JP2002303956A - Image forming method for silver halide color photographic sensitive material and image information forming method using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming method for a silver halide color photographic sensitive material free of the increase of fog and the deterioration of developed color density-gradation balance due to each change in development, excellent in the color tones of coloring dyes and in image stability and ensuring improved suitability to desilvering and improved processing stain, and to provide an image information forming method using the sensitive material. SOLUTION: In the image forming method in which the silver halide color photographic sensitive material having red-, green- and blue-sensitive layers and a non-photosensitive layer is color-developed to obtain a dye image, at least one of the photographic constituent layers contains a compound of formula (S) and the color development is carried out in the range of 95-120 sec.

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 method for forming an image of a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material and a method for forming image information using the same, and more particularly, to a halogenated halide having improved development processing characteristics and improved photographic performance. The present invention relates to a method for forming an image on a silver color photographic photosensitive material and a method for forming image information using the same.

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2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, as silver halide color photographic light-sensitive materials (hereinafter, also referred to as light-sensitive materials) are processed at stores, so-called mini-lab stores are rapidly increasing. Is required. Means for achieving rapid processing include increasing the concentration of a color developing agent described in JP-A-4-67038 and JP-A-4-81848.
Attempts have been made to speed up the processing by activating the color developing solution, such as raising the temperature of the processing described in (1). However, the technique described above is not satisfactory because it causes an increase in fog and a deterioration in the color density and gradation balance of each photosensitive layer.

Recently, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-284430, compounds represented by the general formulas (1) to (7) described in the same publication have been proposed as new color developing agents. Compared with the developing agent, it is known that the color tone of a color dye formed by coupling an oxidized product thereof to a coupler is excellent, and that the storage stability of the dye image can be improved. However, when the above color developing agents are used, when the processing conditions are slightly changed, the stability of the obtained image density is insufficient, and especially in a minilab shop where it is difficult to manage the processing solution as compared with a large-scale developing laboratory. It turned out that the problem became obvious.

On the other hand, in the case of a developing solution in a large-scale developing plant on the market, a method of replenishing a developing agent component using a solid processing agent has been widely used because of easy maintenance and management of the characteristics of the developing solution. As in the prior art, the replenisher has been released from the complexity and load of preparing and adjusting the amount of replenisher. At the same time, the photographic performance of the photosensitive material to be developed has also been stabilized, but from the viewpoint of the gradation reproducibility between different developing laboratories, it cannot be said that it is at a satisfactory level. Is the current situation.

[0005] In a color developing solution for a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, a hydroxylamine compound is generally used as a preservative to prevent oxidation of an aromatic primary amine type color developing agent. In recent years, various improvements have been attempted from the viewpoint of the oxidation resistance of the color developing solution, and are excellent in preservation, have little fluctuation in liquid properties such as pH drop and sedimentation, temperature fluctuation, concentration fluctuation, replenisher. Hydroxylamine compounds that have high stability even when the amount is reduced and have little influence on photographic performance have been found, but further improvement is demanded.

In a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, a bleaching process, a fixing process, or a bleach-fixing process is performed after the color development process in order to remove unnecessary developed silver and silver halide. Generally, in these steps, an iron chelate complex salt is often used as a silver bleaching agent, and conventionally, a ferric complex salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid has been widely used. However, improvement studies have progressed, and iron chelate complex salts having rapid desilvering properties, excellent recoloring properties, little bleaching fog, little generation of stains, and excellent liquid stability have been found. However, in a downsized developing machine without a washing bath having a small liquid volume, film stains are likely to occur in the steps after the color development step,
This tendency is particularly observed when rapid bleaching is performed. Therefore, a means is desired which has a quick desilvering property, is excellent in recoloring properties, has little bleaching fog, generates less stain, and is less likely to cause film contamination even when using an iron chelate complex salt having excellent liquid stability. Have been.

The development reaction can be enhanced or the development reaction can be accelerated by increasing the pH of the color developing solution. However, as a result, it is preferable to increase the fog or change the gradation. There are no effects, and means to reduce this effect are being sought.

On the other hand, in a reversal type silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, a so-called reversal color film,
Basically, first black and white development, reversal processing, color development,
Bleaching and / or bleach-fixing and fixing are performed. Then, sensitized development processing is often performed. Under such activation processing conditions, particularly, gradation stability in an intermediate density range is strongly required.

A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material for photography is generally processed in a final processing bath containing an aldehyde compound in order to impart stability to a dye image after the development processing. To reduce the impact on
It is desired to treat in a final treatment bath substantially free of aldehyde compounds. Further, as described above, in a small-sized developing machine having a small liquid volume and having no washing bath, film contamination was likely to occur in each step after the color development step. Therefore, there is a demand for an image forming method in which even if the aldehyde compound is removed, the stability of the dye image is high and the film is hardly stained.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its object is to increase fog,
An image forming method of a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material which has no deterioration in color density / gradation balance due to each development processing change, has excellent color tone and image stability, and has improved desilvering and processing stains. An object of the present invention is to provide an image information forming method using the same.

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The above object of the present invention has been attained by the following constitutions.

1) A silver halide color photograph having, on one side on a support, at least one photographic constituent layer comprising a red-sensitive layer, a green-sensitive layer, a blue-sensitive layer and a non-light-sensitive layer. In an image forming method for obtaining a dye image by subjecting a photosensitive material to image development after color exposure, at least one of the photographic constituent layers contains the compound represented by the formula (S), and the color development time is 95%. A method for forming an image of a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, wherein the method is carried out for a period of from 120 to 120 seconds.

2) A silver halide color photograph having, on one side on a support, at least one photographic constituent layer comprising a red-sensitive layer, a green-sensitive layer, a blue-sensitive layer and a non-light-sensitive layer. In an image forming method for obtaining a dye image by performing color development processing after exposing a photosensitive material to an image, at least one of the photographic constituent layers contains the compound represented by the general formula (S), and the color development used in the color development processing An image forming method for a silver halide color photographic material, wherein the developer contains at least one color developing agent selected from the above formulas (1) to (7).

3) A silver halide color photograph having, on one side on a support, at least one photographic constituent layer consisting of a red-sensitive layer, a green-sensitive layer, a blue-sensitive layer and a non-light-sensitive layer. In an image forming method for obtaining a dye image by performing color development processing after exposing a photosensitive material to an image, at least one of the photographic constituent layers contains the compound represented by the general formula (S), and the color development used in the color development processing An image forming method for a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, wherein a developer is replenished with a replenisher prepared with a solid processing agent.

4) A silver halide color photograph having, on one side on a support, at least one photographic constituent layer consisting of a red-sensitive layer, a green-sensitive layer, a blue-sensitive layer and a non-light-sensitive layer. In an image forming method for obtaining a dye image by performing color development processing after exposing a photosensitive material to an image, at least one of the photographic constituent layers contains the compound represented by the general formula (S), and the color development used in the color development processing An image forming method for a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, wherein the developer contains the compound represented by the formula (a).

5) A silver halide color photographic having, on one side on a support, at least one photographic constituent layer comprising a red-sensitive layer, a green-sensitive layer, a blue-sensitive layer and a non-light-sensitive layer. In an image forming method for obtaining a dye image by subjecting a light-sensitive material to image development after color development, at least one of the photographic constituent layers contains the compound represented by the formula (S), and the bleaching used in the color development processing An image forming method for a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, wherein at least one of the processing and the bleach-fixing processing contains at least one selected from formulas (b) to (e).

6) A silver halide color photographic having at least one photographic constituent layer composed of at least one red-sensitive layer, green-sensitive layer, blue-sensitive layer and non-light-sensitive layer on one side on a support. In an image forming method for obtaining a dye image by performing color development processing after exposing a photosensitive material to an image, at least one of the photographic constituent layers contains the compound represented by the general formula (S), and the color development used in the color development processing PH of developer is 1
An image forming method for a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, which is 0.5 or more.

7) A silver halide color photograph having, on one side of a support, at least one photographic constituent layer composed of a red-sensitive layer, a green-sensitive layer, a blue-sensitive layer and a non-light-sensitive layer. In an image forming method for obtaining a dye image by performing color development processing after exposing a photosensitive material to an image, at least one of the photographic constituent layers contains the compound represented by the general formula (S), and the color development processing is performed in the first step. Image formation of a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, which is a reversal type color development process comprising a black-and-white development process, a reversal process, a color development process, a bleaching process and a bleach-fixing process and a fixing process. Method.

8) A silver halide color photograph having, on one side on a support, at least one photographic constituent layer comprising a red-sensitive layer, a green-sensitive layer, a blue-sensitive layer and a non-light-sensitive layer. In an image forming method for obtaining a dye image by subjecting a light-sensitive material to image development after color exposure, at least one of the photographic constituent layers contains the compound represented by the formula (S), and the final processing of the color development An image forming method for a silver halide color photographic material, wherein the bath is substantially free of an aldehyde compound.

9) The halogenation according to any one of 1) to 8) above, wherein the compound represented by the formula (S) is contained in the outermost layer of a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material. An image forming method for a silver color photographic light-sensitive material.

10) After an image is formed by any one of the above 1) to 9), the formed image information is read by an image sensor, converted into an electric signal, and a calculation is performed based on the electric signal information. And performing image processing of the image information.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail. The compound represented by the general formula (S) according to the present invention substantially means a Si-containing surfactant (hereinafter, also referred to as a siloxane-based surfactant).

In the general formula (S), at least one of R ₁ , R ₂ and R ₃ represents a hydrophilic group, and if not a hydrophilic group, represents a methyl group. The hydrophilic group represents a nonionic group, an anionic group, a cationic group or an amphoteric group, and may be bonded to a Si atom with a simple bonding group or may be bonded with a divalent or higher bonding group. Good.

As the nonionic group, a hydroxyl group is preferred. The anionic group is preferably a carboxyl group, a sulfonic group, or a phosphate group, and the counter cation is preferably an alkali metal ion such as a sodium ion or a potassium ion, or an ammonium ion.
The cationic group is preferably a quaternary alkylammonium group, and the counter anion is preferably a halide ion, p-toluenesulfonic acid ion or the like.
As the amphoteric group, those in which the above-mentioned cationic group and anionic group are bonded are preferable.

In the present invention, the compound represented by the general formula (S)
_At least two of ₁ , R ₂ and R ₃ may be hydrophilic groups, and the hydrophilic groups may have different ionic properties.

M and n each represent an integer, and the weight average molecular weight of the siloxane-based surfactant of the present invention is preferably 10,000 or less, particularly preferably 500 to 3,000. When the molecular weight is larger than the above, the viscosity of the coating solution for the photographic constituent layer is increased and the wet strength of the coating film is decreased, which is not preferable.

The following are specific examples of preferred siloxane compounds that can be used in the present invention, but the invention is not limited thereto.

Specific examples of the anionic siloxane-based surfactant according to the present invention are shown below.

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Next, specific examples of the cationic siloxane-based surfactant according to the present invention are shown below.

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Next, specific examples of the nonionic siloxane-based surfactant according to the present invention are shown below.

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Next, specific examples of the amphoteric siloxane-based surfactant according to the present invention will be shown below.

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Next, specific examples of the composite siloxane-based surfactant according to the present invention are shown below.

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The method for synthesizing the siloxane-based surfactant according to the present invention is described, for example, in EG Roc (EG Roc).
hou) "Chemistry of the Silicone"
(Chapman and Hall 1951 edition) 6
Pages 6 to 70, "Processing and Application of Silicone" (Kansai Plastics Technical Society 1954), page 26, FGA Stone and Double AG Graham ( W.A.G.Graha
m) "Inorganic Polymers" (Academic Press 1962), pp. 230-231, 288-
295, etc., and JP-B-35-107.
No. 71, No. 43-28694, No. 45-14898, etc., by a metal catalyst-addition reaction of siloxanes containing SiH with olefins, or each component described in JP-B-36-22361. Can be synthesized by applying a method of co-hydrolysis of organofluorosilane.

The content of the siloxane-based surfactant in the constituent layers of the light-sensitive material of the present invention is 0.1 to the hydrophilic layer colloid.
It is preferably in the range of 01 to 3% by mass, particularly preferably in the range of 0.02 to 1% by mass. When the content of the siloxane-based surfactant is less than the above range, the effect of the present invention is small, and when the content is more than the above range, the coating solution is likely to foam or agglomerate. In addition, it is not preferable because it deteriorates the surface of the formed coating film.

The details of each claim of the present invention will be described below. In the invention according to claim 1, after the photosensitive material containing the siloxane-based surfactant represented by the general formula (S) is exposed to light, the processing time of the color developing step is set in the range of 95 to 120 seconds. The characteristic feature is that a dye image is obtained by performing the method. The processing time of the color development step in the present invention is in the range of 95 to 120 seconds, and more preferably 95 to 105 seconds. The processing temperature in the color development step of the present invention is not particularly limited, but is preferably in the range of 40 to 55 ° C, more preferably 40 to 45 ° C.

A photosensitive material containing a siloxane-based surfactant is subjected to color development in the range of 95 to 120 seconds with a color developing solution after image exposure to obtain a dye image. An excellent image can be formed without raising fog and deteriorating the color density and gradation balance of each photosensitive layer.

In the invention according to claim 2, the photosensitive material containing the siloxane-based surfactant represented by the general formula (S) is exposed to light and then selected from the general formulas (1) to (7). It is characterized in that a dye image is obtained by processing with a color developing solution containing at least one type of color developing agent as described above. With this configuration, the color tone of the color dye is excellent, and the storage stability of the dye image is improved. It is to let.

Hereinafter, the color developing agents represented by formulas (1) to (7) will be described in detail. In R _{1 to} R ₈ and m of the compound represented by the general formula (1), R ₁ , R ₂ , R ₃ and R ₄ may be the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. More specifically, R ₁ , R ₂ , R ₃ and R ₄ are a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and examples of the substituent include a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, a cyano group, a nitro group, and a hydroxyl group. , Carboxy group, sulfo group, alkoxy group, aryloxy group, acylamino group, amino group, alkylamino group, anilino group, ureido group, sulfamoylamino group, alkylthio group, arylthio group, alkoxycarbonylamino group, sulfonamide group A carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a sulfonyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a heterocyclic oxy group,
Examples include an azo group, an acyloxy group, a carbamoyloxy group, a silyl group, a silyloxy group, an aryloxycarbonylamino group, an imide group, a heterocyclic thio group, a sulfinyl group, a phosphonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, and an acyl group. These are alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, hydroxyl, nitro, cyano, halogen or other oxygen, nitrogen,
It may be substituted with a substituent formed by a sulfur atom or a carbon atom.

R ₅ and R ₆ represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and the substituent in this case represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group. The details are the same as the substituents described for R ₁ , R ₂ , R ₃ and R ₄ . However, when R ₅ and R ₆ are heterocyclic groups, they are bonded to carbon atoms constituting the heterocyclic ring of the heterocyclic group. R ₇ represents an alkyl group. The details are the same as those described for R ₁ , R ₂ , R ₃ and R ₄ . R ₈ represents a substituent. The details are the same as those described for R ₁ , R ₂ , R ₃ and R ₄ . m represents an integer of 0 to 3.

R in the compound represented by the general formula (2)₉~
R₁₃And n will be described in detail. R₉And R_TenAre the same
And each may represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
You. See R₁, R_Two, R_ThreeAnd R_FourAlso explained in
Synonymous with R₁₁And R ₁₂Are the same but different
Each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, in which case the substituent
Represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group. So
The details of R₁, R_Two, R_ThreeAnd R_FourSame as described in
Righteous. Where R₁₁, R₁₂Is a heterocyclic group,
Bonded to a carbon atom constituting the heterocyclic ring of the heterocyclic group
I have. R₁₃Represents a substituent. See R₁, R_Two, R
_ThreeAnd R_FourThis is synonymous with the one described in. n is 0-3
Represents an integer.

R _14- in the compound represented by the general formula (3)
It will be described in detail R ₂₂ and p. R _{14 to} R ₂₁ may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent. The details are the same as those described for R ₁ , R ₂ , R ₃ and R ₄ . R ₂₂ represents a substituent. See R
It has the same meaning as that described for ₁ , R ₂ , R ₃ and R ₄ . p
Represents an integer of 0 to 4.

R in the compound represented by the general formula (4)_{twenty three},
R_{twenty four}, R_{twenty five}Will be described in detail. R_{twenty three}Has 1 to 6 carbon atoms
Is a linear or branched unsubstituted alkyl group, or
Linear or branched hydroxyal having 2 to 6 carbon atoms
Represents a kill group. Here, the main chain refers to the connecting nitrogen atom
Refers to a linking group of a hydroxyl group,_{twenty three}Is more than one
When it has a droxyl group, it has the least carbon number
Refers to things that become R _{twenty three}Specific examples of
, Ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl
, Sec-butyl, n-hexyl, neopentyl, 3
-Hydroxypropyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, 2-h
Droxypropyl, 4-hydroxybutyl, 2,3-di
Hydroxypropyl, 5-hydroxypentyl, 6-h
Droxyhexyl, 4-hydroxypentyl, 3-hydr
Roxybutyl, 4-hydroxy-4-methylpentyl,
5,6-dihydroxyhexyl, 2,3,4-trihydride
Roxybutyl and the like.

R ₂₄ is a straight-chain or branched unsubstituted alkylene group having a main chain of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, or a main chain having 2 carbon atoms.
Represents a straight-chain or branched hydroxylalkylene group of -6. Here, the main chain refers to a connecting chain of the connecting nitrogen atom and the hydroxyl group described in the general formula (4). When R ₂₄ has one or more hydroxyl groups, the main chain is counted from the nitrogen atom side. The hydroxyl group bonded on the carbon atom having the least carbon number is represented by the general formula (4)
It corresponds to the hydroxyl group described therein, and its connecting chain is the main chain. Specific examples of R ₂₄ are, for example, ethylene, trimethylene, tetramethylene, pentamethylene, hexamethylene, 1-methyltrimethylene, 2-methylethylene, 3-hydroxymethyl-ethylene, 2-methyltrimethylene, 3-methyltrimethylene , 3-methylpentamethylene, 2-methylpentamethylene, 2-ethyltrimethylene, 2-methylpentamethylene, 2-ethyltrimethylene, 3- (2-hydroxyethyl) trimethylene and the like.

R ₂₅ represents a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. Specific examples of R ₂₅ include, for example, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, sec-butyl, t-butyl, cyclopropyl and the like.

Preferred combinations of R ₂₃ , R ₂₄ and R _{25 in the} general formula (4) will be described below. R
₂₃ methyl group, an ethyl group, n- propyl group, 2-hydroxyethyl group, 3-hydroxypropyl group, a 4-hydroxybutyl group, R ₂₄ has its main chain having 2 to 5 carbon atoms
And a combination in which R ₂₅ is a methyl group or an ethyl group is preferred. In a more preferred combination, R ₂₃ is a methyl group, an ethyl group, an n-propyl group,
-Hydroxyethyl group, 3-hydroxypropyl group, 4
-Hydroxybutyl, R ₂₄ is preferably an unsubstituted alkylene group having a main chain of 2 to 4 carbon atoms, and R ₂₅ is preferably a methyl group.

R ₂₆ in the compound represented by formula (5),
R ₂₇ , R ₂₈ and R ₂₉ will be described in detail. R ₂₆ represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms. Specific examples thereof include methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, t-butyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl, 2-methanesulfonamidoethyl,
Methanesulfonamidopropyl, 2-methanesulfonylethyl, 2-methoxyethyl, cyclopentyl, 2-acetamidoethyl, 2-carboxyethyl, 2-carbamoylethyl, 3-carbamoylpropyl, 2,3-dihydroxypropyl, 3,4-dihydroxy Butyl, n
-Hexyl, 5-hydroxypentyl, 2-hydroxypropyl, 4-hydroxybutyl, 2-carbamoylaminoethyl, 3-carbamoylaminopropyl, 4-carbamoylaminobutyl, 4-sulfobutyl, 4-carbamoylbutyl, 2-carbamoyl-1 -Methylethyl and 4-nitrobutyl.

R ₂₇ represents a linear or branched alkylene group having a main chain of 2 to 6 carbon atoms. Specific examples of R ₂₇ include, for example, ethylene, trimethylene, tetramethylene,
Pentamethylene, hexamethylene, 1-methyltrimethylene, 2-methyltrimethylene, 3-methyltrimethylene, 3-methylpentamethylene, 2-methylpentamethylene, 2-ethyltrimethylene, 2-methylpentamethylene, 2- Ethyl trimethylene, 3- (2-hydroxyethyl) trimethylene and the like can be mentioned.

R ₂₈ represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. Specific examples of R ₂₈ include, for example, methyl,
Ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, t-butyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl, 2-methoxyethyl, 2-acetamidoethyl, 2-carboxyethyl, 2-carbamoylethyl and the like.

R ₂₉ represents a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. Specific examples of R ₂₉ include, for example, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, sec-butyl, t-butyl, cyclopropyl and the like.

In the general formula (5), R ₂₆ , R ₂₇ , R ₂₈ ,
For R _29, it describes the preferred combinations below. R ₂₆ is a methyl group, an ethyl group or an n-propyl group, R ₂₇ is an alkylene group having a main chain of 3 to 4 carbon atoms, R ₂₈ is a methyl group or an ethyl group, and R ₂₉ is a methyl group Are preferred. As a more preferred combination, R ₂₆ is a methyl group or an ethyl group,
R ₂₇ is a trimethylene group or a tetramethylene group;
_A combination in which ₂₈ is a methyl group and R ₂₉ is a methyl group is preferred.

The compound represented by formula (6) will be described in detail. R ₃₀ is an alkyl group, and more preferably, R ₃₀ is a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or a cycloalkenyl group; such as hydroxyl group, a nitro group, a carboxyl group, a cyano group, a halogen atom, a nitrogen atom, may be substituted with a substituent such as linking a sulfur atom or a carbonyl group, among these, preferred R ₃₀ As methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, t-butyl,
2-hydroxyethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl, 2-
Methoxyethyl, 2-methanesulfonamidoethyl, 2
An acetamidoethyl group, more preferably a methyl, ethyl, propyl or isopropyl group.

R ₃₁ is an alkylene group having a main chain of 2 or more carbon atoms, more preferably R ₃₁ is a straight-chain or branched alkylene group, which is a substituent such as a hydroxyl group,
A nitro group, a carboxyl group, a cyano group, a halogen atom or another oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, a sulfur atom or a substituent linked by a carbonyl group or the like may be substituted. Of these, preferred R ₃₁ is a main chain. An alkylene group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, for example, an ethylene, propylene, butylene, 2-methylpropylene, or 2-methylethylene group.

R ₃₂ and R ₃₃ are a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 4 or less carbon atoms, and R ₃₂ and R ₃₃ may be the same or different. More preferably, the alkyl group having 4 or less carbon atoms represented by R ₃₂ and R ₃₃ is a linear or branched alkyl group, and these are substituents such as a hydroxyl group, a nitro group, a carboxyl group, a cyano group, a halogen atom or other An oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, a sulfur atom or a substituent linked by a carbonyl group or the like may be substituted, and among these, preferred R ₃₂ and R ₃₃ are a hydrogen atom, methyl,
An ethyl group, more preferably a hydrogen atom.

R ₃₄ represents an alkyl group, a halogen atom or a substituent linked via a nitrogen or oxygen atom. More specifically, R ₃₄ represents an alkyl group (preferably having 1 to 16 carbon atoms).
A straight-chain or branched alkyl group), an aralkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a cycloalkyl group and a cycloalkenyl group. Of these substituents, preferred R ₃₄ is an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkoxycarbonylamino group , A ureido group, more preferably an alkyl group, and among them, a methyl group and an ethyl group are particularly preferable.

Q represents an integer of 0 to 4. When q is 2 or more, R ₃₄ may be the same or different. Preferred q is 0 or 1, and more preferably q is 1.

The compound represented by formula (7) will be described in detail. R ₃₈ is a substituent, and more specifically, R ₃₈
Is a halogen atom, alkyl group, aryl group, heterocyclic group, cyano group, nitro group, hydroxyl group, carboxyl group, alkoxy group, aryloxy group, acylamino group, alkylamino group, anilino group, ureido group, sulfamoylamino Group, alkylthio group, arylthio group, alkoxycarbonylamino group, sulfonamide group, carbamoyl group, sulfamoyl group, sulfonyl group, alkoxycarbonyl group, heterocyclic oxy group, azo group, acyloxy group, carbamoyloxy group, silyl group, silyloxy group , An aryloxycarbonylamino group, an imide group, a heterocyclic thio group, a sulfinyl group, a phosphonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, and an acyl group.

Among these substituents, R ₃₈ is preferably an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkoxycarbonylamino group, or a ureido group, more preferably an alkyl group, and particularly preferably a methyl group or an ethyl group. r is represented by an integer of 0 to 4. When r is 2 or more, R ₃₈
May be the same or different. Desirable r is 0 or 1, and more preferably r is 1.

R ₃₅ is an alkyl group.
₃₅ is an alkyl group (a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 16 carbon atoms) which is an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, a hydroxyl group, a nitro group, a cyano group, a halogen atom or other oxygen atoms, nitrogen, Atom, a sulfur atom or a carbon atom, which may be substituted with a substituent, and among these substituents, preferred R ₃₅ is methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, t-butyl,
2-hydroxyethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl, 2-
Methoxyethyl, 2-methanesulfonamidoethyl, 2
-Acetamidoethyl, 4-hydroxybutyl group, more preferably methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, t-butyl group, among which methyl, ethyl,
A propyl group is particularly preferred, and an ethyl group and a propyl group are most preferred.

R ₃₆ is an alkylene group, and more specifically, R ₃₆ is an alkylene group having a main chain of 2 or more carbon atoms (linear or branched alkylene group) which is a hydroxyl group, a nitro group, a cyano group, a halogen atom. Or other substituents linked by an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, a sulfur atom, or a carbon atom. Of these substituents, preferred R
₃₆ is an ethylene, 2-methylethylene, trimethylene, tetramethylene, 2-methyltrimethylene or 1-methylethylene group, with ethylene, trimethylene and tetramethylene being particularly preferred.

R ₃₇ is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group. More specifically, R ₃₇ is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group (having 1 to 1 carbon atoms).
16 straight-chain or branched alkyl groups) which are linked by alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, hydroxyl, nitro, carboxyl, cyano, halogen or other oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur or carbon atoms May be substituted with, among these,
Preferred R ₃₇ is a hydrogen atom, a methyl or ethyl group, and more preferably a hydrogen atom. X is -CO-NR
_{39 (R 41), - CO} -OR 40, -SO 2 -NR
₃₉ is a group selected from the group consisting of (R ₄₁ ),
NR ₃₉ (R ₄₁ ) and —SO ₂ —NR ₃₉ (R ₄₁ ) are preferred.

R₃₉And R₄₁Is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group and
An aryl group, more specifically R ₃₉And R₄₁Is hydrogen field
And an alkyl group (linear or branched alkyl having 1 to 16 carbon atoms)
Alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl
Group, hydroxyl group, nitro group, carboxyl group,
Ano group, halogen atom or other oxygen atom, nitrogen atom,
With a substituent connected by a sulfur or carbon atom
And among these, preferred R₃₉Is a hydrogen atom,
Alkyl group, and methyl and ethyl groups among alkyl groups.
Preferred is a thiol group. Among them, preferred R₃₉Is a hydrogen atom
You. Also preferred R ₄₁X is -CO-NR₃₉(R₄₁)
R when₄₁Preferred are hydrogen atoms and alkyl groups
And a hydrogen atom is particularly preferred. X is -SO_Two-NR
₃₉(R₄₁Preferred R when₄₁Is a hydrogen atom and
Alkyl group, more preferably an alkyl group.
However, a methyl group and an ethyl group are particularly preferred.

R ₄₀ is an alkyl group or an aryl group,
More specifically, R ₄₀ is an alkyl group (a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 16 carbon atoms) which is a hydroxyl group, a nitro group, a carboxyl group, a cyano group, a halogen atom or other oxygen atom, nitrogen atom, sulfur atom or R ₄₀ may be substituted with a substituent linked by a carbon atom. Among them, preferred R ₄₀ is an alkyl group, and among them, a methyl group and an ethyl group are particularly preferred.

Hereinafter, typical specific examples of the compounds represented by formulas (1) to (7) will be shown.

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The color developing agents represented by the general formulas (1) to (7) are usually 1 to 100 g per liter of the color developing solution.
But from 3 to 50 per liter of the color developing solution from the viewpoint of rapid processing and solubility of the active ingredient.
g is preferable, and more preferably 4.5 to 50 g,
Particularly preferably, it is 6.0 to 50 g.

The color developing solution may contain the following developing solution components in addition to the above components. As the alkaline agent, for example, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, silicate, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium metaborate, potassium metaborate, trisodium phosphate, tripotassium phosphate, borax, etc., alone or in combination Can be used. Further, various salts such as disodium hydrogen phosphate, dipotassium hydrogen phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, and borate are used for the purpose of preparation or for the purpose of increasing ionic strength. be able to.

If necessary, inorganic and organic antifoggants can be added. Examples of these antifoggants include sodium bromide, potassium bromide, sodium iodide and potassium iodide. Inorganic halide compounds, 6-nitrobenzimidazole described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,496,940, 5-nitrobenzimidazole described in 2,497,917 and 2,656,271, and others. Examples include o-phenylenediamine, mercaptobenzimidazole, mercaptobenzoxazole, thiouracil, 5-methylbenzotriazole, and heterocyclic compounds described in JP-B-46-41675.

In addition to these various components, JP-B-46-1
Nos. 9039 and 45-6149, U.S. Pat.
The development inhibitor compounds disclosed in US Pat. No. 5,976 can be used.

Among the above antifoggants, bromide ions supplied from sodium bromide, potassium bromide, etc. are preferably at most 1.3 × 10 ^-2 mol / L, more preferably from the viewpoint of rapid treatment. Is 8.4 × 10 ⁻³ mol / L or less.

Further, if necessary, a development accelerator can be used. U.S. Pat. No. 2,648,
No. 604, No. 3,671, 247, Japanese Patent Publication No. 44-95
No. 03, various kinds of pyridinium compounds, other cationic compounds, cationic dyes such as phenosafranine, neutral salts such as thallium nitrate, U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,533,990 and 2,531, No. 832, 2,950,970, 2,577,127, and nonionic compounds such as polyethylene glycol and derivatives thereof, polythioethers described in JP-B-44-9504, and JP-B-44-9509. Organic solvents, organic amines, ethanolamine, ethylenediamine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine and the like. Also, benzyl alcohol, phenethyl alcohol, and acetylene glycol, methyl ethyl ketone, cyclohexanone, thioethers, pyridine, ammonia, hydrazine, amines, and the like described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,304,925 can be mentioned.

Further, the color developing solution contains various phosphoric acids such as sodium tetrapolyphosphate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, condensed phosphate and salts thereof, and various chelating agents as a water softener or a heavy metal sequestering agent. Can be.

Further, if necessary, ethylene glycol, methyl cellosolve, methanol, acetone, dimethylformamide, β-cyclodextrin, and other JP-B Nos. 47-33378 and 44-950 may be used in the color developing solution.
The compounds described in No. 9 can be used as an organic solvent for increasing the solubility of the developing agent.

Further, an auxiliary developer can be used together with the developing agent. These auxiliary developers include, for example, N-methyl-p-aminophenol hexalfate (methol), phenidone, N, N'-diethyl-p-
Aminophenol hydrochloride, N, N, N ', N'-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine hydrochloride and the like are known, and the amount of addition is usually 0.01 to 1.0 g / L.
Is preferred. In addition, if necessary, competing couplers,
It is also possible to add a fogging agent, a colored coupler, a development inhibitor releasing type coupler (a so-called DIR coupler), or a development inhibitor releasing compound.

Further, other additives such as a stain inhibitor, an anti-sludge agent and a layering effect promoter can be used.

Each component of the color developing solution can be prepared by sequentially adding to a certain amount of water and stirring. In this case, the component having low solubility in water can be added by mixing with the above-mentioned organic solvent such as triethanolamine. More generally, a concentrated aqueous solution of a plurality of components each of which can coexist stably, or a solution prepared in advance in a small container in a solid state is added to water and stirred to prepare a color developing solution. it can.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the photosensitive material containing the siloxane-based surfactant represented by the general formula (S) is exposed to light and then processed with a color developing solution replenished by a solid processing agent. The feature is that the gradation stability can be improved. Claim 3
Is characterized in that the solid processing agent is substantially directly charged into a processing tank of an automatic developing machine.

The solid processing agents used in the present invention are powder processing agents, solid processing agents such as tablets, pills, granules, etc., which have been subjected to moisture-proof treatment as required. Those having a shape which is regulated with the danger of transportation are not included in the solid processing agent according to the present invention.

The powder refers to an aggregate of fine crystals. Granules are obtained by adding a granulation process to powder, and have a particle size of 5
It refers to a granular material of 0 to 5000 μm. Tablets are obtained by compressing powder or granules into a certain shape. Among the solid processing agents, tablets are preferably used because they have high replenishment accuracy and are easy to handle.

To solidify the photographic processing agent, a concentrated solution or a fine powder or a granular photographic processing agent and a water-soluble binder are kneaded and molded, or the water-soluble binder is added to the surface of the temporarily formed photographic processing agent. Any means can be adopted, such as forming a coating layer by spraying, for example, JP-A-4-29136 and JP-A-4-29136.
No. 85535, No. 4-85536, No. 4-85533
And the methods described in JP-A Nos. 4-85534 and 4-172341 can be appropriately selected and used.

A preferred tablet production method is a method in which a powdered solid processing agent is granulated and then subjected to a tableting step to form the tablet. There is an advantage that the solubility and storage stability are improved as compared with the solid processing agent formed by simply mixing the solid processing component and the tableting step, and as a result, the photographic performance becomes stable.

The granulation method for tablet formation is to use known methods such as tumbling granulation, extrusion granulation, compression granulation, crushing granulation, stirring granulation, fluidized bed granulation, and spray drying granulation. Can be done.
Next, when the obtained granules are compressed under pressure, a known compressor such as a hydraulic press, a single-shot tableting machine, a rotary tableting machine, and a pre-ketting machine can be used.
The solid processing agent obtained by pressurizing and compression can take any shape, but from the viewpoint of productivity and handling, or from the problem of dust when used on the user side, cylindrical, so-called tablets Is preferred.

More preferably, at the time of granulation, the above-mentioned effect becomes more remarkable by separately granulating each component, for example, an alkali agent, a reducing agent, a bleaching agent, a preservative, and the like.

A method for producing a tablet processing agent is described in, for example,
Nos. 1-61837, 54-155038 and 52-
No. 88025, British Patent No. 1,213,808, etc., and can be produced by a general method.
For example, JP-A-2-109042 and JP-A-2-109043
And JP-A-3-39735, JP-A-3-39939, and the like. Further, powder processing agents are described in, for example, JP-A-54-133332, British Patent No. 7
No. 25,892, 729,862, and German Patent No. 3,733,861 and the like.

The effects of the present invention are better exhibited by the solid processing agent containing a water-soluble polymer and / or saccharide. It is considered that the water-soluble polymer and / or saccharide is adsorbed on the surface of the silver halide grains in the light-sensitive material and has an effect of stabilizing the concentration of the processing agent near the surface. This effect is particularly remarkable in the case of silver halide grains having dislocation lines. For stable processing, it is effective to use a solid processing agent containing a water-soluble polymer and / or saccharide.

Examples of preferable water-soluble polymers and saccharides that can be used by being contained in the solid processing agent are shown below, but are not limited thereto.

I. Water-soluble polymer polyethylene glycol, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyvinyl acetal, polyvinyl acetate, aminoalkyl methacrylate copolymer,
Methacrylic acid-methacrylic acid ester copolymer, methacrylic acid-acrylic acid ester copolymer, methacrylic acid-based betaine polymer, etc. II. Saccharides Monosaccharides such as glucose and galactose, maltose,
Disaccharides such as sucrose and lactose, mannitol,
Sugar alcohols such as sorbitol and erythritol, pullulan, methylcellulose, ethylcellulose, hydroxypropylcellulose, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, cellulose acetate phthalate, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose phthalate, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose acetate succinate, carboxymethylethylcellulose, dextrins, starch degradation products, etc. .

Of these, particularly preferred compounds include polyethylene glycol (mass average molecular weight of 2,000).
Methacrylic acid-methacrylic acid ester copolymer and methacrylic acid-acrylic acid ester copolymer represented by Osdragit manufactured by Rohm Pharma Co., Ltd., erythritol, maltose, mannitol, pine flow manufactured by Matsutani Chemical Co., Ltd. Dextrin and starch degradation products represented by Paindex and methacrylic acid-based betaine polymers represented by Yuka Former manufactured by Mitsubishi Yuka Co., Ltd. are exemplified.

These water-soluble polymers and / or saccharides may be contained inside the solid processing agent, but are preferably localized at least partially on the surface of the solid processing agent. These water-soluble polymers and / or sugars are
It is preferably from 0.1% to 30%, more preferably from 0.5% to 20%, based on the mass of the solid processing agent.

Solid processing agents include color developing agents, black-and-white developing agents,
Although used in photographic processing agents such as bleaching agents, fixing agents, bleach-fixing agents, and stabilizers, the color developing agents have a great effect of the present invention, especially the effect of stabilizing photographic performance. In addition, black and white developers, color developers, bleaches, bleach-fixers, and stabilizers can be excluded from the regulation of liquid dangerous substances.

It is within the scope of the present invention that the solid processing agent solidifies only one part of a certain processing agent, but preferably all the components of the processing agent are solidified.

It is preferable that all the processing agents to be replenished into each processing tank according to the processing amount information are charged as solid processing agents. When replenishing water is required, replenishing water is replenished based on the processing amount information or other replenishing water control information. In this case, the liquid to be replenished to the treatment tank can be only replenishing water.

In the case where the color developing agent is solidified, the alkali agent, the color forming agent and the reducing agent are all converted into a solid processing agent, and in the case of a tablet, at least three agents are used, and most preferably one agent is used. This is a preferred embodiment of the solid processing agent used in the present invention.

As a supply means for supplying the solid processing agent to the processing tank, for example, when the solid processing agent is a tablet,
3-137793, 63-97522, Kaikai 1
There is a known method such as -85732, but any method may be used as long as the function of supplying tablets to the processing tank is provided at a minimum. When the solid processing agent is in the form of granules or powders, see JP-A-62-81964 and JP-A-63-8415.
No. 1, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-292375, the gravity drop method, and Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open Nos. 63-105159 and 63-195345.
Although there is a known method using a screw or a screw described in Japanese Patent No.

The place where the solid processing agent is charged may be in the processing tank, but is preferably in a place where the processing liquid is in communication with the processing section for processing the photosensitive material and the processing liquid flows between the processing section and the processing section. In addition, it is preferable that the processing solution circulates at a constant rate between the processing section and the dissolved component and moves to the processing section. The solid processing agent is preferably introduced into a processing liquid whose temperature is controlled.

In general, the temperature of an automatic developing machine is controlled by an electric heater to control the temperature of the processing solution. A heat exchange section is provided in an auxiliary tank connected to a processing tank as a processing section. Is provided with a pump for feeding the liquid from the processing tank at a constant circulation amount and for keeping the temperature constant. And usually it gets mixed in the processing solution,
A filter is disposed for the purpose of removing crystalline foreign matter generated by crystallization, and plays a role of removing foreign matter. It is most preferable that the solid processing agent is introduced into a place where the temperature is controlled, such as a place communicating with the processing section, such as the auxiliary tank. The reason for this is that the insoluble components of the input processing agent are blocked from the processing unit by the filter unit, and the solid content can be prevented from flowing into the processing unit and adhering to the photosensitive material. In the case where a processing agent introduction section is provided together with the processing section in the processing tank, it is preferable to devise a shield or the like so that the insoluble portion does not directly contact the film or the like.

According to the present invention, by charging the solid processing agent into the processing tank, a tank for storing the replenisher is not required.
When the automatic processing machine is compact and has a circulation means, the solubility of the solid processing agent is very good.

In the invention according to a fourth aspect, the photosensitive material containing the siloxane-based surfactant represented by the general formula (S) is exposed to light, and then the compound represented by the general formula (a) is exposed. It is characterized in that the treatment is carried out with a color developing solution containing a hydroxylamine compound which is excellent as an antioxidant.

That is, by combining a photosensitive material containing a siloxane-based surfactant represented by the general formula (S) with a process using a color developing solution containing a specific hydroxylamine compound, a hydroxylamine compound-containing solution is obtained. Further effects are expected compared to the processing with a color developing solution.

In the general formula (a), R ₁ and R ₂ each represent an alkyl group or an alkoxy group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and R ₁ and R ₂ each have 1 to 3 carbon atoms represented by R ₁ and R ₂ .
Examples of the alkyl group 3 include those having a substituent, and examples of the substituent include a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom (eg, a chlorine atom, a fluorine atom, a bromine atom, etc.) and an alkenyl group (eg, an allyl group). Can be Specific examples of the alkyl group of R ₁ and R ₂ include, for example, a methyl group, an ethyl group, a hydroxyethyl group, an isopropyl group,
And a propyl group. Examples of the alkoxy group represented by R ₁ and R ₂ include a methoxy group and an ethoxy group. However, R ₁ and R ₂ may combine to form a ring.

R ₁ and R ₂ are preferably both alkyl groups having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and more preferably both R ₁ and R ₂ are ethyl groups.

Hereinafter, specific examples of the compound represented by formula (a) will be shown, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

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These compounds are usually prepared from hydrochloride, sulfate, p
Used in the form of salts such as toluenesulphonate, oxalate, phosphate, acetate;

The concentration of the compound represented by the formula (a) in the color developing solution is preferably about the same as that of hydroxylamine which is usually used as a preservative, for example, 0.1 to 50 g / L. Preferably 0.5 to 20 g / L
It is.

In the invention according to claim 5, the photosensitive material containing the siloxane-based surfactant represented by the general formula (S) is exposed to light and then selected from the general formulas (b) to (e). Development processing with a bleaching processing solution or bleach-fixing processing solution containing at least one of the above, suppresses the occurrence of film stains even when processing in a small developing machine, has a rapid desilvering property, An object of the present invention is to perform a bleaching process and a bleach-fixing process which are excellent in color reproducibility, cause less bleaching fog, and generate less stain.

In the general formula (b), the alkylene group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms represented by X and the alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms represented by B ¹ and B ² may be a linear alkylene group. A branched alkylene group may be used, and those having a substituent are also included. Examples of the substituent include a hydroxyl group. In the general formula (e), a divalent aliphatic group represented by X ₁ and X ₂ , a divalent aromatic group or a divalent linking group composed of an aliphatic group and an aromatic group include: Those having a substituent are also included, and examples of the substituent include a carboxyl group and a pyridyl group.

Preferred specific examples of the compound represented by the general formula (b) are shown below, but it should not be construed that the invention is limited thereto.

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In the above compounds, potassium salts, sodium salts and ammonium salts may be used. Among these, particularly preferred compounds are (b-1), (b-3),
(B-5) and (b-15), and more preferred compounds are (b-1) and (b-3).

The compound represented by the general formula (b) is described in Zh.
Obshch. Khim. , 49, 659 (197
9), Inorganic Chemistry, Vo
l. 7, 2405 (1968), Chem. Zrest
i, 32, 37 (1978); U.S. Pat. No. 3,158,6.
No. 35, JP-A-5-303186 and the like.

Preferred specific examples of the compound represented by formula (c) are shown below, but it should not be construed that the invention is limited thereto.

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In the above compounds, potassium salts, sodium salts and ammonium salts may be used. Among these, particularly preferred compounds are (c-1), (c-2),
(C-3).

Preferred specific examples of the compound represented by formula (d) are shown below, but it should not be construed that the invention is limited thereto.

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In the above compounds, potassium salts, sodium salts and ammonium salts may be used. Among these, particularly preferred compounds are (d-1), (d-2),
(D-4).

Preferred specific examples of the compound represented by formula (e) are shown below, but it should not be construed that the invention is limited thereto.

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In the above compounds, potassium salts, sodium salts and ammonium salts may be used. Among these, particularly preferred compounds are (e-1), (e-2) and (e).
-3) (e-4) and (e-8), more preferably (e-1), (e-2) and (e-4).

The compound represented by the general formula (e) is described in Zh.
Obshch. Khim. , 49, 659 (197
9), and can be synthesized by a generally known method described in JP-A-6-95319.

In the present invention, the use of a ferric complex salt of the compound represented by the general formula (b) and a ferric complex salt of the compound represented by the general formulas (c) to (e) together allows the use of the compound of the present invention. The effect can be further improved.

Compounds represented by the general formula (b) include optical isomers “R, R”, “R, L”, “L, R”, “L,
The "L" form exists. These isomers can be synthesized individually or as a mixture. Among these isomers, “L, L” is required to exert the effect of the present invention more.
It is preferred to use a body.

In the present invention, the compound represented by the general formula (b)
And the ferric complex salt concentrations of the compounds represented by the general formulas (c) to (e) are
By adjusting to the range of 0.5 <A / B <9.0,
The effects of the present invention can be further exhibited. Here, A is the concentration (mol / L) of the ferric complex salt of the compound represented by the general formula (b), and B is the concentration of the ferric complex salt of the compound represented by the general formulas (c) to (e). (Mol / L). Further, the concentration of the ferric complex salt of the compound represented by the general formula (b) and the concentration of the ferric complex salt of the compound represented by the general formulas (c) to (e) are set to 1.0 <A / B. By adjusting the content to the range of <5.0, the effect of the present invention can be further exhibited.

In the present invention, the above-mentioned general formulas (b) to (b)
In the ferric complex salt of the compound represented by (e), the molar ratio of ferric ion to the compound represented by formulas (b) to (e) is in the range of 1: 1 to 1: 3. And more preferably in the range of 1: 1.1 to 1: 2.5.

The processing solution having a bleaching ability may be a bleaching solution for bleaching a silver halide silver image, a bleach-fixing solution having a function of bleaching and fixing a silver halide silver image, and a replenisher thereof. it can.

Next, the case where the processing solution for a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having the bleaching ability of the present invention is a bleaching solution or a bleach-fixing solution will be described.

The bleaching solution or the bleach-fixing solution contains the compounds represented by the formulas (b) and (c) to (e) in a total amount of 0.05 to 2.0 mol per liter. Is more preferable, and more preferably it is contained in the range of 0.1 to 1.0 mol.

Also, the bleaching solution and the bleach-fixing solution are described in
-295258 and imidazole and derivatives thereof, or compounds represented by general formulas (b) to (e) described therein and at least one of these exemplified compounds are effective for quickness of treatment. Can be played.

In addition to the above accelerators, JP-A-62-1234
No. 59, pp. 51 to 115, JP-A-63-17445, pp. 22 to 25, JP-A-53-95630, JP-A-53-95630.
Compounds described in the respective publications, such as No. 426, can also exert an effect on the rapidity of treatment similarly to the above compounds.

The bleaching solution and the bleach-fixing solution are usually from 20 to 50.
C., but more preferably 25 to 4 ° C.
Use at 5 ° C.

The pH of the bleaching solution is preferably adjusted to 6.0 or less, more preferably from 1.0 to 5.5. Further, the pH of the bleach-fixing solution is preferably in the range of 5.0 to 9.0, more preferably 5.5 to 9.0.
8.5. The pH of the bleaching solution or the bleach-fixing solution mentioned above is the pH of the processing tank at the time of processing the silver halide color light-sensitive material, and does not mean the pH of a so-called replenisher.

The bleaching solution or the bleach-fixing solution may further contain a halide such as ammonium bromide, potassium bromide or sodium bromide, various fluorescent brightening agents, defoaming agents or surfactants. it can.

When a bleaching solution or a bleach-fixing solution is used in an automatic processor, a replenisher thereof is usually added to the bleaching solution or the bleach-fixing solution. The replenishing amount of the replenisher of the bleaching solution or the replenisher of the bleach-fixing solution is preferably 500 ml or less, more preferably 20 to 400 ml, and more preferably 40 to 400 ml per m ^{2 of the} silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material to be processed. Most preferably, it is within the range of 350 ml. The lower the replenishing amount of the bleaching solution or bleach-fixing solution of the present invention, the more remarkable the effect of the present invention is exhibited.

The bleaching solution or bleach-fixing solution and its replenisher are
Air or oxygen may be blown in the treatment bath or in the treatment replenisher storage tank as desired to increase its activity, or a suitable oxidizing agent such as hydrogen peroxide, bromate, persulfate A salt or the like may be appropriately added.

When the processing solution having bleaching ability is a bleaching solution, the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is fixed after bleaching with a fixing solution containing a fixing agent.

As a fixing agent used in a bleach-fixing solution or a fixing solution having a fixing function, thiocyanates and thiosulfates are preferably used. When thiocyanate is used as the fixing agent, the content of thiocyanate is preferably at least 0.1 mol / L, and when processing a color negative film, it is preferably at least 0.5 mol / L.
Particularly preferably, it is at least 1.0 mol / L. When a thiosulfate is used as a fixing agent, the content of the thiosulfate is preferably at least 0.2 mol / L, and when processing a color negative film, it is preferably at least 0.5 mol / L.

The bleach-fixing solution and the fixing solution may contain one or two or more pH buffers consisting of various salts in addition to these fixing agents. Further, it is desirable to contain a large amount of a rehalogenating agent such as an alkali halide or an ammonium halide, for example, potassium bromide, sodium bromide, sodium chloride, ammonium bromide and the like. Further, compounds which are known to be added to a normal bleach-fix solution, such as alkylamines and polyethylene oxides, can be appropriately added.

Silver can be recovered from the bleach-fix solution and the fixing agent by a known method. The bleach-fixing solution has the following general formula [F] described in JP-A-64-295258, page 56.
It is preferable to add the compound represented by the formula (A) and the exemplified compounds, which not only exerts the effects of the present invention better, but also occurs in a processing solution having a fixing ability when processing a small amount of photosensitive material over a long period of time. Another effect is that the amount of sludge to be produced is extremely small. The compound represented by the general formula [FA] described in the publication is disclosed in US Pat. No. 3,335,1.
No. 61 and 3,260,718 can be synthesized by a general method. These compounds represented by the general formula [FA] may be used alone,
Two or more kinds may be used in combination.

When the compound represented by the general formula [FA] is used, 0.1 to 20
Good results are obtained by the addition in the range of 0 g.

The processing time with the bleaching solution can be arbitrarily set, but is preferably 3 minutes and 30 seconds or less, more preferably 5 seconds to 2 minutes and 20 seconds, and more preferably 10 seconds to 1 minute and 20 seconds. It is particularly preferable to set the range. The processing time with the bleach-fixing solution can be arbitrarily set, but is preferably 4 minutes or less, more preferably 10 seconds to 2 minutes 20 seconds.

In a processing solution for a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having a bleaching ability, when the ratio of ammonium ions to all cations is 50 mol% or less, not only the effect of the present invention is improved, but also the odor is improved. It is one of the preferable embodiments that the ratio of ammonium ion to all cations is set to 50 mol% or less in order to reduce the amount of the cation. Further, the proportion of ammonium ions is preferably set to 30 mol% or less, particularly preferably 10 mol% or less.

In the invention according to claim 6, the photosensitive material containing the siloxane-based surfactant represented by the general formula (S) is exposed to light and then processed with a color developing solution having a pH of 10.5 or more. This is advantageous in that an increase in fog and a change in gradation can be suppressed even when color development processing is performed at a high pH.

In the invention according to claim 7, after the photosensitive material containing the siloxane-based surfactant represented by the general formula (S) is exposed, a first black-and-white developing step is performed as a color developing step. It is characterized by processing in a reversal processing step, a color development processing step, and a reversal type color development processing comprising a bleaching processing, a fixing step or a bleach-fixing processing, thereby improving the gradation stability in an intermediate density range. be able to.

Examples of the reversal type color development processing for reversal films include E-6 processing solution (trademark) manufactured by Eastman Kodak Company or E-7 formulation disclosed by the company. According to them, the exposed silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material oxidizes the first development containing a black-and-white developing agent, washing with water, a reversal bath containing a fogging agent, a color development bath having a pH of 11 or more, a conditioner, and developed silver. It is processed in the order of a bleaching bath, a fixing bath for removing silver, and a stabilizing bath for stabilizing the dye image with formalin.

In the invention according to claim 8, after the photosensitive material containing the siloxane-based surfactant represented by the general formula (S) is exposed to light, the final processing bath of the color developing treatment is carried out using an aldehyde compound. It is characterized in that it is substantially not contained, and exhibits an excellent effect that the stability of the dye image is high even when the treatment is performed in a treatment bath of a non-containing aldehyde compound.

The light-sensitive material containing a siloxane-based surfactant according to the present invention exhibits excellent image storability even after processing in a final processing bath substantially containing no aldehyde compound after color development. Here, "substantially not containing an aldehyde compound" means that the concentration of the aldehyde compound in the final treatment bath is 1.0%.
It means that it is not more than × 10 ⁻² mol / L, preferably not more than 2.0 × 10 ⁻³ mol / L, particularly preferably not more than 1.0 × 10 ⁻³ mol / L.

The final treatment bath containing substantially no aldehyde compound will be described. The final processing bath improves the stability of the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material after the development processing, and is also referred to as a stable bath.

Further, the photographic material can be treated with a processing solution having a fixing ability, for example, a fixing solution or a bleach-fixing solution, and subsequently, a stabilizing process can be performed without substantially washing with water.
The photosensitive material is not limited, such as a negative film, photographic paper, and reversal film, and can be processed using the stabilizer of the present invention.

The stabilizing solution includes organic acid salts (citric acid, acetic acid, succinic acid, oxalic acid, benzoic acid, etc.), pH adjusters (phosphate, borate, hydrochloride, sulfate, etc.), surfactants , A preservative, a chelating agent, and a metal salt such as Zn, Al, Sn, Ni, and Bi can be added. The amounts of these compounds added are necessary to maintain the pH of the stabilizing bath, and any combination may be used in an amount that does not adversely affect the stability during storage of color photographic images and the occurrence of precipitation. I can't tell.

The pH value of the stabilizing solution is preferably in the range of 4.0 to 9.0, more preferably 5.5 to 9.0, particularly preferably for the purpose of improving image storability. Is in the range of pH 6.0 to 8.5. Further, it is also preferable that the Ca and Mg ions in the stabilizing solution be 5 ppm or less in order to achieve the above-mentioned effects.

The fungicides preferably used in the stabilizer include hydroxybenzoic acid ester compounds, phenolic compounds, thiazole compounds, pyridine compounds, guanidine compounds, carbamate compounds, morpholine compounds, quaternary phosphonium compounds, Ammonium compounds, urea compounds, isoxazole compounds, propanolamine compounds, sulfamide compounds, amino acid compounds and benzotriazole compounds. Particularly preferred are phenol compounds, thiazole compounds and benzotriazole compounds from the viewpoint of liquid preservability.

Specific examples include 1,2-benzoisothiazolin-3-one and 2-methyl-4-isothiazoline-
3-one, 2-octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one, 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazoline-3
-One, sodium o-phenylphenol, benzotriazole and the like. The amount of these fungicides to be added to the stabilizer is preferably in the range of 0.001 g to 20 g per liter, and particularly preferably in the range of 0.005 g to 10 g.

The stabilizing solution includes hexamethylenetetramine, a triazine compound, an N-methylol compound (dimethylolurea, trimethylolurea, dimethylolguanidine, N-hydroxymethylhydroxyethylamine, trimethylolmelamine) for the purpose of stabilizing image dyes. Etc.) and aliphatic aldehydes and the like can be used in combination. However, it is preferable that formalin is not substantially contained from the viewpoint of pollution, and this is a preferred embodiment also from the viewpoint of liquid storage stability.

The replenishment rate of the stabilizing solution is preferably 1 to 80 times the carry-in amount per unit area of the light-sensitive material to be processed from the pre-bath. Or fixing solution) concentration in the last tank of the stabilizing solution tank is 1/100 or less.
100 to 1/100000, preferably 1/200 to 1
It is preferable to configure the treatment tank of the stabilization tank so as to be / 50000.

The stabilization tank may be composed of a plurality of tanks, and it is preferable for the present invention that the plurality of tanks be two tanks or more and six tanks or less. In the case of two or more tanks, it is particularly preferable to use a counter current method (a method in which the solution is supplied to a post-bath and overflows from a pre-bath) from the viewpoint of low pollution and improvement of image preservation.

The treatment temperature of the treatment with the stabilizing solution is 15 to 60.
C, preferably in the range of 20 to 45C.

After the photosensitive material according to the present invention is developed, it is converted into an electric signal via an image sensor, for example, an image pickup device such as a CCD, and an operation is performed based on the information of the signal. Is preferably image-processed.
Here, as a process of converting into an electric signal through an image pickup device such as a CCD, not only reading with a film scanner incorporated in a digital automatic developing machine but also reading with a commercially available film scanner may be performed. ,
The image may be taken directly by a commercially available color digital camera.
In addition, it is preferable that reading is performed separately for decomposed image information such as red, green, and blue.

In the present invention, following the above reading, the respective color image information of the obtained developed photosensitive material is synthesized, or an arithmetic operation is performed based on the signal information read before and after the synthesis of this image to obtain the final image. Information is obtained (these image synthesis and calculation correspond to image processing in the present invention). Examples of the image processing according to the present invention include a sharpening process called unsharp masking for enhancing sharpness of an image, a smoothing process for reducing noise, and a saturation enhancement for increasing saturation. Image quality improvement processing such as processing. Such image processing can be performed on image information to be processed using commercially available (known) application software or the like. Further, the adaptation amount of each image processing, that is, the most preferable correction condition of the image processing is, for example, when the above-mentioned software is used, an operator checks the effect after the image processing on the CRT screen while actually checking the optimum amount. Conditions can be determined. Each image processing condition obtained as described above is determined for each film type and format.
Register the type of image quality processing and its application amount in advance, and attach a program as plug-in software or use it as a function of the scanner software in advance so that it can be automatically corrected after scanning with a scanner Is preferred.

The following will describe each component of the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material of the present invention except for the above-mentioned items.

The silver halide emulsion used in the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material of the present invention is described in JP-A-61-1986.
No. 6643, No. 61-14630, No. 61-1121
No. 42, No. 62-157024, No. 62-18556
No. 63-92942, No. 63-151618,
No. 63-163451, No. 63-220238, No. 63-31244, Research Discl
Osure (hereinafter simply abbreviated as RD) 38957, I and III, RD40145 XV and the like can be used.

When the light-sensitive material of the present invention is constituted by using a silver halide emulsion, the silver halide emulsion is subjected to physical ripening,
It is preferable to use those that have been subjected to chemical ripening and spectral sensitization. The additive used in such a process is RD3
Nos. IV and V of 8957 and XV of RD40145.

Known photographic additives which can be used in the present invention include RD38957, Item II-X and RD4014.
Those described in the section I-XIII of No. 5 can be used.

The red, green and blue light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers of the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material of the present invention may contain a coupler. It is preferable that the coloring dye formed from the coupler contained in each of these layers has a spectral absorption maximum separated by at least 20 nm. As the coupler, it is preferable to use a cyan coupler, a magenta coupler, and a yellow coupler. As a combination of each emulsion layer and a coupler, a combination of a yellow coupler and a blue photosensitive layer, a combination of a magenta coupler and a green photosensitive layer, a combination of a cyan coupler and a red photosensitive layer are used, but are not limited to these combinations. , And other combinations.

In the present invention, a DIR compound can be used. Specific examples of the DIR compound that can be used include, for example, a DIR compound described in JP-A-4-114153.
-1 to D-34, and these compounds can be preferably used in the present invention.

DIR that can be used in the present invention
Specific examples of the compounds include, in addition to the above, for example, U.S. Patent Nos. 4,234,678, 3,227,554, 3,647,291, 3,958,993, and 4,419. 886,886 and 3,933,500, JP-A-57-56837 and 51-13239, U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,072,363 and 2,070,266.
Examples described in RD40145, section XIV, and the like can be given.

Further, specific examples of the coupler that can be used in the present invention are described in RD40145, section II and the like.

The additive used in the present invention is RD4014
It can be added by the dispersion method described in section VIII of 5, etc.

In the present invention, the aforementioned RD38957
Known supports described in Section XV and the like can be used.

The light-sensitive material of the present invention includes the aforementioned RD3895
Auxiliary layers such as a filter layer and an intermediate layer described in the section 7 XI can be provided.

The light-sensitive material can have various layer structures such as a normal layer, a reverse layer, and a unit structure described in RD38957, section XI.

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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 Sample 101) Table 1 was prepared on a cellulose triacetate film support having a thickness of 125 μm and provided with an undercoat layer.
Each layer having the composition shown in Table 3 was applied to prepare Sample 101 which is a multilayer color photographic light-sensitive material. The plasticizer contained in the cellulose triacetate film support is triphenyl phosphate.

In all of the following examples, the amount added in the multilayer color photographic light-sensitive material was 1 m ² unless otherwise specified.
Indicates the number of grams per unit. Silver halide and colloidal silver are shown in terms of silver, and sensitizing dyes are shown in moles per mole of silver halide in the layer used.

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Incidentally, in addition to the above additives, a coating aid SU-
3. Dispersing aid SU-4, viscosity modifier V-1, stabilizer ST
-1, ST-2, two kinds of polyvinylpyrrolidone (AF-1, AF-2) having a mass average molecular weight of 10,000 and 100,000, an inhibitor AF-3, AF
-4, AF-5, hardeners H-1, H-2 and preservative As
e-1 was added.

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The characteristics of the silver iodobromide are shown below (the average grain size is one side length of a cube having the same volume).

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After adding a sensitizing dye to each of the emulsions except the silver iodobromide emulsion h, sodium thiosulfate, chloroauric acid,
Selenoureas, potassium thiocyanate and the like were added, and chemical sensitization was performed so that the relationship of fog sensitivity was optimized.

The total silver coating amount (silver coating amount in terms of metallic silver) of Sample 101 was 3.65 g / m ² .

(Preparation of Samples 102 to 110) Sample 101
The surfactants SU-1 and SU used in the fourteenth layer
Samples 102 to 110 were prepared in the same manner except that -2 was changed to the siloxane-based surfactant according to the present invention described in Table 5.
Was prepared. However, when used alone in the table, 0.
006 g / m ² , and when two kinds are used in combination, each is 0.1 g / m ² .
003 g / m ^{2 was} added.

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[Table 5]

(Exposure and Color Development) [Exposure] Samples 101 to 110 produced as described above
Was exposed for 1/200 second using a light source with a color temperature of 5400 ° K through a wedge-shaped wedge for sensitometry measurement, and then subjected to the color development processing described below.

[Color development processing] The exposed sample was divided into two parts, and the following color development processing a and color development processing b were performed. The color developing process a is a standard developing process performed using a color developing solution, a bleaching solution, a fixing solution, a stabilizing solution and a replenisher, and the color developing process b is a color developing time of the developing process a, a color developing agent amount, This is a rapid development process in which the pH is changed.

<< Color development processing a: Standard development processing >> [Development processing and replenishment conditions] Processing step Processing time Processing temperature Replenishment amount * Color development 3 minutes 15 seconds 38 ± 0.3 ° C. 700 ml Bleaching 45 seconds 38 ± 2. 0 ° C. 150 ml Fixing 1 min 30 sec 38 ± 2.0 ° C. 830 ml Stabilizing 60 seconds 38 ± 5.0 ° C. 830 ml drying 1 min 58 ± 5.0 ℃ - * the replenishing amount is a value per photosensitive material 1 m ² is there.

The following color developing solutions, bleaching solutions, fixing solutions, stabilizing solutions and replenishers were used.

[Color developing solution and color developing replenishing solution] Developer replenishing solution Water 800 ml 800 ml Potassium carbonate 30 g 35 g Sodium hydrogen carbonate 2.5 g 3.0 g Potassium sulfite 3.0 g 5.0 g Sodium bromide 1.3 g 0.4 g Potassium iodide 1.2 mg-hydroxylamine sulfate 2.5 g 3.1 g sodium chloride 0.6 g-4-amino-3-methyl-N-ethyl-N- (β-hydroxylethyl) aniline sulfate 4.5 g 6 3.3 g diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid 3.0 g 3.0 g potassium hydroxide 1.2 g 2.0 g Add water to make 1 liter, and add potassium hydroxide or 20%
The color developing solution is adjusted to pH 10.06 and the replenisher is adjusted to pH 10.18 using sulfuric acid.

[Bleaching Solution and Bleaching Replenisher] Bleaching Solution Replenisher Water 700 ml 700 ml 1,3-diaminopropanetetraacetic acid ammonium iron (III) 125 g 175 g ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid 2 g 2 g sodium nitrate 40 g 50 g ammonium bromide 150 g 200 g glacial acetic acid 40 g Add 56 g of water to make up to 1 liter, and adjust the pH of the bleaching solution to 4.4 and the pH of the replenishing solution to 4.0 using ammonia water or glacial acetic acid.

[Fixing Solution and Fixing Replenisher] Fixing Solution Replenisher Water 800 ml 800 ml Ammonium thiocyanate 120 g 150 g Ammonium thiosulfate 150 g 180 g Sodium sulfite 15 g 20 g Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid 2 g 2 g Ammonia water or glacial acetic acid is used to adjust the pH of the fixing solution to 6.2.
Then, the pH of the replenisher is adjusted to 6.5, and then water is added to make 1 liter.

[Stabilizing Solution and Stabilizing Replenishing Solution] Water 900 ml p-octylphenol ethylene oxide 10 mol adduct 2.0 g dimethylolurea 0.5 g hexamethylenetetramine 0.2 g 1,2-benzoisothiazolin-3-one 0.1 g siloxane (UCC L-77) 0.1 g ammonia water 0.5 ml After adding water to make 1 liter, ammonia water or 50
Adjust to pH 8.5 with% sulfuric acid.

<< Color development processing b: rapid development processing >> In the above color development processing a, the processing time of the color development
This was used as a color developing process b in the same manner except that the amount of the developing agent in the color developing solution was changed to 6.3 g and the pH of the color developing solution was changed to 10.20 every second.

(Evaluation of Developed Samples) For each of the developed samples prepared as described above, the respective densities were measured with a transmission densitometer manufactured by X-rite using red, green and blue transmitted light. The measurement is performed, and a characteristic curve composed of the horizontal axis—exposure amount (LogE) and the vertical axis—optical density (D) is prepared. Each minimum density (also referred to as Dmin) and minimum density +
A straight line connecting the density point of 0.2 and the density of 1.7 is drawn, the slope tan θ (also referred to as γ) is measured, and the difference (ΔDmin, Δγ) between the color development processing a and the color development processing b is measured.
Is obtained, and the obtained results are shown in Table 6. It is to be noted that the smaller the value is, the smaller the performance change between the reference processing and the rapid processing is.

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[Table 6]

As is clear from Table 6, the sample according to the first aspect of the present invention has a small gradation variation between the standard development processing and the rapid development processing.

Example 2 Using the samples 101 to 110 prepared in Example 1, the color developing agent of the color developing solution in the color developing process a described in Example 1 was changed to the developing agent according to the present invention described in Table 7. Each developed sample was prepared in the same manner except that the main drug was changed.

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[Table 7]

(Evaluation of Environmental Dependence of Cyan and Magenta Dyes) When printing on color photographic paper using each of the developed samples obtained, the temperature of each sample in the printer was 5 ° C. The environment was set to the case of 40 ° C., prints were produced, and the cyan and magenta component densities were measured on the color prints due to the difference in temperature at the time of printing the sample, and the density difference under both conditions was examined. . The larger the density difference, the lower the color reproducibility of red and green. Table 8 shows the results obtained as described above.

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As is clear from Table 8, the sample according to claim 2 of the present invention is hardly affected by the temperature fluctuation of the negative film during printing, and has excellent color reproducibility of the resulting print. .

Example 3 The sample 101 produced in Example 1 was cut into a standard 135-size 24-shot standard and stored in a film cartridge, and a camera (manufactured by Konica Corporation; Big Mini NE) was used.
O) and a test pattern was photographed. This test pattern is a pattern obtained by statistically processing and averaging the exposure level, color balance, and the like of a scene shot by a general user. It is designed so that the development processing level can be almost reproduced. Also, a commercially available color negative film “Gold 10 manufactured by Eastman Kodak Company”
Similarly, a large number of test patterns were photographed for "0".

[Preparation of Color Developing Tablet] The tablet for processing a color negative film used in the present invention is described in JP-A-2000-2000.
No. 284430, paragraph numbers [0333] to [0343]
According to the operations (1) to (10) described in the above section, tablets for replenishing color development for color negatives, tablets for replenishing bleaching for color negatives, tablets for fixing and replenishing color negatives, and tablets for replenishing color negatives were prepared.

[Color Negative Processing Step] Next, a method of processing a photosensitive material using the automatic developing machine according to the present invention will be described below.

Konica Color Negative Film Processor C
A tablet supply function, a liquid level detection function, a hot water supply function, and the like were installed in the L-KP-50QA by modification, and the following processing experiments were performed. The standard processing conditions are shown below.

Processing Step Temperature Time Color Development 38 ± 0.3 ° C. 3 minutes 15 seconds Bleaching 38 ± 1.0 ° C. 45 seconds Fixing-1 38 ± 1.0 ° C. 45 seconds Fixing-2 38 ± 1.0 ° C. 45 seconds Stable-1 38 ± 3.0 ° C 20 seconds Stable-2 38 ± 3.0 ° C 20 seconds Stable-3 38 ± 3.0 ° C 20 seconds Drying 60 ° C 60 seconds The stabilizer is the third tank (stable -3)
In the tank (stability-2) and the first tank (stability-1), the fixing agent is replenished in the second tank (fixing-2) and the overflow liquid flows into the first tank (fixing-1). .

Each processing solution was prepared according to the following formulation, and the temperature was adjusted. << Color developing tank liquid >> (per liter) Potassium carbonate 30.0 g Potassium bicarbonate 4.2 g Sodium sulfite 4.5 g Diethylenetriaminepentasodium pentasodium 2.6 g Polyethylene glycol # 6000 (manufactured by Tokyo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.) 5.0 g Sodium p-toluenesulfonate 3.0 g Mannit 3.0 g Hydroxylamine sulfate 4.0 g Potassium bromide 1.7 g Potassium iodide 4 mg Disodium pyrocatechol-3,5-disulfonate 0.2 g Pine flow (Matsuya Chemical Co., Ltd.) ) 0.32 g 4-amino-3-methyl-N-ethyl-β- (hydroxyethyl) aniline sulfate 5.0 g Sodium N-myristoylalanine 0.3 g pH = 10.0 ± 0. 05.

<< Bleaching Solution >> (per liter) 1,3-propanediaminetetraacetic acid ferric ammonium monohydrate 140.0 g 1,3-propanediaminetetraacetic acid 6.7 g potassium bromide 60.0 g succinic acid 70 2.0 g disodium succinate hexahydrate 28.1 g mannitol 14.0 g Demol MS (manufactured by Kao Corporation) 2.1 g β-cyclodextrin 3.5 g N-lauroyl sarcosine sodium 7.2 g pH = 4 with potassium carbonate 0.35 ± 0.5.

<< Fixing solution >> (per liter) Ammonium thiosulfate 225.0 g Sodium thiosulfate 25.0 g Sodium sulfite 18.0 g Disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate 3.5 g Pine flow (Matsuya Chemical) 10.0 g N-lauroyl sarcosine Sodium 1.5g Adjust pH = 7.0 ± 0.5 with potassium carbonate.

<< Stabilizing solution >> (per liter) m-hydroxybenzaldehyde 1.5 g Megafac F116 (manufactured by Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.) 0.05 g lithium hydroxide monohydrate 0.16 g disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate 0 0.2 g pine flow (manufactured by Matsutani Chemical) 0.1 g The pH is adjusted to 8.5 ± 0.5 with potassium hydroxide.

During the temperature control of each processing tank, 20 refill tablets were set in the refill tablet supply device. These refill tablets are replenished into the processing tank in accordance with the number of processed 24-film 135-size film. One tablet for color development replenishment is added for every 7.5 films processed, one tablet for bleach replenishment is added to five films, and one tablet for replenishment replenishment is added to one film, and hot water is supplied at the same time. Each time two films of replenished hot water are processed from the device,
40.0 ml for the color developing tank and 10.0 m for the bleaching tank
1 and 60.0 ml to the fixing tank and 70 ml to the stabilizing tank.

[0241] Two lines of the above-mentioned development processing lines were prepared, and a sample 101 that had been subjected to one round of running processing was subjected to development processing line A, a commercially available color film (Gold 1).
00), a line subjected to one round of running processing was designated as a development processing line B. In the present invention, one round refers to a point in time when each processing solution is replenished in accordance with the number of samples to be processed and the total amount of the replenishing solution reaches the processing tank capacity.

Next, the samples 102 to 102 prepared in Example 1
110, similarly, cut into 135 size, loaded into a camera, photographed a sensitometric panel, developed in the two lines of solid processing agent type development processing lines A and B, and processed for each sample. The gradation was measured by the following method.

Gradation γB, G, R: slope of line segment connecting density point of minimum density + 0.3 and density point of minimum density + 1.8 in characteristic curve prepared in the same manner as in Example 1. I asked.

Tone difference ΔγB, G, R: development processing line A
The absolute value of the difference between the gradations γB, G, and R in the above and the gradations γB, G, and R in the development processing line B was obtained.

Table 9 shows the results obtained as described above.

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[Table 9]

As is clear from Table 9, according to the processing method of the third aspect of the present invention, when processing was carried out using a developing solution of a solid processing agent replenishing type, fluctuations between developing stations were reduced. ,
It can be seen that it is hardly affected by the influence and the reproducibility is excellent.

Example 4 In Example 1, the color developing solution used in the color developing process a was designated as a color developing solution 8, and the hydroxylamine sulfate used in the color developing solution 8 was replaced with the same amount of the exemplified compound (1). ,
Color developing solutions 9, 10, and 11 were prepared in the same manner except that (3) and (5) were used.

Each of the color developing solutions 8 to 11 was weakly stirred while being kept at 38 ° C., and allowed to stand for one week to obtain color developing solutions 8 ′ to 11 ′. Samples 101 to 101 produced in Example 1
110 was subjected to sensitometric measurement exposure in the same manner as in Example 1, and the color developing solutions 8 to 11 (reference processing) and 8 'to 11' (forcible deterioration processing) were used. The described color development processing a was performed.

The density of each of the developed samples prepared as described above was measured by the method described in Example 1, and the increase in the magenta and cyan fog densities (GΔDmin, RΔDmi
n) was measured, and the results obtained are shown in Table 10.

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As is clear from Table 10, the developing solution according to the fourth aspect of the present invention is less susceptible to an increase in fog due to the forced deterioration treatment, and has a specific siloxane-based surfactant and a specific preservative. Due to the synergistic effect with the fixing agent, excellent storage stability of the color developing solution could be confirmed.

Example 5 In the color developing treatment using the color developing solution 8 described in the above Example 4, instead of the iron (III) 1,3-diaminopropanetetraacetate ammonium compound in the standard bleaching solution,
Exemplified compound b-3, Exemplified compound c-4, Exemplified compound d-
2. Bleaching solutions 1, 2, 3, and 4 were prepared by adding iron ammonium salts of the respective compounds of Exemplified Compound e-6 so as to be 0.32 mol / L.

Samples 101 to 110 produced in Example 1
Was subjected to sensitometric measurement exposure in the same manner as in Example 1, and in the color development process a described in Example 1,
Only the bleaching solution was changed to the above-described bleaching solutions 1 to 4, and color development processing was performed, and the color reproducibility of the cyan image and the processing stain were measured.

(Evaluation of Reproducibility of Cyan Image)
The red light density value C (DL) of the sample after the color development processing at the maximum exposure portion (Dmax portion) was measured, and the measured sample was then used as a 0.2 mol / L solution of an ethylenediaminetetraammonium iron ammonium salt compound (pH 6.0). ) For 5 minutes, then rinsed with water,
After drying, the red light density value C (RC) is measured again, and the color reversibility Δ
C = C (DL) -C (RC) was determined. If the recoloring property is poor, the negative value increases.

(Evaluation of Treated Stain) The surface of each of the developed samples was visually observed, and the ratio of stain on the surface having the photosensitive layer was evaluated according to the following criteria.

A: less than 1% B: 1% or more to less than 10% C: 10% or more to less than 50% D: 50% or more to less than 100% In the evaluation rank, there is no practical problem as long as it is B rank or more. Judged to be the level.

Table 11 shows the results obtained as described above.

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As is clear from Table 11, under the processing conditions according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, even when the bleaching processing solution having a lower concentration is used in relation to the iron chelate compound in the bleaching processing solution, it is difficult to recover. It can be seen that the color properties are excellent and the film stain is small.

Example 6 The same as the color developing process a except that the pH was 10.7 and the color developing time was 2 minutes using the color developing process a and the color developing solution 8 described in Example 4. Under the two conditions described above, the samples 101 to 110 prepared in Example 1 were subjected to sensitometric measurement exposure, then subjected to color development, and evaluated for gradation stability in high pH short-time development. did.

(Gradation Stability) The difference Δγ of each gradation γa in the high pH and short time development processing with respect to the gradation γs of the magenta (G) and cyan (R) densities in the color development processing a =
γa-γs was measured. The smaller the value is, the closer to 0, the better the gradation stability.

Table 12 shows the results obtained as described above.

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As is clear from Table 12, the constitution according to claim 6 of the present invention is excellent in that it is hardly affected by the fluctuation in the gradation stability in the high pH short-time development processing and is excellent. I understand.

Example 7 (Preparation of Sample 1001) On a 125 μm-thick cellulose triacetate film which had been subjected to an undercoating process, the respective layers shown in Tables 13 and 14 were sequentially applied from the support side to obtain a reversible silver halide color. Photographic material sample 1001 was prepared.

The coating amount of each component in the table is shown in g / m ² . However, with respect to silver halide, the amount is shown in terms of silver.

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In each layer in the table, in addition to the above additives, gelatin hardeners H-2 and H-3, a surfactant, a preservative Ase
-1 (0.56 mg / g of gelatin) was added.

Each emulsion was desalted and washed with water, and then subjected to optimal chemical ripening in the presence of sodium thiosulfate, chloroauric acid and ammonium thiocyanate to give a sensitizing dye and a stabilizer (4
-Hydroxy-6-methyl-1,3,3a, 7-tetrazaindene) and an antifoggant (1-phenyl-5-mercaptotetrazole).

The structure of the additive used in the above sample is as follows. AS-4: 2,5-di-t-octylhydroquinone SA-1: Sulfosuccinate di (2,2,3,3,4,4,
5,5,6,6,7,7-dodecylfluoroheptyl)
Sodium O-1: di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate O-2: dibutyl phthalate O-3: tricresyl phosphate

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Table 15 shows the photosensitive silver halide emulsions used for preparing the above samples.

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(Preparation of Samples 1002 to 1010) The surfactant (S) used in the fourteenth layer of Sample 1001 prepared above was used.
Instead of A-1), as shown in Table 16, 1 of Example 1
Samples 1002 to 101 were prepared in the same manner, except that the same siloxane-based surfactant used in Examples 02 to 110 was used.
0 was produced.

(Exposure and reversal development processing) After exposing each sample to sensitometry measurement exposure, the following standard reversal development processing was performed and the processing time of the first development was changed to 8 minutes in the same manner. A sensitized reversal development process was performed.

<Processing Step A> Processing Step Processing Time Processing Temperature First Development 6 minutes 38 ° C. Rinse 2 minutes 38 ° C. Inversion 2 minutes 38 ° C. Color Development 6 minutes 38 ° C. Adjustment 2 minutes 38 ° C. Bleaching 6 minutes 38 C. Fixing 4 minutes 38.degree. C. Washing with water 4 minutes 38.degree. C. Stabilizing 1 minute Room temperature Drying The composition of the processing solution used in the above-mentioned processing step A is as follows.

<First developer> Sodium tetrapolyphosphate 2 g Sodium sulfite 20 g Hydroquinone monosulfonate 30 g Sodium carbonate (monohydrate) 30 g 1-Phenyl-4-methyl-4-hydroxymethyl-3-pyrazolidone 2 g Potassium bromide 2 0.5 g Potassium thiocyanate 1.2 g Potassium iodide (0.1% solution) 2 ml Water was added to make up to 1000 ml. (PH 9.60) <Inversion liquid> Nitrilotrimethylenephosphonic acid hexasodium salt 3 g Stannous chloride (dihydrate) 1 g p-aminophenol 0.1 g Sodium hydroxide 8 g Glacial acetic acid 15 ml Water was added to make up to 1000 ml. (PH 5.75) <Color developing solution> Sodium tetrapolyphosphate 3 g Sodium sulfite 7 g Sodium tertiary phosphate (dihydrate) 36 g Potassium bromide 1 g Potassium iodide (0.1% solution) 90 ml Sodium hydroxide 3 g Citrazinic acid 1. 5 g N-ethyl-N- (β-methanesulfonamidoethyl) -3-methyl-4-aminoaniline sulfate 11 g 2,2-ethylenedithiodiethanol 1 g Water was added to make up to 1000 ml. (PH 11.70) <Conditioner> Sodium sulfite 12 g Sodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate (dihydrate) 8 g Thioglycerin 0.4 ml Glacial acetic acid 3 ml Water was added to make up to 1000 ml. (PH 6.15) <Bleaching liquid> Sodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate (dihydrate) 2 g Iron (III) ammonium ethylenediaminetetraacetate (dihydrate) 120 g Ammonium bromide 100 g Water was added to make up to 1000 ml. (PH 5.56) <Fixing solution> Ammonium thiosulfate 80 g Sodium sulfite 5 g Sodium bisulfite 5 g Water was added to make up to 1000 ml. (PH 6.60) <Stable liquid> Formalin (37% by mass) 5 ml KONIDAX (manufactured by Konica Corporation) 5 ml Water was added to make up to 1000 ml. (PH 7.00) Tones γR, γG, and γB obtained by measuring red, green, and blue light densities in the reference reversal development process, whereas gradations γRA, γGA obtained by measuring red, green, and blue light densities in the sensitized reversal development process ,
γBA was measured and the respective differences ΔγRA-R, ΔγGA
-G and ΔγBA-B were measured, and the obtained results are shown in Table 16.

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[Table 16]

As apparent from Table 16, according to the embodiment corresponding to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the sample having the constitution of the present invention was subjected to the sensitizing development processing of the reversal type silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material. It can be seen that the gradation stability is hardly affected by the fluctuation and is excellent.

Example 8 Samples 1001 to 1010 of the reversible silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material prepared in Example 7 were subjected to sensitometric measurement exposure, and then subjected to the standard reversal developing treatment described in Example 7. Forged samples were prepared and processed by the same reverse reversal development process except that formalin was removed from the stabilizing solution, and 5.0 g / L of hexamethylenetetramine was added to the conditioning bath (conditioner).

After leaving each sample for one week in a dark room atmosphere at 40 ° C. and a relative humidity of 55%, the occurrence of Y stain (increase in the minimum density of Y) and the processing stain were measured. 17 is shown.

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[Table 17]

As is clear from Table 17, the samples which had been subjected to the color development treatment with the constitution according to the eighth aspect of the present invention exhibited stable dye image stability even when treated in a final treatment bath substantially containing no aldehyde compound. It turns out that it is excellent in property.

Example 9 Sample 10 subjected to color development using Liquid 1 of Example 2
About 1-110, three kinds of LED light sources (manufacturer:
Maximum peak wavelength Stanley R: 635 nm, Nichia Chemical G: 535 nm, Nichia Chemical B: 470 n
While sequentially changing m), the R, G, and B color separation negative image information of each sample was read using a monochrome CCD (KX4 manufactured by Eastman Kodak Company) of 2048 × 2048 pixels.

Then, after performing a tone inversion process on the three color separation negative images of the obtained samples, each color separation information of R, G, and B is stored by using a Photoshop manufactured by Adobe.
A process of combining the two image data was performed to obtain an RGB combined positive image. From these image data, L-size color print samples were prepared using Konica Digital Minilab System QD-21 and Konica Color Paper Type QAA7, and the color shift of prints relating to reproducibility and image defects were evaluated. As a result of the evaluation, in the present invention, there was observed a tendency that the color reproducibility was excellent and that image defects considered to be caused by errors when reading the negative film were small.

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According to the present invention, the rise in fog and the deterioration of the color density and gradation balance with respect to each development processing change are prevented.
An image forming method of a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material which is excellent in color tone and image stability of a color forming dye, and has improved desilvering property and processing stain, and an image information forming method using the same can be provided.

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[Claims] 1. A silver halide color photographic having on one side on a support at least one photographic constituent layer comprising a red-sensitive layer, a green-sensitive layer, a blue-sensitive layer and a non-light-sensitive layer. In an image forming method for obtaining a dye image by subjecting a light-sensitive material to image development after color exposure, at least one of the photographic constituent layers contains a compound represented by the following general formula (S),
An image forming method for a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, wherein the color development processing time is from 95 to 120 seconds. Embedded image (Wherein at least one of R _1, R _2, R ₃ represents a hydrophilic group, .m If not hydrophilic group represents methyl group, n represents respectively an integer.) 2. A silver halide color photographic having on one side on a support at least one photographic constituent layer comprising a red-sensitive layer, a green-sensitive layer, a blue-sensitive layer and a non-light-sensitive layer. In an image forming method for obtaining a dye image by subjecting a photosensitive material to image development after color exposure, at least one of the photographic constituent layers contains a compound represented by the general formula (S),
The color developing solution used in the color developing process has the following general formula (1) to
(7) A method for forming an image of a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, comprising at least one color developing agent selected from (7). Embedded image (In the formula, R _{1 to} R ₆ may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent. R ₇ represents an alkyl group.
R ₈ represents a substituent. m represents an integer of 0 to 3. ) (Wherein, R ₇ has the same meaning as in formula (1). R ₉ to R _9
12 may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent. R ₁₃ represents a substituent. n represents the integer of 0-3. ) (Wherein, R _{14 to} R ₂₁ may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent. R ₂₂ represents a substituent. P
Represents an integer of 0 to 4. ) (Wherein, R ₂₃ is linear or branched unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a main chain represents a linear or branched hydroxyalkyl group is 2 to 6 carbon atoms .R ₂₄ mainly A straight-chain or branched unsubstituted alkylene group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms or a straight-chain or branched hydroxyalkylene group having a main chain having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, wherein R ₂₅ is 1 to 6 carbon atoms; 4
Represents a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group. However, this excludes the case where R ₂₃ is an ethyl group, R ₂₄ is an ethylene group, and R ₂₅ is a methyl group. ) (Wherein, .R ₂₇ R ₂₆ is representative of a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, .R ₂₈ backbone which represents a linear or branched alkylene group is 2 to 6 carbon atoms Carbon number 1
4 represents a linear or branched alkyl group. R ₂₉ has 1 carbon atom
Represents a straight-chain, branched or cyclic alkyl group of 1 to 4; Where R
₂₆ is an ethyl group, R ₂₇ is an ethylene group, R ₂₈ is a methyl group, R
Except when ₂₉ is a methyl group. ) (Wherein, R ₃₀ is .R ₃₂ representing the .R ₃₁ is a linear or branched alkylene group in the main chain is 2 to 6 carbon atoms represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R ₃₃ may be the same or different and represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R ₃₄ is a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, Represents a substituent bonded through a nitrogen or oxygen atom, q represents an integer of 0 to 4. When q is 2 or more, R ₃₄ may be the same or different.) (.R wherein, R ₃₅ is representative of the .R ₃₆ is a linear or branched alkylene group in the main chain is 2 to 6 carbon atoms which alkyl group is comb also straight chain containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms branched ₃₇ represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group or a substituent, r represents an integer of 0 to 4. When r is 2 or more, R ₃₈ may be the same or different, and X is -CO-NR ₃₉ (R ₄₁ ), —CO—OR ₄₀ , and —SO ₂ —NR ₃₉ (R ₄₁ ), wherein R ₃₉ and R ₄₁ may be the same or different and are each a hydrogen atom, an alkyl R ₄₀ represents an alkyl group or an aryl group.) 3. A silver halide color photograph having on one side on a support at least one photographic component layer comprising a red-sensitive layer, a green-sensitive layer, a blue-sensitive layer and a non-light-sensitive layer. In an image forming method for obtaining a dye image by subjecting a photosensitive material to image development after color exposure, at least one of the photographic constituent layers contains a compound represented by the general formula (S),
And a method for forming an image of a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, wherein the color developing solution used in the color developing process is replenished with a replenisher prepared with a solid processing agent. 4. A silver halide color photographic having on one side on a support at least one photographic constituent layer composed of a red-sensitive layer, a green-sensitive layer, a blue-sensitive layer and a non-light-sensitive layer, respectively. In an image forming method for obtaining a dye image by subjecting a photosensitive material to image development after color exposure, at least one of the photographic constituent layers contains a compound represented by the general formula (S),
And an image forming method for a silver halide color photographic material, wherein the color developing solution used in the color developing process contains a compound represented by the following general formula (a). Formula (a): R ₁ —NR ₂ —OH (wherein R ₁ and R ₂ each represent an alkyl group or an alkoxy group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, provided that R ₁ and R ₂ are bonded to each other to form a ring. May be formed.) 5. On one side of the support, each
And one red-sensitive layer, green-sensitive layer, blue-sensitive layer and
Silver halide color having a photographic component layer comprising a photosensitive layer
-After image exposure of photographic light-sensitive material, color development
In an image forming method for obtaining an image, at least a photographic constituent layer is required.
Also, one layer contains a compound represented by the general formula (S),
And bleaching and bleach-fixing used in color development.
At least one is selected from the following general formulas (b) to (e)
Halogen containing at least one of
An image forming method for a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material. Embedded image(Where A¹~ A^FourIs -CH_TwoOH, -PO
_Three(M)_TwoOr -COOM, each being the same and
May also be different. M forms a hydrogen atom or a salt
Represents an atom. X is an alkylene group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms or-
(B¹O)_n-B^TwoRepresents-. n represents an integer of 1 to 8,
B¹And B^TwoRepresents an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms.
However, they may be the same or different. )(Wherein, n1 represents 1 or 2, and A is -COOM^Three, −
OH, -NH_TwoOr -PO _Three(M^Three)_TwoRepresents M¹, M^Two,
M^ThreeRepresents a hydrogen atom or a salt-forming atom, respectively.
You. )(Wherein, n2 and n3 each represent 1 or 2, and B is water
Represents an element atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms. M^Four, M^Five
Represents a hydrogen atom or an atom forming a salt, respectively. )(Where A^Five, A⁶Is -COOM⁷, -PO_Three(M
⁷)_Two, -SO_ThreeM⁷, A hydroxyl group or a mercapto group
And may be the same or different. M
⁶, M⁷Represents a hydrogen atom or a salt-forming atom, respectively.
You. R represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group or an aromatic group,
X₁, X_TwoAre divalent aliphatic groups, divalent aromatic groups or
Represents a divalent linking group consisting of an aliphatic group and an aromatic group.
You. ) 6. A silver halide color photographic having on one side on a support at least one photographic constituent layer comprising a red-sensitive layer, a green-sensitive layer, a blue-sensitive layer and a non-light-sensitive layer. In an image forming method for obtaining a dye image by subjecting a photosensitive material to image development after color exposure, at least one of the photographic constituent layers contains a compound represented by the general formula (S),
And the pH of the color developing solution used in the color developing process is 10.5.
An image forming method for a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, characterized by the above. 7. A silver halide color photographic having, on one side on a support, at least one photographic constituent layer comprising a red-sensitive layer, a green-sensitive layer, a blue-sensitive layer and a non-light-sensitive layer. In an image forming method for obtaining a dye image by subjecting a photosensitive material to image development after color exposure, at least one of the photographic constituent layers contains a compound represented by the general formula (S),
And color development processing is a first black-and-white development step, a reversal processing step,
An image forming method for a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, which is a reversal type color developing process comprising a color developing process, at least one of a bleaching process and a bleach-fixing process, and a fixing process. 8. A silver halide color photographic having on one side on a support at least one photographic constituent layer comprising a red-sensitive layer, a green-sensitive layer, a blue-sensitive layer and a non-light-sensitive layer, respectively. In an image forming method for obtaining a dye image by subjecting a photosensitive material to image development after color exposure, at least one of the photographic constituent layers contains a compound represented by the general formula (S),
An image forming method for a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, characterized in that the final processing bath of the color development processing contains substantially no aldehyde compound. 9. The silver halide according to claim 1, wherein the compound represented by the general formula (S) is contained in the outermost layer of a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material. An image forming method for a color photographic light-sensitive material. 10. After forming an image by the method according to claim 1, the formed image information is read by an image sensor, converted into an electric signal, and a calculation is performed based on the electric signal information. Performing image processing on the image information using the image processing method.