JP2001324786A - Processing member for silver halide photographic sensitive material and method for manufacturing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a processing member for a silver halide photographic sensitive material having improved raw stock preservability of the processing sheet suitably used in a system in which equipment occupies a smaller space and is easily maintained while prints are finished in such a short time that a customer stays in a shop and to provide a method for manufacturing the processing member. SOLUTION: The processing member used for heat-developing a silver halide photographic sensitive material put on the member in the presence of water is manufactured by bonding a member with at least one constitutive layer containing a photographically useful material to a member with at least one constitutive layer having heat sealing property or at least one of water solubility and adhesion in a laminated state.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a novel processing member for developing a silver halide photographic material and a method for producing the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a general form for producing a color photograph is that a photographed silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material (hereinafter, also referred to as a "color film" or simply as "light-sensitive material") is developed in a developing laboratory. An image obtained on a color film is printed on a color printing paper to obtain a color print.

[0003] In the case of a so-called minilab having a relatively small developing machine, the finishing time from receiving a color film photographed at a developing station from a customer to delivering a color print to the customer is about one hour. It can be said that it takes a long time for a customer who has requested the development and printing of a color film that has been photographed to wait for the finish at the store. Although it is difficult to reduce the finishing time to the point where the customer finishes the print while in the store, the time required for color film development processing is currently the time required to finish the final print. Occupies a particularly large part of the total working time, and it is particularly desired to reduce the processing time of color film development.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-52526 discloses a technique for solving this problem, in which a part of a color film developing step is omitted, image information is read directly from a developed image, and the image information is read optically or A method of forming a color image by converting the digital information into electrical digital information and converting the digital information into an image characteristic value obtained when the color film is processed under the standard development processing conditions has been proposed. The improvement is seen in the point of the conventional.

[0005] However, although the developing device is relatively small, it occupies a considerable space in a store, for example, and the load on the minilab is still large, such as replacement of a developing solution. And the development of a system that is easy to maintain was desired.

On the other hand, a method in which a photosensitive member containing silver halide, a coupler and a color developing agent is superimposed on a processing member containing a base or a base precursor to form an image by heating as disclosed in JP-A-10-260518 or the like. Has been proposed and is expected to meet these requirements, but the photosensitive material disclosed here is inferior to conventional photosensitive materials in terms of film strength and performance stability in storage and the like. Oops. It is presumed that one of the reasons is that the developer is contained in the photosensitive material.

In a series of processing systems proposed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-260518, etc., currently available photosensitive materials do not themselves contain a developer or the like. There was no suitability and versatility was poor.

As a color developing system for solving such a problem, there is known an example in which processing is performed using a processing sheet containing a developing agent. As a result of the study by the present inventors, when this method is used, the preservability of the photosensitive material is certainly improved, but since the processing sheet itself needs both functions of an alkali generation function and a developing agent supply function, the processing sheet is required. There was a problem with the raw preservability of the product, and it was confirmed that the performance was not sufficient for market development.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a system which finishes a print while a customer is in a store, a space-saving device and a system which is easy to maintain. It is an object of the present invention to provide a processing member for a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material in which the raw preservability of a sheet (processing member) is improved and a method for producing the same.

[0010]

The above objects of the present invention have been attained by the following means. 1. In a method for producing a processing member for a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material used for superposing and thermally developing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material and a processing member in the presence of water, at least a constituent layer containing a photographic useful substance is used. Silver halide, characterized in that a member having one layer and a member having at least one of constituent layers having at least one property of heat-sealing property or water-soluble adhesive property are bonded and laminated to produce a silver halide. A method for producing a processing member for a photographic photosensitive material.

2. Wherein the photographically useful compound is a compound represented by the following general formula (I):
3. The method for producing a processing member for a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material according to item 1.

[0012]

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[Wherein, R _{11 to} R ₁₅ each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. A ₁ represents a hydroxyl group or a substituted amino group. R ₁₁ and R ₁₂ , and R ₁₃ and R ₁₄ may combine with each other to form a ring. A ₁ substituted amino acid and R ₁₁ or R
₁₄ may combine with each other to form a ring. ]

3. A processing member for a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material used for superimposing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material and a processing member in the presence of water and thermally developing the processing member has at least one constituent layer containing a photographically useful substance. A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material produced by bonding and laminating a member and a member having at least one of constituent layers having at least one property of heat sealability or water-soluble adhesiveness. Processing members.

4. In a processing member for a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material used for heat development by overlapping a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material and a processing member in the presence of water, a constituent layer containing a metal compound hardly soluble in water, A constituent layer containing a compound that forms a complex with a metal compound that is hardly soluble in water, and a hot water dissolving layer that can be adhered by a heat sealing method, and a constituent layer containing the metal compound that is hardly soluble in water A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having a hot water dissolvable layer that can be adhered by the heat sealing method between a water and a constituent layer containing a compound that forms a complex with a poorly water-soluble metal compound. Processing members.

5. (3) The photographically useful compound is a compound represented by the formula (I).
Or a processing member for a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material according to item 4.

6. The dry thickness of the hot water dissolving layer is 1.5 μm.
6. The processing member for a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material according to the above item 4 or 5, wherein the processing member has a length of from m to 5.0 μm.

[7] Complex with the poorly water soluble metal compound
The amount of compound added is 40 mmol / m ^TwoMore than 96mm
l / m^TwoAny of the above 4 to 6, characterized in that:
A processing member for a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as described in any of the above.

[0019]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail. The photosensitive material according to the present invention is not particularly limited,
For example, commercially available monochrome negative films, color negative films, color reversal films, and the like can be mentioned. Examples of these film sizes and formats include 135 size, APS, Brownie, and the like. Specific products include Konica Color Centuria 10
0, Konica Color Century 200, Konica Color Century 400, Konica Color Century 800,
Konica Chrome Morira SINRA100 High Grade, Fujicolor SUPERIA Zoom Master 800, Fujicolor nexia Zoom Master 800, Kodak G
OLD MAX film and the like.

The light-sensitive material of the present invention preferably does not substantially contain a developing agent, a developing agent precursor or a base or a base precursor described below. The term “substantially not contained” as used herein means a content or contained state that does not affect image formation.

In the image formation using the present invention, a color image based on a non-diffusible dye is preferably formed in a light-sensitive material. The non-diffusible dye referred to here is an oxidized form of the color developing agent which is formed at the same time that the exposed silver halide grains are reduced by the color developing agent, and a compound (coupler) in the photosensitive material which reacts with the oxidized form. It is preferable that the dye is formed using

The coupler used in the present invention includes:
RD17643, page 25, Sections VII-CG, RD308
And couplers described in pages 119-1001 VII-C to G.

The processing member in the present invention refers to a sheet-like member used for developing by superimposing the photosensitive material, and may have a support as described later. It is not necessary. Further, it does not matter whether the developing agent is contained or not, and all sheet-like members used for development are called processing members.

The term "development" as used herein refers to an operation of reducing a latent image formed by irradiating light on a photosensitive material and amplifying and converting the latent image into a visible image, and does not include so-called bleaching and fixing operations. This development is usually performed by immersing the exposed photosensitive material in a chemical solution, but in the present invention, instead of immersing the photosensitive material in the chemical solution, the processing member is superimposed on the photosensitive material and development is performed. Do. Thereby, it is not necessary to use a chemical solution, or it is possible to greatly reduce the amount. In addition to this, it is possible to omit a space such as a tank for storing a chemical solution. Further, the time required for development can be reduced.

The processing member of the present invention may have a multilayer structure such as a commercially available color negative film. 1 at this time
Each layer is also simply referred to as “layer” or “constituent layer”.
A hydrophilic binder can be used for these constituent layers, and the binder composition can be appropriately selected depending on the function exhibited in the layer.

In the present invention, overlapping the light-sensitive material with the processing member means that the side of the light-sensitive material having the silver halide emulsion layer and the constituent layer of the processing member are in close contact with each other.

The processing member of the present invention may or may not have a support. As a suitable support that can be used in the present invention, synthetic plastic films such as polyolefins such as polyethylene and polypropylene, polycarbonates, cellulose acetate, polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene naphthalate, and polyvinyl chloride can also be preferably used. Syndiotactic polystyrenes are also preferred. These are disclosed in JP-A-62-1.
No. 17708, JP-A-1-46912, 1-178
No. 505 can be obtained by polymerization.

Further, supports which can be used for the light-sensitive material and / or processing member of the present invention include paper supports such as photographic base paper, printing paper, baryta paper, and resin-coated paper, and supports in which a reflective layer is provided on the above-mentioned plastic film. Body, JP 6
Examples of the support include those described in JP-A-2-253195 (pages 29 to 31). The RD. No. 176
No. 43, page 28, ibid. No. 18716, from the right column on page 647 to the left column on page 648; Those described on page 879 of 307105 can also be preferably used. Syndiotactic polystyrenes are also preferred. These are disclosed in JP-A-62-117708, JP-A-1-46912,
It can be obtained by polymerizing according to the method described in JP-A-1-178505. Such a support can be made of a material which is less likely to have a curl by being subjected to a heat treatment of Tg or less as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,141,735. The surface of these supports may be subjected to surface treatment for the purpose of improving the adhesion between the support and the emulsion undercoat layer. In the present invention, glow discharge treatment, ultraviolet irradiation treatment, corona treatment, and flame treatment can be used as the surface treatment. Further, the supports described in the publicly known technique No. 5 (Aztec Co., Ltd., March 22, 1991), pp. 44 to 149 can also be used. A transparent support such as polyethylene dinaphthalenedicarboxylate or a support on which a transparent magnetic substance is applied can be used.

As the support which can be used for the light-sensitive material and / or the processing member according to the present invention, for example, the aforementioned R
Page 28 of D-17643 and 10 of RD-308119
09, Product Licensing Index, Vol. 92, p. 108, "Supprts".

Since the processing member and the photosensitive material according to the present invention are used for heat development, it is necessary to use a support that can withstand the processing temperature.

When the processing member according to the present invention has a support, as the support, other than the above, the same support as the support for the photosensitive material can be used.

Among the processing members having no support in the present invention, preferred are the following water-soluble processing members and water-permeable processing members. These processing members will be described in detail.

The water-soluble treatment member of the present invention is a sheet-like film made of a water-soluble base material having no water-insoluble support. For example, the support described in JP-A-10-293388 can be used. Image receiving element,
The processing member having the support described in No. 4052 is
It clearly differs from the form and function. The water solubility in the present invention is defined as follows. The sample cut into a square of 2 cm x 2 cm is sandwiched between slide mounts, and
The film was thrown into stirring water at pH 2 to 12 to measure the time required for complete dissolution of the film, and a film having a dissolution time of less than 20 minutes was defined as water-soluble.

The technology using a water-soluble treatment member has been described so far.
It has been applied to the packaging of agricultural chemicals, water treatment agents, detergents, fungicides, and the like. For example, JP-A-2-155999, JP-A-62-4
Nos. 800, 63-12466 and 61-5770
No. 0, etc. However, the only example of application of these water-soluble processing members to photographic processing is a water-soluble processing member used for containing a photographic processing agent as a replenisher.

The water-soluble or water-permeable developing member having no support of the present invention can contain a photographically useful compound. The photographic useful compound as used herein includes a coupler, a high-boiling organic solvent, a surfactant, a developing agent, a color developing agent, a redox compound, an auxiliary developing agent, a dye, an antioxidant, a development inhibitor, a silver solvent, and a development accelerator. Compounds useful in photography, such as agents, bleaching agents, bleaching accelerators, fixing agents, alkali generators, poorly soluble metal compounds and complex forming compounds thereof.

Examples of the water-soluble treatment member include polyvinyl alcohol, methylcellulose, polyethylene oxide, starch, polyvinylpyrrolidone, hydroxyethylcellulose, hydroxypropylcellulose, carboxyethylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, pullulan, and alginic acid. , Furcelan,
Carrageenan, agar, pectin, tamarind gum, xanthan gum, guar gum, tara gum, roast bean gum, arabinogalactan, gellan gum, curdlan gum, dextran and gum arabic, gelatin, poly Films composed of vinyl acetate-based, poly (alkyl) oxazoline-based, and polyethylene glycol-based substrates are preferably used, and among these, polyvinyl alcohol-based and / or gelatin-based films are more preferably used. It is preferable to use 30% by mass or more of the total solid content as the solid content.

The gelatin may be of basically any type as long as it is generally used for photography, and alkali-treated gelatin and acid-treated gelatin can be used. Further, a so-called derivative gelatin in which amino groups of gelatin are completely or partially blocked can also be used.
Further, the weight average molecular weight is about 10,000 to 200,000.
Is preferably used. In particular, the number average molecular weight is 50
It is particularly preferable that the amount of the gelatin is not less than 10% by mass of the whole gelatin.

The derivative gelatin is preferably a derivative gelatin in which the amino group of the gelatin has been blocked, and includes isocyanate addition, acylation or deamination. Preferred derivative gelatins are those obtained by adding gelatin and phenyl isocyanate, alkyl isocyanate, or the like, or those obtained by reacting acid anhydrides such as phthalic anhydride or acid chlorides such as phthalic chloride. The amino group blocking ratio of gelatin is at least 70%, preferably at least 80%, particularly preferably at least 90% of the amino groups.

A treated member using the above gelatin can be hardened to a range satisfying the above-defined water solubility by specifying the type and amount of a hardening agent selected from the hardening agents described below and the reaction time. Good.

Polyvinyl alcohol is a very good film-forming material and has good strength and flexibility under most conditions. Commercially available polyvinyl alcohol compositions capable of forming films vary in molecular weight and degree of hydrolysis, but have a molecular weight of about 10,000 to about 100,000.
It is preferred that The degree of hydrolysis is the rate at which the acetate group of polyvinyl alcohol is replaced with a hydroxyl group, and has the same meaning as the so-called saponification degree. For film applications, the range of hydrolysis is typically about 70-100%.
Until. Thus, the term polyvinyl alcohol usually includes polyvinyl acetate compounds. Boric acid such as boric acid, borax or metaboric acid can be used in combination with polyvinyl alcohol to enhance the film strength and adjust the water dissolution rate.

The method for producing these water-soluble treated members is described, for example, in JP-A-2-124945 and JP-A-61-97348.
No. 60-158245, JP-A-2-75650
No. 2-86638, JP-A-57-117867.
No. 59-226018, No. 63-218741, and No. 54-13565. For example, a method of casting on a hot roll heated to about 70 ° C., a method of drying with hot air while continuously casting on a stainless steel belt, a method of drying after cooling and solidifying while coating with a knife method, running There is a method in which the film is cast on a support (polyethylene terephthalate or the like) running in parallel along the line, cooled and solidified, dried, peeled off and wound up, or heated and pressed against another member.

The water-soluble processing member preferably contains a photographically useful compound during the above-mentioned production method. Photographically useful compounds are generally all of the compounds contained in the true light-sensitive material and its processing solution. In the present invention, particularly, a developing agent, a base / base precursor, a silver halide solvent, a development inhibitor, It is preferable to contain an agent or the like. Further, in order to impart plasticity to the film, a form containing a plasticizer such as a dispersion of a high-boiling solvent is also preferably used.

Further, as these water-soluble treatment members, those commercially available under the name of Sorblon (manufactured by Aicello Chemical Co., Ltd.), Hitheron (manufactured by Nichigo Film Co., Ltd.) or Pullulan (manufactured by Hayashibara) can be used. Also, Chris Craft Industries
industries) Inc. The 7-000 series polyvinyl alcohol films available from MONO-SOL, Inc., dissolve at a water temperature of about 34 to about 200 ° F., are harmless and exhibit high chemical resistance, and are particularly preferably used. Other examples include starch-based films such as Novon, corn starch and modified PVA-based materby (both from Novamont), polyoxyalkylene-based paogens and Flexine (Daiichi Kogyo Seiyaku), PV
Sorblon (Icelo Chemical Co., Ltd.), Claria (Kuraray Co., Ltd.), Toslon (East Cello Co., Ltd.), Hitheron (Nichigo Film Co., Ltd.), Gohsenol (Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.), etc. This is not the case.

The thickness of the water-soluble treatment member is 10 to 200 μm.
Is preferably used, and particularly preferably 25 to 100 μm. This is because the fill strength cannot be obtained when the thickness is less than 10 μm, and it takes too much time to dissolve the water-soluble processing member when the thickness exceeds 200 μm.

Further, the water-soluble treatment member is preferably thermoplastic. This is because not only the heat sealing process and the ultrasonic welding process are facilitated, but also the effects of the object of the present invention are more favorably exhibited. Further, the tensile strength is 4.9 ×
It is preferably from 10 ⁶ to 49 × 10 ⁷ N / m ^{2, and} more preferably 9.8 × 10 ⁷ N / m ^2.
10 ^{6 to} 24.5 × 10 ⁷ N / m ² are preferable, and
4.7 × 10 ^{6 to} 9.8 × 10 ⁷ N / m ² are preferred. These tensile strengths are measured by a method described in JIS Z-1521.

The water-permeable treatment member of the present invention refers to a film which, when water is supplied from one surface of the film, allows the supplied water to permeate and supply water to the opposite surface of the film. Examples of such a water-permeable treatment member include a film having a shape in which a large number of small through holes are formed by punching or the like, and a so-called filler such as a fine particle dispersion of an inorganic or high-boiling organic solvent in the film. Films having a shape filled with a large amount, films having a large number of cellular pores by a foaming method, and the like can be given. Also,
As another form, synthetic fibers in which the fibers have a network structure,
Nonwoven fabrics made of natural fibers and Japanese paper are also included.

As examples of commercially available substrates, it is also possible to mix, for example, CEOLUS SC-N42, CEOLUS Cream FP-03, Avicel (all manufactured by Asahi Kasei Corporation) as a fibrous material. These are mainly synthetic resin films, and preferably used synthetic resins include polyethylene terephthalate, stretched polypropylene, polyamide,
Rayon, acetate or the like is used as appropriate. In addition, a form such as a hardened gelatin film having a property that free water can be exchanged in the membrane interface and in the membrane, not in the above-described form having voids through which water physically penetrates, can also be mentioned. As the substrate of the water-permeable film, the same material as the above-mentioned water-soluble treatment member can be used. The thickness of the water-permeable film is 10
To 200 μm are preferably used, especially 25 to 1 μm.
Those having a size of 00 μm are preferred.

The present invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that a processing member having a hot water dissolving layer in a constituent layer is used. The hot water dissolving layer of the present invention does not dissolve in cold water (0 ° C to less than 40 ° C) and hot water (40 ° C to 48 ° C) in 1200 seconds, C. to 95.degree. C.) within 300 seconds. The hot water dissolving layer of the present invention may be used in any of the constituent layers on the side of the support of the silver halide light-sensitive material coated with silver halide and / or the constituent layers of the processing sheet of the silver halide light-sensitive material. Can also be used. When used in a silver halide photosensitive material, it is preferably used in a layer on the side opposite to the support with respect to the constituent layer containing silver halide. When the processing member contains a developing agent and a base / base precursor at the same time, it is important that the layer containing the developing agent and the layer containing the base / base precursor are separated with the hot water dissolving layer interposed therebetween. This is a feature of the invention.

It is preferable to use a treatment member of the present invention in which the water-soluble treatment member, the water-permeable treatment member and the hot water dissolving layer are simultaneously contained. Polyvinyl alcohol or gelatin is preferably used as a binder constituting the hot water dissolving layer, and it is more preferable that the solid content in the constituting layer is at least 30% or more of the total solid content. The degree of saponification of polyvinyl alcohol preferably used for the hot water dissolving layer of the present invention is 80% or more and 97% or less, and the preferable degree of polymerization is 500 or more and 2000 or less. Particularly preferably, the polymerization degree is 500 or more and 1000 or less,
The saponification degree is 85% or more and 90% or less. When polyvinyl alcohol is used, boric acid or borax is preferably used in combination with 20% by weight or more based on the solid content of polyvinyl alcohol.

When gelatin is used in the hot water dissolving layer of the present invention, the same kind of gelatin as described above can be used, but it is preferable to use low molecular weight gelatin having an average molecular weight of 50,000 or less. Particularly preferably, the average molecular weight is 20,000.
It is as follows. Further, the gelatin described in JP-A-10-1
Among the hardeners indicated by VS described in 53833, it is preferable to use a hardener having 10 or more carbon atoms in combination with 5 mg to 40 mg per 1 g of gelatin.

Further, JP-A-10-291377, Ibid.
Aqueous polyurethanes, polyacryls, and the like described in Nos. 0-76621 and 10-35127 can also be preferably used. Also, a carboxyl group-containing vinyl polymer described in JP-A-11-152439 can be preferably used. Further, the same material as described in the above-mentioned water-soluble treatment member can also be used.

The preferred dry film thickness of the hot water dissolving layer of the present invention is 0.2 to 10.0 μm.
It is characterized by a thickness of 5 to 5.0 μm. The hot water dissolving layer of the present invention has a solid content of 1 to 30% and a viscosity at 40 ° C of 6-1.
It is also possible to apply a solution having a characteristic of 00 mPa · S (B-type viscometer) to the constituent layers of the processing member simultaneously with these constituent layers. While these constituent layers are not dissolved even by the heat development treatment, the hot water-soluble layer of the present invention has a temperature of 50 ° C to 9 ° C.
Dissolves at 5 ° C within 300 seconds.

Claims 1, 2 and 3 of the present invention relate to a member having a constituent layer containing the photographically useful compound and a member having at least one or more constituent layers having heat sealability and / or water-soluble tackiness. It is manufactured separately and then bonded during the processing member manufacturing. When the heat sealing method is used for bonding, it is preferable to heat seal at a temperature lower than the heat-resistant temperature, melting temperature, or decomposition temperature of the material to be heat-sealed. Also, on the adhesive surface of the member to be heat-sealed,
A method of providing a plasticizer such as water, ethanol, methanol, glycerin, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, or polyethylene glycol can also be preferably used.

As the heat sealing device, various methods such as an impulse type and a hot plate type can be used, but a hot plate type is preferable from the viewpoint of minute temperature control and shortening of the heat sealing time.

In the present invention, the heat sealing pressure is 9.8 × 10 ⁴ Pa (1 to 20 kg / cm ² ), 30 to 1
It is preferable to perform heat sealing at 80 ° C. for 0.5 to 300 seconds. It is also preferable to perform a corona discharge treatment at a discharge amount of 0.5 to 2.5 kW / m ^{2 on} 20 to 80% of the bonding surface before performing the heat sealing.

A preferred embodiment of the treatment member of the present invention includes a heat-sealing water-permeable binder layer. Examples of heat sealable resins that can be used include low-density polyethylene, medium-density polyethylene, high-density polyethylene, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer, ethylene-acrylic acid alkyl ester copolymer, and ethylene. An ethylene resin such as a metal salt of an acrylic acid copolymer;
No. 316047, No. 6-340042, No. 5-222275, No. 6-1909
Polyester resin described in No. 96, 5-131596
And the polyvinyl alcohol resin described in JP-A-10-510487.
Among these, the use of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin is more preferable. Commercial products of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer include EVA # 8
6, EVA # 81, EVA # 63, EVA # 60, EV
A # 56, EVA # 55, EVA # 39, EVA # 30
(All manufactured by Denki Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd.), and specific examples of polyvinyl alcohol include Hi-Selon C-200 (manufactured by Nichigo Film Co., Ltd.), Kuraraya H (manufactured by Kuraray Co., Ltd.), and Soluble KL
(Manufactured by Aicello Chemical Co., Ltd.), but not limited thereto.

Another preferred embodiment of the treatment member of the present invention is that the constituent layer having water-soluble adhesive properties is a layer containing a water-soluble adhesive.

The water-soluble pressure-sensitive adhesive is 180 g / 15 mm in a 80 ° C. peel test (JIS Z-1522) when 20% or more of water is applied to the mass of the water-soluble pressure-sensitive adhesive.
Any kind of compound may be used as long as it is an adhesive having an adhesive force capable of obtaining the above peel strength. Alkali silicate as an inorganic adhesive, gelatin, glue as an organic adhesive,
Starch, polyvinyl alcohol, aqueous vinyl urethane, acrylic resins such as acrylic acid and acrylamide, α-olefin-maleic acid resins, water-soluble fiber derivatives such as methylcellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose and carboxymethylcellulose, etc. is not.

In the development processing according to the present invention, either or both of the photosensitive material and the processing member need to have means for generating an alkali source or means for supplying alkali using a liquid. . These will be described below.

As the alkali supply means, a method of supplying a high pH alkaline solution to the photosensitive material and / or the processing member,
There are methods such as containing a base or a base precursor,
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a processing member used for heating and developing a photosensitive material and a processing member in the presence of water is sandwiched between hot water dissolvable layers to which the processing member can be adhered by a heat sealing method. In addition, a constituent layer containing a hardly soluble metal compound and a constituent layer containing a compound that forms a complex with the hardly soluble metal compound are separated from each other.

The alkali supply source necessary for the development treatment includes a basic metal compound which is hardly soluble in water and a compound which can form a complex with metal ions constituting the basic metal compound using water as a medium, that is, a basic precursor. A method of incorporating the combination into the photosensitive material and / or the processing member can be preferably used. Such base generation methods are described in EP 210,660 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,740,445.

When a complex compound for a metal ion of a basic compound which is hardly soluble in water is used as the base precursor, for example, an aminocarboxylic acid such as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid, diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid or a salt thereof; A pyridylcarboxylic acid such as aminophosphonic acid or a salt thereof, 2-picolinic acid, pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid, 5-ethyl-2-picolinic acid or a salt thereof;
An iminodiacetic acid such as benzyliminodiacetic acid and α-picoryliminodiacetic acid or a salt thereof can be used.

As the complex-forming compound, it is preferable to use a salt neutralized with an organic base such as guanidine or an alkali metal such as potassium. A preferable addition amount of the base or the base precursor in the processing member is 10 mmol / m ^{2 to} 150 mmol /
m ² .

A seventh aspect of the present invention is that a compound which forms a complex with a metal compound whose base precursor is hardly soluble in water is 40 mm.
1 / m ^{2 to} 96 mmol / m ² .
If the amount added is less than 40 mmol / m ^2, the amount of alkali generated is not sufficient, and if the amount exceeds 96 mmol / m ² , the thickness of the processing member becomes too large and the physical properties of the film are impaired. A more preferable addition amount is 45 to 75 mmol /
m ² .

Next, the water-insoluble metal compound according to the present invention will be described. Examples of the metal compound which is hardly soluble in water (hereinafter also referred to as a hardly soluble metal compound) include metal oxides, hydroxides, carbonates and phosphates having a solubility in water at 20 ° C. of 0.5 or less. , Silicates, nitrates,
Examples thereof include an aluminate salt, and in particular, it is preferable to use a metal compound represented by the following general formula (M).

Formula (M) Z _g X _h

In the formula, Z represents a metal other than an alkali metal, X represents an oxide ion, a hydroxide ion, a carbonate ion,
It represents phosphate ion, silicate ion, nitrate ion or aluminate ion. g and h each represent an integer such that the valences of Z and X can be balanced. The metal compound may have water of crystallization, or may form a double salt.

In the general formula (M), Z is Zn
²⁺, Co²⁺, Ni²⁺, Fe²⁺, Mn ²⁺, Cu²⁺, H
g²⁺, Zr²⁺, Ba²⁺, Sr²⁺, Ca²⁺Metal ions such as
Is mentioned. Preferably Zn²⁺Ions.
X is an oxide ion, a hydroxide ion, a phosphate ion
And carbonate ions.

Specific examples of the compound include Zn (OH)
₂ , ZnO, Co (OH) ₂ , CoO, Ni (OH) ₂ ,
Cu (OH) ₂ , Fe (OH) ₂ , Mn (OH) ₂ , Ba
CO ₃ , SrCO ₃ , CaCO ₃ , basic zinc carbonate, basic cobalt carbonate, basic nickel carbonate, basic bismuth carbonate, and the like, among which, when dispersed in a dispersion medium containing water, the dispersion is colored. Those that do not are preferred.

Hereinafter, the developing agent and the developing agent precursor according to the present invention will be described. With the developing agent of the present invention,
A compound capable of substantially forming an image by reducing silver halide, which is a so-called monochrome developing agent, color developing agent, auxiliary developing agent, and precursors thereof.

Examples of the developing agents which can be used in the present invention include, for example, US Pat.
No. 61270, No. 3,764, 328, No. 3,342
No. 599, No. 3,719, 492, Research Disclosure Magazine (Research Disclosure)
e, hereinafter referred to as RD) No. 12146, No. 15108,
No. 15127 and JP-A-56-27132,
P described in 3-135628 and 57-79035
-Phenylenediamine and p-aminophenol developing agents, phosphoramidophenol developing agents, sulfonamidoaniline developing agents, and hydrazone developing agents,
Examples include phenols, sulfonamidophenols, polyhydroxybenzenes, naphthols, hydroxybisnaphthyls, methylenebisphenols, ascorbic acids, 1-aryl-3-pyrazolidones, hydrazones, and the above-mentioned reducing agent precursors.

Of these, p-phenylenediamine compounds are preferably used as color developing agents, and p-phenylenediamine compounds having a hydrophilic group are particularly preferably used. The p-phenylenediamine-based compound having a hydrophilic group is free from contamination of the photosensitive material and has a greater effect on skin than a p-phenylenediamine-based compound having no hydrophilic group such as N, N-diethyl-p-phenylenediamine. It also has the advantage that the skin is hardly fogged.

Examples of the hydrophilic group include an amino group of a p-phenylenediamine compound or a substituent having at least one substituent on a benzene ring. Specific examples of the water-soluble group include:
_{- (CH 2) n -CH 2} OH, - (CH 2) m -NHSO 2
_{- (CH 2) n CH 3} , - (CH 2) m -O- (CH 2) n
_{-CH 3, - (CH 2 CH} 2 O) n C m H 2m + 1 (m and n each represents an integer of 0 or more), - COOH, -SO ₃
H and the like are preferred.

Specific examples of the color developing agent preferably used in the present invention include compounds described in Japanese Patent Application No. 2-203169.
Nos., (C-1) to (C-1) described on pages 26 to 31.
6), JP-A-61-289350, pages 29 to 31, (1) to (8) and JP-A-3-246543.
And (1) to (62) described on pages 5 to 9, and particularly preferred are the exemplified compounds (C-1) and (C-3) described in Japanese Patent Application No. 2-203169. JP 61
Compound (2) described in JP-A-289350 and Compound (1) described in JP-A-3-246543
Is mentioned.

Further, compounds containing sulfonamidophenol, sulfonamidoaniline and hydrazine described in the general formulas I to V of Japanese Patent Application No. 11-339858 are also preferable. Also, JP-A-5-241305 and JP-A-11-167.
The p-phenylenediamine precursor described in No. 185 can also be preferably used.

Also, JP-A-5-241305, 11
167185, p- described in 11-249275
A phenylenediamine precursor can also be preferably used.

The preferable addition amount of these developing agents is 0.0
01 to 100 mmol / m ² , particularly preferably 1 to 100 mmol / m ^2.
５０50 mmol / m ² .

The developing agent used in the present invention also includes a developing agent, a developing agent precursor thereof, or a developing agent generated from a developing agent precursor. Examples of preferably used developing agent precursors include compounds described in general formulas (1) to (6) of Japanese Patent Application No. 11-358973.

Once the processing has begun, the developing agent is appropriately expanded.
Diffusivity is required. The solubility of the developing agent is p
1 × 10 in alkaline solution of H10 or more^-7Mol / l or less
Above, more preferably 1 × 10^-6Mo
Liters / liter or more. The diffusion constant is 25 ° C.
When dissolved in an alkaline solution of H10, 1 × 10^-8m ^Two
/ S or more, preferably 1 × 10^-6m^Two/ S or less
Above is particularly preferred.

Among these developing agents or developing agent precursors, the present invention is characterized in that the processing member contains a compound of the following general formula (I). Hereinafter, the compound of the formula (I) will be described.

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In the general formula (I), R _{11 to} R ₁₅ each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and specific substituents represented by R _{11 to} R ₁₅ include, for example, a halogen atom (for example, a chloro group). , A bromo group), an alkyl group (eg, a methyl group, an ethyl group, an isopropyl group, an n-butyl group, a t-butyl group), an aryl group (eg, a phenyl group, a tolyl group, a xylyl group), and a carbonamide group (eg, acetylamino Group, propionylamino group, butyroylamino group, benzoylamino group), sulfonamide group (for example, methanesulfonylamino group, ethanesulfonylamino group, benzenesulfonylamino group, toluenesulfonylamino group), alkoxy group (for example, methoxy group, ethoxy group) Group), an aryloxy group (for example, phenoxy group), an alkylthio group (for example, methylthio group) O group, ethylthio group, butylthio group), arylthio group (for example, phenylthio group,
Tolylthio group), carbamoyl group (eg, methylcarbamoyl group, dimethylcarbamoyl group, ethylcarbamoyl group, diethylcarbamoyl group, dibutylcarbamoyl group, piperidinocarbamoyl group, morpholinocarbamoyl group, phenylcarbamoyl group, methylphenylcarbamoyl group, ethylphenylcarbamoyl Group, benzylphenylcarbamoyl group), sulfamoyl group (for example, methylsulfamoyl group, dimethylsulfamoyl group, ethylsulfamoyl group, diethylsulfamoyl group, dibutylsulfamoyl group, piperidinosulfamoyl group, morpholino Sulfamoyl group, phenylsulfamoyl group, methylphenylsulfamoyl group, ethylphenylsulfamoyl group, benzylphenylsulfamoyl group), cyano group, Ruhoniru group (e.g. methanesulfonyl group, ethanesulfonyl group, a phenylsulfonyl group,
4-chlorophenylsulfonyl group, p-toluenesulfonyl group), alkoxycarbonyl group (for example, methoxycarbonyl group, ethoxycarbonyl group, butoxycarbonyl group), aryloxycarbonyl group (for example, phenoxycarbonyl group), acyl group (for example, acetyl group, propionyl) Group, butyroyl group, benzoyl group, alkylbenzoyl group), ureido group (eg, methylaminocarbonamide group, diethylaminocarbonamide group), urethane group (eg, methoxycarbonamide group, butoxycarbonamide group), acyloxy group (eg, acetyloxy group) Group, propionyloxy group, butyroyloxy group),
Or a hydroxyl group. These groups may further have a substituent.

Examples of the substituent of the substituted amino group in A ₁ include an alkyl group, an aryl group and a heterocyclic group. The substituents may form a ring with each other. May be.

R ₁₁ and R ₁₂ , and R ₁₃ and R ₁₄ may combine with each other to form a ring. The substituted amino group of A ₁ and R ₁₁ or R ₁₄ may be bonded to each other to form a ring.

The specific examples of the compounds represented by formula (I) are shown below, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

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In the present invention, among the above exemplified compounds, in particular, 2-6, 2-7, 2-11, 2-19, 2-2
Compounds represented by 0 and 2-22 are preferred.

As a method for adding the compound represented by the general formula (I) to the treated member, first, the compound is mixed with a high-boiling organic solvent (eg, alkyl phosphate, alkyl phthalate, etc.) to reduce It can be added after dissolving in a boiling organic solvent (eg, ethyl acetate, methyl ethyl ketone, etc.) and dispersing in water using a known emulsification dispersion method in the field. Further, the addition method in the solid dispersion method described in JP-A-63-271339 can also be preferably used. The amount of the developing agent represented by the general formula (I) is:
It has a wide range, but 0.001 to 1000 mmol / m
² is preferable, and 1 to 50 mmol / m ² is more preferable.
More preferably, it is 3 to 15 mmol / m ² .

In the development according to the present invention, in the presence of water, a processing member having a photosensitive material and a support is adhered to the photosensitive layer surface of the photosensitive material and the processing layer surface of the processing member to perform thermal development. The method is characterized in that a photosensitive material and a water-permeable or water-soluble processing member having no support and the processing member having a support are superposed and thermally developed in the presence of water. In the latter case, the number of the water-permeable or water-soluble treatment members having no support may be one or two or more.

The amount of water applied at this time is 1/10 to 1/10 of the total water absorption excluding the back layer of the light-sensitive material and / or the processing member having no support and / or the processing member having the support.
It is preferably 0 times.

As described in JP-A-11-119401 and the like, in an image forming method in which a photosensitive material and a processing member are superposed and thermally developed in the presence of water, a given amount of water is applied to the photosensitive material. It is common practice to superimpose on the processing member and then heat develop. However, after applying water to the processing member and superimposing it on the photosensitive material and performing development processing, the photosensitive material and the support are used. Water is applied after the processing members that are not overlapped to perform development processing, and water is applied after the two types of processing members (a processing member having a support and a processing member having no support) are overlapped. Alternatively, the photosensitive material may be subjected to a developing process in a superimposed manner.

In the present invention, water includes inorganic alkali metal salts and organic bases, low-boiling solvents, surfactants, antifoggants, complex-forming compounds with poorly soluble metal salts, fungicides, and fungicides May be included.

As the water, any water can be used as long as it is generally used. Specifically, distilled water, tap water, well water, mineral water and the like can be used.

In the developing device using the photosensitive material and the processing member of the present invention, water may be used up.
It may be circulated and used repeatedly. In the latter case, water containing components eluted from the photosensitive material is used.
Also, JP-A Nos. 62-38460 and 63-144354.
No. 63-144355, JP-A-3-210555
The device described in the item or water may be used.

As a method for applying water, for example, the methods described in JP-A-62-253159, page (5) and JP-A-63-85544 are preferably used. Further, the solvent can be used by being encapsulated in a microcapsule or incorporated in advance in a photosensitive material and / or a processing member in the form of a hydrate. The temperature of the water to be applied depends on the temperature of the above-mentioned JP-A-63-85544.
The temperature may be 30 to 60 ° C. as described in the item.

The supply amount of water of the present invention is preferably 1.0 to 100 g, more preferably 10 to 100 g per m ² of the photographic material.
５０50 g.

As a method for applying the water, it is preferable to supply by simple application or by spraying a liquid, rather than immersing the photosensitive material in a tank or the like. For example, a small amount of liquid
A method of supplying by a droplet, a curtain film, or a slit film may be used.

The supply of the droplets is preferably performed by spraying from a capillary tube using heat or vibration in a size of 1 to 100 μm. The length of the slit supply is freely determined and the width is 1 to 10
This is a method of supplying a liquid from a 0 μm slit. The supply of these liquids may be reduced by a vacuum pump or the like in addition to the normal pressure state. Further, as a spraying method through the gas phase, a method of flying droplets using the vibration of a piezoelectric element, such as a piezo-type inkjet head or a method of flying droplets using a thermal head utilizing bumping, Further, a spray method of spraying a liquid by air pressure or liquid pressure may be used.

In the coating method, air doctor coater, blade coater, rod coater, knife coater, squeeze coater, impregnation coater, reverse roller coater, transfer roller coater, curtain coater, double roller coater, slide hopper coating, gravure coater, kiss Examples thereof include a roll coater, a bead coater, a cast coater, a spray coater, a calendar coater, and an extrusion coater. Particularly preferred methods include a squeeze coater, a gravure coater, an impregnated coater, a bead coater, and a blade coater.

In the present invention, the development is preferably performed by so-called thermal development. When the photosensitive material is thermally developed, known heating means can be applied, for example, a method of contacting with a heated heat block or a surface heater, a method of contacting with a heat roller or a heat drum, infrared rays and far-infrared rays. A method of contacting with a lamp heater, a method of passing through an atmosphere maintained at a high temperature, a method of using high-frequency heating, and the like can be used. In addition, a method in which a heat-generating conductive material such as a carbon black layer is provided on the back surface of the photosensitive material and / or the processing member, and Joule heat generated by energizing can be applied. The elements described in JP-A-61-145544 can be used as the heat-generating elements.

A method of superposing a light-sensitive material and a processing member in such a manner that the light-sensitive layer and the processing layer face each other is described in JP-A-62-25.
The method described in pages 3159 and 61-147244 (page 27) can be applied. The heating temperature is 30-100 ° C
Is preferred.

Any of various heat developing apparatuses can be used for the heat development. For example, JP-A-59-75247, 5
Nos. 9-1777547, 59-181353, 60
-18951, Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 62-25944,
-95267, 6-95338 and 6-1305
No. 09, No. 8-29954, No. 8-29955 and the like are preferably used. In addition, as a commercially available device, a Pictrostat 100, a Pictrostat 200, a Pictrostat 300, a Pictrostat 330, a Pictrostat 50, a Pictography 3000, a Pictography 2000, and the like manufactured by Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. can be used.

As the binder for the processing member, the same binders as those known for photosensitive materials can be used.
In the present invention, the binder used in the constituent layers of the photosensitive material and the processing member is preferably hydrophilic. Examples thereof include RD described later and those described on pages (71) to (75) of JP-A-64-13546. Specifically, transparent or translucent hydrophilic binders are preferred, for example, gelatin, proteins or cellulose derivatives such as gelatin derivatives, starch, gum arabic, dextran, pullulan, natural compounds such as polysaccharides such as carrageenan, and polyvinyl. Synthetic polymer compounds such as alcohol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, and acrylamide polymer are exemplified. U.S. Pat. No. 4,960,681;
Superabsorbent polymers described in 2-245260 Patent etc., i.e. -COOM or vinyl monomer having a -SO ₃ M (M is a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal atom) (sodium methacrylate, ammonium methacrylate, potassium acrylate, etc.) Homopolymers or copolymers of these vinyl monomers or with other vinyl monomers are also used. These binders can be used in combination of two or more kinds. Particularly, a combination of gelatin and the above binder is preferable.

The gelatin may be selected from lime-treated gelatin, acid-treated gelatin, and so-called demineralized gelatin in which the content of calcium and the like is reduced according to various purposes.
It is also preferable to use them in combination.

The silver halide light-sensitive material used in the present invention includes a system for color development by color development with a coupler, a system for color development by oxidation of a leuco dye, and a color filter layer and a silver halide layer. An arbitrary method such as a method of obtaining a color image without performing the method can be used.
In particular, a method of performing color development with a coupler to form a color is preferably used.

In the present invention, all known silver halide photosensitive materials such as a color negative, a color reversal, a color print, a color reversal print, a monochrome negative, and a monochrome paper can be developed.
It is also possible to develop a photosensitive material composed of a stripe or mosaic color separation color filter array layer from the object side, and then a photosensitive layer having color sensitivity to the entire visible light. In this case, the color separation color filter array layer has R,
Various configurations can be employed to separate subject information into three primary colors of G and B. For example, yellow, green, magenta and cyan, or yellow, green and cyan, or yellow, magenta and cyan, etc. Are arranged in a mosaic pattern or a stripe pattern, or a filter is arranged in a mosaic or stripe pattern with three color filters of red, green and blue.

Examples of the method of arranging the filters in a mosaic form include a lattice arrangement method typified by a Bayer arrangement and an arrangement in which triangles, hexagons, and circles are spread. The arrangement of each color may be regular or may be arranged at random.

For the production of this color filter, various known methods can be used. A typical color filter manufacturing method is a pigment dispersion method in which a photosensitive resin layer in which a pigment is dispersed on a substrate is formed and a monochromatic pattern is formed by patterning the photosensitive resin layer, and a material for dyeing on the substrate. After applying a water-soluble polymer material and patterning it into a desired shape by a photolithography process, the obtained pattern is immersed in a dye bath to obtain a colored pattern. Is dispersed, R, G, and B are separately applied by repeating printing three times, and then a resin is thermally cured to form a colored layer.
There is an ink-jet method in which a coloring liquid containing a dye is discharged onto a light-transmitting substrate by an ink-jet method, and each coloring liquid is dried to form a colored pixel portion.

As a method for producing a color filter having a random arrangement, a method described in Japanese Patent Application No. 10-326017 can be used.

Further, as a method of producing a stripe-shaped color filter, Photographic Sci can be used.
ence and Engineering, vol.
21, 225 (1977).

When the color information recording layer is composed of a stripe or mosaic color separation color filter array layer and a photosensitive layer having color sensitivity to the entire visible light, the color information recording layer covers the entire visible light. In the photosensitive layer having color sensitivity, it is preferable to adopt a mode of forming an image that blocks all visible light. Here, the image that blocks the entire visible light region is not particularly limited as long as it has a function of forming a substantially black image, but in the present invention, the dye reacts with the oxidized form of the developing agent to form a dye. It is preferable to form a substantially black image by using a plurality of types of couplers that form the above.

In the present invention, a stripe or mosaic color separation color filter layer is formed from the subject side, and then a black image corresponding to the latent image is formed after the development process, having color sensitivity to the entire visible light. After obtaining image information corresponding to a black image scanned by removing a color separation color filter from a silver halide color light-sensitive material formed in the order of a photosensitive layer, R, G, and B digital colors produced from the color separation image are obtained. An image forming method for producing a digital color image by converting an image into a Lab or Luv signal and replacing the L component information with image information corresponding to a black image is preferably used.

The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material of the present invention is a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer capable of recording red, green and blue light. It is preferable to have

In the present invention, Research Disclosure No. 1 may be used as the silver halide emulsion. 30811
9 (hereinafter abbreviated as RD308119) can be used. The places to be described are shown below.

[Item] [Page RD308119] Iodine composition 993 IA Section Manufacturing method 993 IA and 994 E Crystal habit Normal crystal 999 IA Crystal habit Twin crystal 993 IA Epitaxial 993 Item IA Halogen composition uniform 993 IB Item Halogen composition is not uniform 993 IB Item Halogen conversion 994 IC Item Halogen substitution 994 IC Item Metal-containing 994 ID Item Monodispersion 975 IF Item Solvent addition 995 I-F Latent image forming position Surface 995 I-G Latent image forming position Inside 995 I-G Applicable photosensitive material negative 995 I-H Positive (including internal fog particles) 995 I-H emulsion Section 995 II, Desalting 995 Section II-A

In the present invention, the silver halide emulsion comprises:
Use those that have been subjected to physical ripening, chemical ripening and spectral sensitization. Additives used in such a process are described in Research Disclosure No. 17643, no. 18716
And No. 308119 (hereinafter referred to as RD 1764, respectively)
3, RD18716 and RD308119). The places to be described are shown below.

[Item] [RD308119] [RD17643] [RD18716] Chemical sensitizer 996 III-A section 23 648 Spectral sensitizer 996 IV-AA, B, C, D, 23 to 24 648 to 649 H, I, J section Supersensitizer 996 IV-AE, J section 23-24 648-649 Antifoggant 998 VI 24-25 649 Stabilizer 998 VI 24-25 649

Known photographic additives which can be used in the present invention are also described in the above-mentioned Research Disclosure.
The relevant sections are described below.

[Items] [Page RD308119] [RD17643] [RD18716] Anti-turbidity agent 1002 VII-I 25 650 Dye image stabilizer 1001 VII-J 25 Brightener 998 V 24 UV absorber 1003 VIII- Sections I, XIII-C 25-26 Light absorber 1003 VIII 25-26 Light scattering agent 1003 VIII Filter dye 1003 VIII 25-26 Binder 1003 IX 26 651 Static inhibitor 1006 XIII 27 650 Hardener 1004 X 26 651 Plasticizer 1006 XII 27 650 Lubricant 1006 XII 27 650 Activator / Coating aid 1005 XI 26-27 650 Matting agent 1007 XVI Developer (contained in photosensitive material) 1001 XXB

In the present invention, various couplers can be added and used, and specific examples are described in the above-mentioned Research Disclosure. The relevant sections are described below.

[Item] [Page of RD308119] [RD17643] Yellow coupler 1001 VII-D VIIC-G Magenta coupler 1001 VII-D VIIC-G Cyan coupler 1001 VII-D VIIC-G Colored coupler 1002 VII-G Section VIIG DIR coupler 1001 VII-F Section VIIF BAR coupler 1002 VII-F Release of other useful residues 1001 VII-F Section Alkali-soluble coupler 1001 VII-E

The additive used in the present invention is RD308
It can be added by the dispersion method described in 119XIV.

In the present invention, the aforementioned RD17643
Page 28, RD18716 pages 647 to 648, and RD3
The support described in XIX of 08119 can be used.

The light-sensitive material of the present invention includes RD3081 described above.
An auxiliary layer such as a filter layer or an intermediate layer described in the section 19VII-K can be provided.

The light-sensitive material of the present invention can be obtained by the method described in RD30811.
Various layer configurations such as a normal layer, a reverse layer, and a unit configuration described in section 9VII-K can be employed.

When the light-sensitive material of the present invention is used in the form of a roll, it is preferable that the light-sensitive material is housed in a cartridge. The most common cartridges are current 135 format or IX-240 format cartridges. Other cartridges proposed in the following patent documents can also be used. That is, 58-67
329, JP-A-58-181035, 5
JP-A-8-182634, JP-A-58-195236, U.S. Pat. No. 4,221,479, Japanese Patent Application No. 63-57785, JP-A-63-183344, JP-A-63-325538, Japanese Patent Application No. 1-2186
No. 2, No. 1-25362, No. 1-30246
Publication Nos. JP-A-1-202222, JP-A-1-21863, JP-A-1-37181, JP-A-1-33108, JP-A-1-85198, JP-A-1-172595, JP-A-1-172594. JP-A Nos. 1-172593, U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,846,418, 4,848,693, and 4,832,275.
Reference can be made to the cartridge technology disclosed in the specification.

Next, a film cartridge to which a photosensitive material can be loaded will be described. The main material of the patrone used in the present invention may be metal or synthetic plastic. Preferred plastic materials are polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyphenyl ether and the like. Further, patrone may contain various antistatic agents, such as carbon black, metal oxide particles, nonions,
Anions, cations and betaine-based surfactants or polymers can be preferably used. These antistatic patrones are disclosed in JP-A-1-312537,
No. 3,12,538. Especially 25 ° C, 25
The resistance at% RH is preferably 10 ¹² Ω or less. Usually, a plastic patrone is manufactured using a plastic into which carbon black, a pigment, or the like is kneaded in order to impart light shielding properties. The size of the patrone may be the same as the current 135 size, and it is also effective to reduce the diameter of the current 135 size 25 mm cartridge to 22 mm or less in order to reduce the size of the camera. The volume of the patrone case is 3
It is preferably 0 cm ³ or less, more preferably 25 cm ³ or less. The weight of the plastic used for the patrone and the patrone case is preferably 5 g to 15 g.

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No. 3.

The light-sensitive material of the present invention can be used by loading it on a commercially available film unit with a lens. The light-sensitive material of the present invention is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 10-1584.
No. 27, No. 10-170624, No. 10-18898
It can be preferably used by loading it into the lens-fitted film unit described in the specification of JP-A No. 4 (1994).

By reading the developed photosensitive material according to the present invention with an image sensor such as a scanner or a CCD camera, digital image information can be produced from image information formed in the photosensitive material.

In the present invention, the scanner is a device which optically scans a photosensitive material and converts reflection or transmission optical density into image information. When scanning, it is common and recommended to scan the required area of the photosensitive material by moving the optical part of the scanner in a direction different from the moving direction of the photosensitive material. Alternatively, only the optical part of the scanner may be moved, or only the photosensitive material may be moved to fix the optical part of the scanner. Alternatively, a combination of these may be used. When reading the image information of the photosensitive member, it is preferable to irradiate the entire surface with light in a wavelength region where at least three dyes can be absorbed or scan the slit to measure the amount of reflected light or transmitted light. In this case, the use of the diffused light is more preferable than the use of the parallel light because the matting agent of the film and the information that the film is damaged can be removed. The light receiving unit includes a semiconductor image sensor (for example, an area type CCD).
Or a CCD line sensor). The area type image sensor is preferably a color sensor having a Bayer type color filter array, or a monochrome sensor having a color separation mechanism for rotating a filter turret having RGB color filters.
Further, it is preferable that the area sensor has a cell having 6 million effective pixels or more.

The scanner light source of the present invention preferably has a power of 100 W or more. As a light source, it is preferable to use a metal halide lamp, a xenon flash, or a halogen lamp. As a halogen lamp, for example, USHIO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. JCR series (JCR-12V-50)
WG, JCR-15V-150W), the company's UMI series and UMID series as metal halide lamps, and the company's FQ502 and FQ as xenon flash
440, FG370 and the like, but not limited thereto.

When infrared light is used as a scanner reading light source, image information irrespective of absorption in the visible light region existing in the photosensitive material can be obtained. Image information using infrared light can be used for correcting image defects on a photosensitive material, for example, by the method described in US Pat. No. 5,266,805.

In the present invention, the image signal thus read can be output to form an image on another recording material. Further, it is possible to preferably perform various types of image processing such as saturation enhancement processing for performing stroke correction on the read image signal in accordance with the amount of developed silver generated or the infrared image processing.

As a method of outputting the image information, normal projection exposure may be used, or image information may be read photoelectrically by measuring the density of transmitted light, and output using the signal. The material to be output need not be a photosensitive material, and may be, for example, a sublimation type thermosensitive recording material, an ink jet material, a full color direct thermosensitive recording material, or the like. An example of a preferred embodiment in the present invention is to use a diffused light and a CCD image sensor to diffuse image information with or without additional processing to remove the remaining silver halide and developed silver after forming a color image by thermal development. After reading by transmission density measurement, converting the digital signal into a digital signal, performing image processing, and outputting with an inkjet material. Since the digital signal can be arbitrarily processed and edited, the photographed image can be freely modified, deformed, processed and output.

The photosensitive material according to the present invention may be subjected to at least one of the bleaching and fixing processes and the development stop process after the reading by the scanner. The bleaching process and the fixing process are performed, for example, in the process C.
The process is as shown in the -41 process step. Further, even if the bleaching process or the fixing process is not performed, and the developed silver, silver halide, or colloidal silver generated during the development is not dissolved at all or partially dissolved, the scanner can be read. Further, even when the processing member or the support of the processing member is not detached from the photosensitive material, it can be read by a scanner.

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EXAMPLES The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to examples, but embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.

Example 1 <Preparation of Photosensitive Material> First of Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-281308
Light-sensitive materials were prepared in exactly the same manner as the light-sensitive materials described on pages 6 to 35.

<Preparation of processing member a1> A processing member a1 was prepared by sequentially coating layers of the following composition on a subbed transparent polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) support having a thickness of 85 μm. The addition amount of each compound is shown in 1 m ² per coating amount (g / m ^2).

First layer Gelatin 0.46 Water-soluble polymer (PS-2) 0.02 Surfactant (SU-3) 0.023

Second layer Gelatin 2.4 Water-soluble polymer (PS-3) 0.36 Water-soluble polymer (PS-1) 0.7 Water-soluble polymer (PS-4) 0.6 High boiling solvent (OIL-3) ) 2.0 Guanidine picolinate 3.2 Picolinic acid 0.5 Surfactant (SU-3) 0.024

Third layer Gelatin 2.4 Water-soluble polymer (PS-1) 0.7 Water-soluble polymer (PS-3) 0.36 Water-soluble polymer (PS-4) 0.6 Surfactant (SU-3) ) 0.024

Fourth Layer Gelatin 0.22 Water-soluble polymer (PS-2) 0.06 Water-soluble polymer (PS-3) 0.20 Antifoggant (AF-7) 0.02 Matting agent (PM-2) 0.01 Surfactant (SU-3) 0.007 Surfactant (SU-5) 0.007 Surfactant (SU-6) 0.01 Hardener (H-5) 0.37

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OIL-3: Liquid paraffin (manufactured by Kanto Kagaku) PS-2: κ-carrageenan (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries) PS-3: Dextran (molecular weight = 70,000) PS-4: MP polymer MP102 (Kuraray) company Ltd.) SU-3: sulfosuccinic acid di (2-ethylhexyl) sodium salt _{SU-5: C 8 H 17} SO 2 N (C 3 H 7) CH 2 COOK PM-2: polymethyl methacrylate (weight average molecular weight 50 , 000) AF-7: 1- (4- carboxyphenyl) -5-mercaptotetrazole _{H-5: (CH 2 =} CHSO 2 CH 2 CONHCH 2 -) 2

<Preparation of processing member b1> 20% of gelatin
In an aqueous solution, tricresyl phosphate (TCP) dispersed in oil-in-water to have an average particle diameter of 200 nm is 30% in solid content ratio to gelatin, hardener H-5 is 20 mg per 1 g of gelatin, and then developing agent 4 -Amino-3-
2.5 g / m ^{2 of} methyl-Nethyl-N- (β-hydroxyethyl) aniline sulfate (hereinafter abbreviated as CD-4)
After the addition, the viscosity measured with a B-type viscometer becomes 20.
The pH is adjusted to 6.5 by appropriately adding 00 mPa · s, 1/2 M sulfuric acid or 1 M sodium hydroxide aqueous solution, and zinc oxide having an average particle size of 200 nm may be added to 3 g / m ^2. Stirred. This solution was cast on a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, allowed to stand at 23 ° C. and 50% RH (relative humidity) for 10 hours, and then aged at 40 ° C. and 80% RH for 14 hours. Was peeled off to obtain a processing member b1 having a thickness of 20 μm.

The photosensitive material thus obtained was subjected to the following processing step 1 using the processing members b1 and / or a1, and the photographic characteristics were evaluated.

(Processing Step 1) 15 ml / m ² of water at 40 ° C. was applied to the photosensitive layer side of a photosensitive material which had been subjected to white exposure at 1000 lux for 1/100 second using an optical wedge. The photosensitive layer side and the side on which the processing layer of the processing member was provided were superimposed, and a heat drum was used at 80 ° C. for 90 seconds,
Heat development was performed. After the development, the processing member was peeled off from the photosensitive material to obtain a developed photosensitive material sample.

The photographic characteristics of the developed samples were evaluated as follows. << Storage over time >> The R, G, and B transmission densities of the developed sample with respect to white light were measured using a densitometer manufactured by X-rite, and a baseline density correction was performed. -The highest density (Dm
ax), the minimum density (Dmin), and the sensitivity (the reciprocal of the exposure amount giving the density of the minimum density of the photosensitive material + 0.10 is defined as sensitivity). The sensitivity obtained from the sample subjected to the processing step 1 using the processing members b1 and a2 was defined as 100, and was used as a reference for the subsequent relative sensitivity.

On the other hand, in order to evaluate the storage stability over time, in processing step 1, after the processing members were overlapped, they were sealed and stored (forced deterioration) at 40 ° C. and 80% RH for 14 days before development. Otherwise, the same processing as in processing step 1 was performed, and the maximum density, minimum density, and sensitivity were determined in the same manner as described above.
The sensitivity is a relative sensitivity obtained by setting the sensitivity obtained from the sample subjected to the processing step 1 to 100 using the processing members b1 and a1 as described above.

Subsequently, the processing members a2 to a5
Was prepared. <Preparation of processing member a2> Transformed PE with a thickness of 85 μm
Each member having the following composition was sequentially provided on an N support, and a processing member a2-1 was applied. The addition amount of each compound was indicated by the coating amount per 1 m ² (g / m ² ). The compounds used are the same as the compounds described in the preparation of the processing member a1.

(Processing member a2-1) First layer (lowest layer) Gelatin 0.46 Water-soluble polymer (PS-2) 0.02 Surfactant (SU-3) 0.023 Hardener (H-5) ) 0.60

Second layer Gelatin 2.4 Water-soluble polymer (PS-3) 0.36 Water-soluble polymer (PS-1) 0.7 Water-soluble polymer (PS-4) 0.6 High boiling solvent (OIL-3) ) 2.0 Guanidine picolinate 3.2 Picolinic acid 0.5 Surfactant (SU-3) 0.024

(Processing members a2-2 and a2) Thickness 85 μm
On a transparent PEN support having no m undercoat, layers having the following composition were sequentially provided, and a processing member a2-2 was applied.

First Layer (Lower Layer) Hardener (H-5) 0.01 Gelatin 0.5 Surfactant (SU-3) 0.024

Second layer EVA # 86 (manufactured by Denki Kagaku) 1.0 Surfactant (SU-3) 0.04 The constituent layer of the processing member a2-2 is a constituent layer that does not dissolve in the hot water dissolution test. .

The coated surface of the processing member a2-1 and the coated surface of the processing member a2-2 are overlapped and heat-sealed at 120 ° C. for 30 seconds.
The support was peeled off to obtain a processing member a2.

<Preparation of Processing Members a3-2 and a3> Processing members a3-2 were prepared in exactly the same manner except that EVA # 86 of the processing member a2-2 was changed to carboxymethyl cellulose (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.). And 0.2 to the processing member a3-2.
After applying water of ml / m ² , the processing member a2-1 is attached so that the application surfaces overlap, pressure is applied, and the PEN support of the processing member a3-2 is peeled off to remove the processing member a3.
I got

<Preparation of Processing Member a4> Processing Member a2-2
Was provided between the first layer and the second layer of gelatin, 2.0 g / m ^{2 of} gelatin and 3.0 g / m ² of zinc oxide.
A processing member a4 was produced in exactly the same manner as the processing member a2, except that A235 (manufactured by Kuraray) was used. PVA235
The constituent layer containing is 11% in water at 80 ° C. in the hot water dissolution test.
Dissolution was confirmed in 3 seconds.

<Preparation of Processing Member a5> Processing Member a2-1
After applying 1.0 g / m ^{2 of the} PVA235 and drying, a layer of 2.0 g / m ^{2 of} gelatin and 3.0 g / m ² of zinc oxide was further applied thereto to prepare a treated member a5.

Using the a2 to a5 prepared as described above, treatment No. In the processing step 1, the processing member a1 and the processing member b1 are changed as shown in the table, and when two processing members are used for the development, the two members are superimposed on each other. In the case where one processing member was used, the evaluation was performed by performing the same forced deterioration while keeping one member. These results are summarized in Table 1.

Processing N Using Processing Member Having Structure of the Present Invention
o. In Nos. 2 to 18, fluctuations in various photographic performances before and after forced deterioration are small, and good results can be obtained even when forced deterioration occurs.

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[Table 1]

The description in the above Table 1 shows the processing No. Changes from 1 are noted. Sensitivity is the processing No. The value of 1 before forced degradation was set to 100. For G and B, the same effect as that of R was obtained.

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According to the present invention, a system that finishes a print while a customer is in a shop, a space-saving device and a system that is easy to maintain, and a raw storage property of a processing sheet are provided. Can provide a processing member for a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material and a method for producing the same.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A method for preparing a processing member for a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, which is used for superposing and thermally developing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material and a processing member in the presence of water,
A member having at least one constituent layer containing a photographically useful substance and a member having at least one constituent layer having at least one property of heat sealability or water-soluble adhesive are bonded and laminated. A method for producing a processing member for a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, characterized by being produced by 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said photographically useful compound has the following general formula (I):
The method for producing a processing member for a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 1, which is a compound represented by the following formula: Embedded image [Wherein, R _{11 to} R ₁₅ each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. A ₁ represents a hydroxyl group or a substituted amino group. R ₁₁ and R
₁₂ , R ₁₃ and R ₁₄ may combine with each other to form a ring. The substituted amino acid of A ₁ and R ₁₁ or R ₁₄ may be bonded to each other to form a ring. ] 3. A processing member for a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which is used for superposing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material and a processing member in the presence of water and thermally developing the same, a constituent layer containing a photographically useful substance. A member having at least one layer,
A process for a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, which is produced by bonding and laminating a member having at least one of constituent layers having at least one property of heat sealability or water-soluble adhesiveness. Element. 4. A processing member for a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, which is used for superposing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material and a processing member in the presence of water and performing heat development, contains a metal compound which is hardly soluble in water. And a component layer containing a compound that forms a complex with the poorly water-soluble metal compound, and a hot water dissolvable layer that can be bonded by a heat sealing method, and the poorly water-soluble metal compound And a component layer containing a compound that forms a complex with the water-insoluble metal compound,
A processing member for a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, characterized by having a hot water dissolvable layer that can be bonded by the heat sealing method between the two. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the photographically useful compound is represented by the general formula (I):
The processing member for a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 3, wherein the processing member is a compound represented by the following formula: 6. The processing member for a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 4, wherein a dry film thickness of the hot water dissolving layer is 1.5 μm or more and 5.0 μm or less. 7. The addition amount of the compound which forms a complex with the metal compound hardly soluble in water is 40 mmol / m ² or more and 96 mmol / m ² or more.
processing member for silver halide photographic light-sensitive material according to any one of claims 4-6, characterized in that at m ² or less.