30-60 ° C.

The fixing solution is an aqueous solution containing a thiosulfate and a water-soluble aluminum compound, and preferably has a pH of about 3.8 or more.
5.5 (20 ° C.). In the method of the present invention, a stop step may be provided after the development, but the stop step is generally omitted in a roller transport type automatic developing machine. Therefore, the developer is brought into the fixing solution, and the pH of the fixing solution rises. Therefore, the pH of the fixing solution is about 3.8
It is desirable to adjust to 5.0 (20 ° C.).

The fixing agent is a thiosulfate such as ammonium thiosulfate or sodium thiosulfate, and ammonium thiosulfate is particularly preferred from the viewpoint of fixing speed. The amount of the fixing agent used can be changed as appropriate, and is generally about 0.1 to 5 mol / mol.
L.

The water-soluble aluminum salt which mainly acts as a hardening agent in the fixing solution is a compound generally known as a hardening agent for an acidic hardening fixing solution, and examples thereof include aluminum chloride, aluminum sulfate and potassium alum. is there.

The developing method of the present invention may be a developing method in the presence of a hydrazine derivative. Hydrazine derivatives include hydrazine sulfate, hydrazine hydrochloride and the like, and US Pat. Nos. 4,224,405 and 4,243,734.
No. 4,272,614, No. 4,385,10
No. 8, No. 4,269,929, No. 4,323,6
No. 43 and JP-A-53-16623 and JP-A-53-209.
No. 21, No. 53-20922, No. 53-49429
Nos. 53-66732, 55-90940, 56-67843, 56-106244, and 57
No. -99635, No. 60-179733, No. 61-2
No. 67759, No. 61-230145, No. 62-94
No. 8, No. 62-73256, No. 62-270953
No. 62-178246, No. 62-180361
Nos. 62-275247 and 63-121838
Nos. 63-223744 and 63-234244
Nos. 63-253357 and 63-265239
No. 64-90439, JP-A-1-105943
No., No. 2-25843, No. 2-120736, No. 2
No. -37, No. 2-8834, No. 3-125134,
JP-A-3-184039, JP-A-4-51143, Japanese Patent Application No. 1
There are hydrazine derivatives described in the specification such as Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 92356/1992 and 9898/1992, which can be used in the present invention.

The above-mentioned hydrazine derivative may be contained in a developer or an emulsion layer of a light-sensitive material and / or an adjacent layer thereof. When it is contained in a developer, 5 mg / L to 5 mg / L
g, when contained in a light-sensitive material, 1 mol per mol of silver
0 ^{-6 to} 5 × 10 ^-2 mol, preferably 10 ^-5 to 2 × 10 ^-2.
Is a mole.

According to the method of the present invention, the developed and fixed photographic material is washed with water and dried. The water washing is performed to almost completely remove the silver salt dissolved by the fixing,
C. for 10 seconds to 3 minutes is preferred. Drying is performed at about 30 to 80 ° C., and the drying time can be appropriately changed depending on the surrounding conditions, but usually about 5 seconds to 3 minutes and 30 seconds.

The photographic light-sensitive material to which the processing method of the present invention is applied is not particularly limited, and generally used light-sensitive materials such as light-sensitive materials for imagesetters, light-sensitive rooms, light-sensitive materials for scanners, general RAS light-sensitive materials, There is a positive silver halide photographic material.

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EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the following Examples, which, of course, are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Example 1 Preparation of emulsion: An aqueous solution containing 5 g of sodium chloride and 40 g of gelatin in 600 ml of water was subjected to a double jet method at 40 ° C. and a pAg of 8.6 at 40 ° C., and an aqueous silver nitrate solution and a water-soluble iridium salt (to 1 mol of silver) were prepared. 3.25 × 10 ⁻⁶ mol) and a water-soluble rhodium salt (1.8 × 10 ⁶ mol per silver)
^-7 mol) and a mean particle size of 0.2
A 5 μm silver chlorobromide (silver bromide 30 mol%) emulsion was prepared,
After an aqueous solution of potassium iodide was added so as to be 0.4 mol% with respect to 1 mol of silver, the precipitate was washed with water and dissolved again. The emulsion thus obtained was adjusted to a pAg of 7.5 and subjected to sulfur + gold sensitization at 55 ° C. Thereafter, 4-hydroxy-6-methyl-1,3,3a, 7-tetraazaindene was added, and a sensitizing dye represented by the following formula (2.2 per mol of silver) was added.
× 10 ^-5 mol), and the resulting mixture was divided. The surfactants shown in Table 1 were added, and 2,4-dichloro-6-vidroxytriazine, hydroquinone, and a water-soluble latex were added to obtain finished emulsions. . On a polyester film coated with a backing layer (gelatin 3 g / m ² , to which a surfactant shown in Table 1 was added), these emulsions and a protective layer (gelatin 1.5 g / m ² , a surfactant shown in Table 1) were added. ) Was applied in a multi-layered manner to give silver 4.1 g / m ² to prepare Sample A.

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The surfactant in the finished emulsion was
(Addition amount: 30 mg / m ² ), and the emulsion was mixed with a protective layer (gelatin: 1.5 g / m ² , surfactant: 30 mg / m ² shown in Chemical formula 1) by RC base paper (polyethylene resin on both sides of paper) 1.5) silver on a paper support laminated with
g / m ² to give a paper-sensitive material sample B.

The following developer and fixer were prepared. Developer Potassium sulfite 100 g Hydroquinone 30 g 1-Phenyl-3-pyrazolidone 0.5 g Potassium carbonate 30 g Potassium bromide 8 g 5-Methylbenzotriazole 0.4 g Diethylene glycol 35 g Add potassium hydroxide to adjust the pH to 10.65. Add water to make 1L. Fixing solution Water (50 ° C.) 700 ml Ammonium thiosulfate (60 W / W%) 165 ml Sodium sulfite 15 g 80% acetic acid 20 ml tartaric acid 4 g caustic soda 7.5 g aluminum sulfate 15 g 12 N-sulfuric acid 6.5 g Add water to make 1 L.

Using a roller-conveying type automatic developing machine (6 L each of a developing tank and a fixing tank and a part of the first fixing roller exposed above the liquid surface) containing the processing liquid, the paper photosensitive material was used. Sample B was processed continuously for 2 m ² at a setting of a developing time of 30 seconds and a fixing time of 30 seconds, and then operated idle for 20 minutes.
Thereafter, a predetermined amount of the film sample A prepared as described above was passed in a non-exposed state with the emulsion surface facing upward, idle for 20 minutes, and then passed again to check the state of the paper passing surface for dirt and poor fixing.

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Table 2 summarizes the results. The degree of dirt (including fixing failure) was evaluated by numerical values from 1 to 5. Reference numeral 1 denotes no occurrence of stains, and reference numeral 5 denotes a case where an extremely large amount of stains or defective fixing occurs on the entire surface.

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As described above, it can be seen that the present invention can effectively improve the adhesion of stains and defective fixing in the fixing tank even after processing a photosensitive material (paper photosensitive material B) which is apt to cause stains. .

Example 2 The processing solution of Example 1 was placed in an automatic developing machine LDT1100 connected online to an image setter DTR3100 manufactured by Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. 1: 3 photosensitive material sample A
1 at a rate of 40 m ² / day in a form used together
60 m ² was exposed by the DTR 3100 and developed online. The paper is passed upward from the emulsion surface. Exposure was performed at a solid density of 4 under the conditions of a resolution of 2400 dpi / 175 lpi.
A tint of 50% of the amount of light emitted was output, and the change in the dot area ratio was examined. In addition, the occurrence of stains and defective fixing on the paper passing surface was examined. The results are summarized in Table 3. The degree of dirt (including fixing failure) was evaluated by numerical values from 1 to 5. Reference numeral 1 denotes no occurrence of stains, and reference numeral 5 denotes a case where an extremely large amount of stains or defective fixing occurs on the entire surface.

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From the above results, it can be seen that the present invention has no effect on the halftone dot output and is effective in preventing the occurrence of stains and fixing defects in the fixing tank even when processed in combination with a photosensitive material which is likely to cause stains. You can see that there is.

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As described above, in the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material of the present invention and the processing method thereof, it is possible to effectively prevent the occurrence of stains and defective fixing during the fixing process.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A silver halide photographic material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer on one side of a support and at least one backing layer on the other side of the support. The amount of the anionic surfactant represented by the following general formula 1 is included in the side having the silver halide emulsion layer with respect to the support and the amount of the anionic surfactant is defined in the support having the backing layer with respect to the support. The sum of the included quantities is 7 × 1
Silver halide characterized by being contained in an amount of at least 0 ^-4 mol / m ^{2 and at} least 2.5 × 10 ^-4 mol / m ² on the side having the silver halide emulsion layer. Photosensitive material. Embedded image In the formula, R represents an alkyl group or a substituent represented by Formula 2, and M represents a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal. Embedded image In the formula, n is a natural number from 1 to 10. X represents an alkyl group having 5 to 15 carbon atoms or a substituent represented by Chemical formula 3. Embedded image In the formula, R ₁ represents an alkyl group having 5 to 15 carbon atoms, and R ₂ represents an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a hydrogen atom, and a halogen atom. 2. A method for processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 1, wherein the first fixing roller of the automatic developing machine faces upward from the emulsion surface with a part of the fixing roller being exposed above the liquid surface. A method for processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, characterized by processing under the following conditions: