JPH05188537A - Method for processing silver halide direct positive color photosensitive material - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve hue of a color proof and to enable stable processing even in the case of using a deteriorated developing solution by incorporating a specified yellow coupler in an solution and one of hydroxylamines and a specified compound in a color developing solution. CONSTITUTION:The emulsion layer contains the yellow coupler represented by formula I and the color developing solution contains one of the hydroxylamines in an amount of >=0.05mol/l and at least one of the compounds represented by formulae II-IV. In formulae I-IV, each of R<1> and R<2> is aryl, aralkyl, or the like; R<3> is a group substitutable on the benzene ring; X<1> 1s a group to be released by coupling with the oxidation product of a color developing solution: k is an integer of 0-4: each of R<4>-R<7> is H, OH, halogen, cyano, carboxy, or the like; R<8> is same as R<3>; R<9> is H or N; and R<4> and R<5>, and R<5> and R<6> may form a 5- or 6-membered ring together with each other.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for processing a silver halide direct positive color photographic material which directly obtains a positive color image by utilizing an internal latent image type silver halide emulsion which has not been fogged in advance.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Without using a reversing process or a negative film,
As a photographic method for directly obtaining a positive color image, a silver halide direct positive color light-sensitive material having an internal latent image type silver halide emulsion that has not been fogged in advance is subjected to fog treatment or fog treatment after imagewise exposure. However, a method of performing surface development is known. The prefogged internal latent image type silver halide emulsion is of a type in which a silver halide grain has a photosensitive nucleus mainly inside and a latent image is mainly formed inside the grain by exposure.

A silver halide direct positive color light-sensitive material (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as a light-sensitive material) having such an internal latent image type silver halide emulsion has been accepted in recent years because of its simple processing steps and is used for copying. It is also used for color proofing applications. Color proof is used in the process of making a color print, in which the condition and physical properties of the final print are inspected before the final print (main print) is obtained, and necessary proofing (color proofing) is performed. is there.
To create a color proof using a silver halide direct positive color light-sensitive material, magenta color, cyan color, yellow color, each color-separated plate for black color is sequentially exposed as a color negative film is printed on color paper, Subsequently, color development processing is performed. The color proof obtained in this way must match the hue of the final print.

JP-A-3-125142 and 3-126
No. 032 discloses that the hue is improved by using the yellow coupler of the present invention in a silver halide direct positive color photographic material and using a specific color developing agent. However, this yellow coupler generally has a minimum density (Dmi) when the color developer deteriorates with time.
n) is liable to increase (stain), and especially in the case of a color developing solution using the color developing agent, not only the problem is remarkable, but also the maximum density (Dmax) is decreased and the image performance is significantly decreased. .. It is considered that the above phenomenon is caused by the oxide of the color developing agent that is generated over time, which easily causes the fog of the internal latent image and also works as a development inhibitor for the external latent image. It is considered that this is causing a decrease in Dmax.

The above problem is caused by increasing the replenishing amount of the color developing solution so that the components of the color developing solution do not change (for example,
The current situation is to replenish the color developing components appropriately when the processing amount is 400 ml / m ² or more) or when the processing amount per day is small (discharging processing). However, the replenishment is not only environmentally unfavorable because it not only has a large cost burden but also increases the amount of waste liquid. It is well known to add a preservative to a color developer for the purpose of improving the above problems.
Such a preservative is selected according to the composition of the light-sensitive material and the color developing solution, and the hydrazines are contained in the color developing solution for the silver halide direct positive color light-sensitive material having the internal latent image type silver halide emulsion. It has been proposed in JP-A-63-236036 that it is suitable as a preservative. However, when a silver halide direct positive color light-sensitive material having an internal latent image type silver halide emulsion using the yellow coupler of the present invention is processed, even if hydrazines are used as a preservative, a sufficient effect can be obtained. I couldn't do it.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the object of the present invention is to reduce white background deterioration (stain generation) at the same time even when the amount of replenishment is small or in the case of low-density treatment, and at the same time the maximum density decreases. It is another object of the present invention to provide a method for processing a silver halide direct positive color light-sensitive material which can stably obtain a color image with less amount. Another object is to provide a processing method for stably supplying excellent image quality for color proofing for plate inspection and adjustment.

[0007]

As a result of intensive studies, the present inventors have found that the object of the present invention can be achieved by the following method. After imagewise exposure of a silver halide direct positive color photographic material having at least one pre-fogged internal latent image type silver halide emulsion layer on a support,
In the method of processing with a color developer, the emulsion layer contains at least one yellow coupler represented by the following general formula (1), and the color developer contains at least one hydroxylamine in an amount of 0.05 mol / mol. A method of processing a silver halide direct positive color light-sensitive material, characterized by containing at least one liter and at least one compound represented by the following general formula (2), (3) or (4). General formula (1)

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[Chemical 6]

(In the general formula (1), R ¹ represents an aryl group or a tertiary alkyl group, R ² represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group or a dialkylamino group, and R ³ represents benzene. Represents a substitutable group on the ring, X ¹ represents a group capable of splitting off in the coupling reaction with the oxidation product of the color developing agent, and k represents an integer of 0 to 4, provided that when k is plural, A plurality of R ³ may be the same or different.) General formula (2)

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[Chemical 7]

General formula (3)

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[Chemical 8]

(In the general formulas (2) and (3), R ⁴ ,
R ⁵ , R ⁶ and R ⁷ are each a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group,
Halogen atom, cyano group, carboxy group, alkyl group,
It represents an aryl group, an amino group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, a carbamoyl group or a heterocyclic residue. R ⁴ and R
⁵ or R ⁵ and R ⁶ may combine with each other to form a 5- or 6-membered ring. However, at least one of R ⁴ and R ⁶ represents a hydroxy group. ) General formula (4)

[0014]

[Chemical 9]

(In the general formula (4), R ⁸ represents a substitutable group on the benzene ring, R ⁹ represents a hydrogen atom or a substitutable group on the nitrogen atom ring, and m represents an integer of 0-4. Represents.)

The present invention will be described in detail below. The yellow coupler represented by formula (1) will be described in detail. In the general formula (1), R ¹ represents an aryl group or a tertiary alkyl group. The aryl group may be substituted or unsubstituted. Examples of the substituent include groups capable of substituting on the benzene ring represented by R ³ , but an electron-donating group is preferable, and among them, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group,
An aryloxy group and an alkylamino group are preferred. R
¹ is preferably an optionally substituted aryl group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms (eg, phenyl, p-tolyl, o-tolyl, 4-methoxyphenyl, 2-methoxyphenyl, 4
-Butoxyphenyl, 4-octyloxyphenyl, 4
-Hexadecyloxyphenyl, 1-naphthyl) or a tertiary alkyl group having 4 to 24 carbon atoms (for example, t-butyl, t-pentyl, t-hexyl, 1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl, 1- Adamantyl, 1,1-dimethyl-2-chloroethyl, 2-phenoxy-2-propyl, bicyclo [2,2,2] octane-1-yl). R ₁ is particularly preferably a 2 or 4-alkoxyaryl group (eg 4-methoxyphenyl, 4-butoxyphenyl, 2-methoxyphenyl) or a t-butyl group, the t-butyl group being most preferred.

In the general formula (1), R ² represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group or a dialkylamino group. These groups may be substituted or unsubstituted. The substituent is R ³
And a substitutable group on the benzene ring. R ² is preferably an alkyl group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms (for example, methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, t-butyl, cyclopentyl, n-octyl, n-hexadecyl, benzyl),
An aryl group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms (eg, phenyl, p
-Tolyl, o-tolyl, 4-methoxyphenyl), an alkoxy group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms (for example, methoxy, ethoxy, butoxy, n-octyloxy, n-tetradecyloxy, benzyloxy, methoxyethoxy), carbon atom. An aryloxy group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms (for example, phenoxy, p-tolyloxy, o-tolyloxy, p-methoxyphenoxy, p-dimethylaminophenoxy, m-pentadecylphenoxy), a dialkylamino group having 2 to 24 carbon atoms (these Also includes an amino group in which alkyl groups of are linked to each other to form a ring, for example, dimethylamino, diethylamino, pyrrolidino, piperidino, morpholino)
Represents. R ² is more preferably an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group or a dialkylamino group, further preferably an alkoxy group or a dialkylamino group, a methoxy group,
The dimethylamino group is particularly preferred.

In the general formula (1), R ³ represents a substitutable group on the benzene ring. R ³ is preferably a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an acylamino group, a sulfonamide group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an arylsulfonyl group. , A ureido group, a sulfamoylamino group, an alkoxycarbonylamino group, a nitro group, a heterocyclic group, a cyano group, an acyl group, an acyloxy group, an alkylsulfonyloxy group, and an arylsulfonyloxy group. These groups may, if possible, be further substituted with similar groups.

More specifically, R ³ is a halogen atom (eg, chlorine atom, bromine atom, fluorine atom, iodine atom),
Alkyl group (preferably a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, such as methyl, ethyl, propyl,
Isopropyl, t-butyl, tridecyl, 2-methanesulfonylethyl, 3- (3-pentadecylphenoxy)
Propyl, 3- {4- {2- [4- (4-hydroxyphenylsulfonyl) phenoxy] dodecanamide} phenyl} propyl, 2-ethoxytridecyl, trifluoromethyl, 3- (2,4-di-t-). Amylphenoxy)
Propyl, aryl groups (eg phenyl, 4-t-butylphenyl, 2,4-di-t-amylphenyl, 4-
Tetradecanamidophenyl), an alkoxy group (for example, methoxy, ethoxy, 2-methoxyethoxy, 2-
Dodecylethoxy, 2-methanesulfonylethoxy),
Aryloxy group (for example, phenoxy, 2-methylphenoxy, 4-t-butylphenoxy, 3-nitrophenoxy, 3-t-butyloxycarbamoylphenoxy, 3-methoxycarbamoylphenoxy), alkoxycarbonyl group (for example, methoxycarbonyl, Butyloxycarbonyl, dodecyloxycarbonyl, octadecyloxycarbonyl), aryloxycarbonyl group (eg, phenoxycarbonyl), acylamino group (eg, acetamide, benzamide, tetradecanamide, 2- (2,4-di-t-amylphenoxy)) Butanamide, 1- (2,4-di-t-pentylphenoxy) butanamide, 3- (2,4-di-t-pentylphenoxy) butanamide, 4- (3-t-butyl-4-)
Hydroxyphenoxy) butanamide, 2- {4- (4
-Hydroxyphenylsulfonyl) phenoxy} decanamide, 3-dodecylsulfonyl-2-methylpropanamide), a sulfonamide group (for example, methanesulfonamide, hexadecanesulfonamide, benzenesulfonamide, p-toluenesulfonamide, octadecanesulfonamide, 2 -Methoxy-5-t-butylbenzenesulfonamide), a carbamoyl group (for example, N-ethylcarbamoyl, N, N-dibutylcarbamoyl, N
-(2-dodecyloxyethyl) carbamoyl, N-methyl-N-dodecylcarbamoyl, N- {3- (2,4
-Di-t-amylphenoxy) propyl} carbamoyl), a sulfamoyl group (for example, N-ethylsulfamoyl, N, N-dipropylsulfamoyl, N- (2
-Dodecyloxyethyl) sulfamoyl, N-ethyl-N-dodecylsulfamoyl), N, N-diethylsulfamoyl), an alkylsulfonyl group (for example, methanesulfonyl, octanesulfonyl), an arylsulfonyl group (for example, benzenesulfonyl, Toluenesulfonyl), ureido group (eg, phenylureido, methylureido, N, N-dibutylureido), sulfamoylamino group (eg, N, N-dipropylsulfamoylamino, N-methyl-N-decylsulfafa) Moylamino), an alkoxycarbonylamino group (eg, methoxycarbonylamino, tetradecyloxycarbonylamino), a nitro group, a heterocyclic group (eg, 2-furyl,
2-thienyl, 2-pyrimidinyl, 2-benzothiazolyl), cyano group, acyl group (eg, acetyl, 3-phenylpropanoyl, benzoyl, 4-dodecyloxybenzoyl), acyloxy group (eg, acetoxy), alkylsulfonyloxy group (Eg, methanesulfonyloxy, octanesulfonyloxy) and arylsulfonyloxy groups (eg, benzenesulfonyloxy, toluenesulfonyloxy).

Of the above, R ³ is an alkoxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an acylamino group, a sulfonamide group,
A carbamoyl group and a sulfamoyl group are more preferable.

In the general formula (1), R ³ is preferably present at least in the para position or meta position with respect to the acylacetamide group (meta position and para position with respect to R ² , respectively), and more preferably. It is in the para position (meta position to R ² ) with respect to the acylacetamide group. In the general formula (1), k represents an integer of 0 to 4, preferably 1 or 2. When k is plural, plural R
³ may be the same or different. Particularly preferably, k is 1.

In the general formula (1), X ¹ represents a group (referred to as a leaving group) which can be released by a coupling reaction with an oxidation product of a color developing agent. Specific examples of the leaving group include a halogen atom (fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine) and a carbon atom number of 1.
A heterocyclic group bonded to the coupling active position with a nitrogen atom having 24 to 24 carbon atoms, an aryloxy group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms, an arylthio group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms (eg, phenylthio,
pt-butylphenylthio, p-chlorophenylthio, p-carboxyphenylthio), having 1 to 2 carbon atoms
4 acyloxy groups (eg acetoxy, benzoyloxy, dodecanoyloxy), alkylsulfonyloxy groups having 1 to 24 carbon atoms (eg methylsulfonyloxy, butylsulfonyloxy, dodecylsulfonyloxy), aryl having 6 to 24 carbon atoms Sulfonyloxy group (for example, benzenesulfonyloxy, p-chlorophenylsulfonyloxy) or heterocyclic oxy group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms (for example, 3-pyridyloxy, 1-phenyl-1,2,3,4-tetrazole-5- Iloxy), and more preferably a heterocyclic group or an aryloxy group bonded to the coupling active position with a nitrogen atom.

[0023] When X ¹ represents a heterocyclic group bonded to a coupling active site via a nitrogen atom, X ¹ is oxygen in addition to the nitrogen atom, a sulfur, which may contain a hetero atom selected from among nitrogen A 5- to 7-membered optionally substituted monocyclic or condensed-ring heterocycle, examples of which include succinimide, maleimide, phthalimide, diglycolimide, pyrrole, pyrazole, imidazole, 1, 2,
4-triazole, tetrazole, indole, indazole, benzimidazole, benzotriazole, imidazolidine-2,4-dione, oxazolidine-2,
4-dione, thiazolidine-2,4-dione, imidazolidin-2-one, oxazoline-2-one, thiazolin-2-one, benzimidazolin-2-one, benzoxazoline-2-one, benzothiazolin-2-one On, 2-pyrrolin-5-one, 2-imidazoline-5
On, indoline-2,3-dione, 2,6-dioxypurine, parabanic acid, 1,2,4-triazolidine-
There are 3,5-dione, 2-pyridone, 4-pyridone, 2-pyrimidone, 6-pyridazone, 2-pyrazone and the like, and these heterocyclic groups may be substituted. Examples of the substituent include a hydroxy group, a carboxyl group, a sulfo group and an amino group (for example, amino, N-methylamino, N, N-).
Dimethylamino, N, N-diethylamino, anilino,
Pyrrolidino, piperidino, morpholino), and R ³
There are substituents mentioned as examples of.

The total number of carbon atoms of the heterocyclic group in which X ¹ is a nitrogen atom bonded to the coupling active position is preferably 2 to 24,
It is more preferably 4 to 20, and even more preferably 5 to 16. Specific examples include a succinimide group, a maleinimide group, a phthalimido group, and 1-methylimidazolidine-
2,4-dione-3-yl group, 1-benzylimidazolidin-2,4-dione-3-yl group, 5,5-dimethyloxazolidin-2,4-dione-3-yl group, 5-methyl- 5-Propyloxazolidine-2,4-dione-
3-yl group, 5,5-dimethylthiazolidine-2,4-
Dione-3-yl group, 5,5-dimethylimidazolidin-2,4-dione-3-yl group, 3-methylimidazolidintrione-1-yl group, 1,2,4-triazolidine-3,5- Dione-4-yl group, 1-methyl-2-phenyl-1,2,4-triazolidine-3,5-dione-4-yl group, 1-benzyl-2-phenyl-1,2,
4-triazolidine-3,5-dione-4-yl group, 5
-Hexyloxy-1-methylimidazolidine-2,4
-Dione-3-yl group, 1-benzyl-5-ethoxyimidazolidin-2,4-dione-3-yl group, 1-benzyl-5-dodecyloxyimidazolidin-2,4-dione-3-yl group Is mentioned. Among the above heterocyclic groups, an imidazolidin-2,4-dione-3-yl group (for example, 1-benzyl-imidazolidin-2,4-dione-3-) is used.
Is a most preferred group.

When X ¹ represents an aryloxy group, X
¹ preferably has 6 to 24 carbon atoms, which may be substituted. As the substituent, a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, a cyano group, a nitro group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a halogen atom, a carbonamido group, a sulfonamide group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, an alkyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an arylsulfonyl group or an acyl group. Groups are preferred. As a specific example, a 4-oroxyphenoxy group, a 4-methylsulfonylphenoxy group,
4- (4-benzyloxyphenylsulfonyl) phenoxy group, 4- (4-hydroxyphenylsulfonyl) phenoxy group, 2-chloro-4- (3-chloro-4-hydroxyphenylsulfonyl) phenoxy group, 4-methoxycarbonylphenoxy group Group, 2-chloro-4-methoxycarbonylphenoxy group, 2-acetamido-4-methoxycarbonylphenoxy group, 4-isopropoxycarbonylphenoxy group, 4-cyanophenoxy group, 2-
[N- (2-hydroxyethyl) carbamoyl] phenoxy group, 4-nitrophenoxy group, 2,5-dichlorophenoxy group, 2,3,5-trichlorophenoxy group, 4
-Methoxycarbonyl-2-methoxyphenoxy group, 4
And a-(3-carboxypropanamide) phenoxy group.

Next, specific examples of the yellow coupler represented by the general formula (1) used in the present invention are shown in the following table.

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[Table 1]

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[Table 2]

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[Table 3]

In the table, the numbers in parentheses () indicate the above X and R.
_The number attached to the specific example of ₃ is represented, and the number in [] represents the substitution position on the anilide group. Further, R ³ and X ¹ used in the table are as follows. X ¹ :

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R ³ :

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[Chemical 11]

The yellow coupler of the present invention may be used alone, or may be used as a mixture of two or more kinds within the range where the effect of the present invention is exhibited, or may be used as a mixture with a known yellow dye-forming coupler. Good. The coupler of the present invention can be synthesized by a conventionally known synthesis method, and specific examples thereof include JP-A-63-123047 and European Patent E.
There is a synthetic method described in P041668A2.
The amount of the yellow coupler of the present invention used in the light-sensitive material is 1
It is 1 × 10 ⁻⁵ mol to 10 ⁻² mol per m ² , preferably 1 × 10 ⁻⁴ mol to 5 × 10 ⁻³ mol, more preferably 2 × 10 ⁻⁴ mol to 10 ⁻³ mol.

The yellow coupler of the present invention can be introduced into a light-sensitive material by various known dispersion methods, is dissolved in a high-boiling organic solvent (a low-boiling organic solvent is optionally used in combination), and is emulsified and dispersed in a gelatin aqueous solution to produce a halogen. The oil-in-water dispersion method of adding to a silver halide emulsion is preferred. Examples of the high boiling point solvent used in the oil-in-water dispersion method are described in US Pat. No. 2,322,027. Further, the steps of the latex dispersion method as one of the polymer dispersion methods, effects, and specific examples of latex for impregnation are described in US Pat. No. 4,199,363 and West German patent application (OLS).
No. 2,541,274, No. 2,541,230, Japanese Patent Publication No. 53-41091, European Patent Publication No. 029104, and the like, and a dispersion method using an organic solvent-soluble polymer is described in PCT International Publication No. WO88 / 00723. There is. The high boiling point organic solvent for photographic additives such as couplers which can be used in the present invention is a compound which has a melting point of 100 ° C. or lower and a boiling point of 140 ° C. or higher and is immiscible with water, and can be used as long as it is a good solvent for the coupler. The melting point of the high boiling point organic solvent is preferably 80 ° C. or lower. The boiling point of the high boiling point organic solvent is preferably 160 ° C. or higher, more preferably 170 ° C. or higher. For details of these high boiling point organic solvents, see JP-A-62-215.
No. 272, from the lower right column on page 137 to the upper right column on page 144 of the specification.

The non-pre-fogged internal latent image type silver halide emulsion of the present invention forms a latent image mainly inside the silver halide grains.
No. 125142, page 27, upper left column, line 9 to page 28, upper left column, line 4 Further, the shape and size of silver halide grains in the light-sensitive material of the present invention, the composition of silver halide, chemical sensitization method, spectral sensitization method, additives, binders,
Protective colloid, anti-fogging agent, anti-fading agent, color-enhancing agent, dye, UV inhibitor, layer structure of photosensitive material, fogging method of support and photosensitive material (optical fogging method, chemical fogging method),
Regarding the nucleating agent, the nucleating accelerator, the coating method, etc., see Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
-125142, page 28, upper left column, line 5 to page 35, upper right column, line 9 and JP-A-3-126032, page 12, lower right column, line 18 to page 21, lower right column, line 19 Described in the eye.

Particularly as a nucleating agent, the above-mentioned JP-A 3-1 is used.
No. 25142, page 30, lower right column, line 11 to page 33, lower left column, line 12 (including amendment of procedure dated April 3, 1990). Quaternary heterocyclic or hydrazine nucleation Agents are preferred. Further, the nucleation accelerator is also disclosed in JP-A-3-12.
No. 5142, page 33, lower left column, line 13 to page 34, lower left column, line 4 is preferable. Examples of magenta couplers usable in the light-sensitive material of the present invention include hydrophobic indazolone-based or cyanoacetyl-based, preferably 5-pyrazolone-based and pyrazoloazole-based couplers having a ballast group. The 5-pyrazolone-based coupler is preferably a coupler in which the 3-position is substituted with an arylamino group or an acylamino group, from the viewpoint of the hue and color density of the color-forming dye, and a typical example thereof is US Pat.
311,082, 2,343,703, 2,600,788, 2,908,573, 3,062,653, 3,152,896 and No. 3,936,015.
As the leaving group of the 2-equivalent 5-pyrazolone-based coupler, the nitrogen atom leaving group described in US Pat. No. 4,310,619 or the arylthio group described in US Pat. No. 4,351,897 is particularly preferable. European Patent No. 7
The 5-pyrazolone-based coupler having a ballast group described in JP-A No. 3,636 provides high color density.

The pyrazoloazole type couplers include pyrazolobenzimidazoles described in US Pat. No. 3,061,432 and pyrazolo [5,1-c] [described in US Pat. No. 3,725,067. 1,2,4] Triazoles, Research Disclosure No. 24220
(June 1984) and pyrazolotetrazoles described in JP-A-60-33552 and Research Disclosure, No. 24230 (June 1984) and JP-A-60-43659 and 63-80250.
JP-A-2-1245068, JP-A-2-115183,
Examples include pyrazolopyrazoles described in Japanese Patent Application No. 3-165039.

Particularly, in the present invention, JP-A-2-12
No. 4568, No. 2-115183, JP-A-63-80.
Particularly preferred are the pyrazolotriazole-based magenta couplers described in Japanese Patent Application No. 250 and Japanese Patent Application No. 3-165039.

The cyan couplers which can be used in the present invention include hydrophobic and diffusion resistant naphthol-type and phenol-type couplers, and the naphthol-type couplers described in US Pat. No. 2,474,293, preferably US Pat. 4,052,212, 4,146,396, 4,228,233 and 4,296,200.
As a representative example, the oxygen atom-releasing two-equivalent naphthol-based couplers described in JP-A No. 1994-242242 can be mentioned. Specific examples of the phenol-based coupler are described in US Pat. No. 2,369,929,
No. 2,801,171, No. 2,772,162
No. 2,895,826 and the like.

Cyan couplers which are fast against humidity and temperature are preferably used in the present invention, and typical examples thereof include an ethyl group at the meta-position of the phenol nucleus described in US Pat. No. 3,772,002. Phenolic cyan couplers having the above alkyl groups, US Pat.
No. 2,162, No. 3,758,308, No. 4,1
No. 26,396, No. 4,334,011, No. 4,
327,173, West German Patent Publication No. 3,329,729
2,5-diacylamino-substituted phenol-based couplers described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,121,365 and US Pat. Nos. 3,446,622 and 4,333.
999, 4,451,559 and 4,4
Nos. 27,767 and the like include phenolic couplers having a phenylureido group at the 2-position and an acylamino group at the 5-position.

In the present invention, in particular US Pat. No. 2,895
826, JP-A-51-6551 and JP-A-61-690.
The cyan coupler described in No. 65 is particularly preferable.

Next, the color developing solution of the present invention will be described. The color developer of the present invention contains the above general formula (2),
One of the features is that it contains at least one of the compounds represented by (3) or (4). Hereinafter, the details of the compounds of the general formulas (2) and (3) will be described.

In the formula, R ⁴ , R ⁵ , R ⁶ and R ⁷ may be the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom; an unsubstituted group which may have a ring having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a branch. Or a substituted alkyl group; a monocyclic or bicyclic unsubstituted or substituted aryl group; an unsubstituted or substituted amino group; a hydroxy group; an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms;
An alkylthio group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; a carbamoyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may be substituted with an aliphatic group or an aromatic group;
It represents a halogen atom; a cyano group; a carboxy group; or a heterocyclic residue containing a 5-membered or 6-membered ring having a hetero atom such as a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom. R ⁴ and R ⁵ or R ⁵ and R ⁶ may together form a 5-membered or 6-membered ring. However, at least one of R ⁴ and R ⁶ represents a hydroxy group.

Examples of the above-mentioned unsubstituted alkyl group are methyl group,
Ethyl group, n-propyl group, i-propyl group, n-butyl group, t-butyl group, hexyl group, cyclohexyl group,
A cyclopentylmethyl group, an octyl group, a dodecyl group, a tridecyl group, and a heptadecyl group. Examples of the substituent in the substituted alkyl group include a monocyclic or bicyclic aryl group, a heterocyclic residue, a halogen atom, a carboxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 20 or less carbon atoms, and a hydroxy group And specific examples of the substituted alkyl group are benzyl group, phenethyl group, chloromethyl group, 2-chloroethyl group, trifluoromethyl group, carboxymethyl group, 2-carboxyethyl group, 2- (methoxycarbonyl) ethyl group, ethoxy. Carbonylmethyl group, 2-methoxyethyl group, hydroxymethyl group, 2-
A hydroxyethyl group or the like. Examples of the unsubstituted aryl group are a phenyl group and a naphthyl group, and examples of the substituent when the aryl group is substituted are an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a carboxy group, and a carbon number Include an alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 6 and a hydroxy group and an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and specific examples of the substituted aryl group include p-tolyl group, m-tolyl group, p-chlorophenyl group and p-bromophenyl. Group, o-chlorophenyl group, m-nitrophenyl group, p-carboxyphenyl group, o-carboxyphenyl group, o- (methoxycarbonyl) phenyl group, p-hydroxyphenyl group, p-
There are methoxyphenyl group, m-ethoxyphenyl group and the like.

The amino group represented by R ⁴ , R ⁵ , R ⁶ and R ⁷ may be substituted, and examples of the substituent include an alkyl group (for example, a methyl group, an ethyl group, a butyl group) and an acyl group. (For example, acetyl group, methylsulfonyl group, etc.)
Can be given. Specific examples of the substituted amino group are a dimethylamino group, a diethylamino group, a butylamino group and an acetylamino group.

Specific examples of the alkoxy group represented by R ⁴ , R ⁵ , R ⁶ and R ⁷ include methoxy group, ethoxy group, butoxy group and heptadecyloxy group.

The carbamoyl group represented by each of R ⁴ , R ⁵ , R ⁶ and R ⁷ can have one or two alkyl groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or aryl groups having 2 or less rings as a substituent. .. Specific examples of the substituted carbamoyl group include a methylcarbamoyl group, a dimethylcarbamoyl group, an ethylcarbamoyl group and a phenylcarbamoyl group.

Specific examples of the halogen atom represented by R ⁴ , R ⁵ , R ⁶ and R ⁷ are chlorine atom and bromine atom.

The heterocyclic residue represented by each of R ⁴ , R ⁵ , R ⁶ and R ⁷ may have a monocyclic ring or a condensed ring of 2 to 3 rings, and specific examples thereof include a furyl group and a pyridyl group. , 2- (3-
And a methyl) benzothiazolyl group and a 1-benzotriazolyl group.

Examples of the ring formed by R ⁴ and R ⁵ or R ⁵ and R ⁶ include a cyclopentane ring, a cyclohexane ring, a cyclohexene ring, a benzene ring, a furan ring, a pyrrolidine ring and a thiophene ring.

When R ⁷ represents a substituted alkyl group, the hetero ring may be a substituent or a substituted alkyl group represented by the following general formula (A).

General formula (A)

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[Chemical 12]

R ⁴ , R ⁵ and R ⁶ have the same meanings as described above, and n represents 2 or 4.

Specific examples of the compound represented by formula (2) or (3) are shown below.

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[Chemical 13]

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[Chemical 14]

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[Chemical 15]

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[Chemical 16]

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[Chemical 17]

The compounds represented by formulas (2) and (3) are described in JP-A-3-288148.

Next, details of the general formula (4) will be described. In the formula, R ⁸ represents a group substitutable on the benzene ring, and R ⁹ represents a group substitutable on a hydrogen atom or a nitrogen atom. Each substitutable group includes a halogen atom (chlorine atom,
Fluorine atom), an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, a nitro group, a carboxyl group or a sulfonic acid group, which may be the same or different. The alkyl group preferably has 1 to 1 carbon atoms.
0, more preferably 1 to 5, and the total number of carbon atoms of the substituted alkyl group is preferably 1 to 10, and the substituent here is a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, a sulfonic acid group, a nitro group or a carboxyl group. A group can be mentioned.

R ⁸ is preferably a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a hydroxyl group, and R ⁹ is preferably a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a hydroxyl group, and particularly m = 0, and It is preferred that R ⁹ is a hydrogen atom.

Specific examples of the compound represented by formula (4) are shown below, but the invention is not limited thereto.

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[Chemical 18]

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[Chemical 19]

Since the compound of the general formula (4) is a known compound, it can be easily obtained or synthesized.

The content of the compounds represented by the general formulas (2), (3) and (4) in the color developing solution is 1 mg to 1 g /
L, more preferably 10 mg to 500 mg / L.

These compounds may be added to the color developing solution, or may be eluted from the light-sensitive material to the above concentration.

Next, the hydroxylamines used as a preservative in the color developing solution of the present invention will be described. It is well known to use the hydroxylamines of the present invention as preservatives in color developers. However,
Simply using hydroxylamines cannot stably obtain photographic performance using a direct positive color light-sensitive material using an internal latent image type silver halide emulsion containing the yellow coupler of the present invention. The present invention is characterized in that the compound represented by the general formula (2), (3) or (4) is used in combination with hydroxylamines. In the present invention, hydroxylamines are used in an amount of 0.05 mol or more per liter of color developing solution. The upper limit is about 0.5 mol. In order to fully exert the effects of the present invention, it is preferably 0.05 to 0.3 mol / liter. Preferred hydroxylamines in the present invention are represented by the following general formula (6). General formula (6)

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[Chemical 20]

In the general formula (6), R ¹² and R ¹³ each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group. Alkyl group has 1 carbon
-10, and more preferably 1-5, which may be substituted or unsubstituted. The substituent of the alkyl group is the same as the substituents of R ¹⁰ and R ¹¹ described later.
A preferable substituent is a hydroxy group, a sulfonic acid group or a carboxyl group. Specific examples of the general formula (6) are shown below, but the invention is not limited thereto.

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[Chemical 21]

In particular, the compounds (6-1), (6-4),
(6-6) is preferred, and compound (6-1) is most preferred. The color developer of the present invention contains an aromatic primary amine color developing agent. In particular, it is preferable to use the color developing agent represented by the following general formula (5), and the effect of the present invention can be remarkably obtained. General formula (5)

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[Chemical formula 22]

In the general formula (5), R ¹⁰ and R ¹¹ each represent an alkyl group. Alkyl group has 1 to 10 carbon atoms
Are preferred, and 1-5 are more preferred, and they may be substituted or unsubstituted. Examples of the substituent include a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, an amino group, a sulfonamide group, a carboxyl group, a nitro group, a halogen atom, a sulfonic acid group and a phosphonic acid group. Of these, a hydroxy group is most preferable. In the present invention, R
An alkyl group in which at least one of ¹⁰ and R ¹¹ is substituted with such a substituent is preferable. Further, the compound of the general formula (5) preferably forms a salt with various acids, and specific acids include sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, p-toluenesulfonic acid, nitric acid and the like. Specific compounds are illustrated below, but the invention is not limited thereto.

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[Chemical formula 23]

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[Chemical formula 24]

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[Chemical 25]

The amount of these color developing agents used is preferably 1 to 20 g per liter of the color developing solution,
More preferably, it is 2 to 8 g. When the color developing agent represented by the general formula (5) is used, a hue suitable as a color proof can be obtained, but the above-mentioned deterioration of photographic characteristics occurs remarkably. However, by taking the aspect of the present invention, this problem can be effectively prevented. In particular, the effect of the present invention can be more remarkably exhibited in a situation where the residence time of the color developing tank solution is long, such as a low replenishing process such as a replenishing amount of the color developing solution of 350 ml / m ² or less or a dusting process. In the present invention, a color developing agent other than the compound represented by the general formula (5) may be used in combination, if necessary. Color developing agents that can be used in combination are described in JP-A-3-125142. Among them, a preferable example is 2-methyl-4-
[N-ethyl-N- (β-hydroxyethyl) amino]
Aniline, 2-methyl-4- [N-ethyl-N- (δ-
Hydroxybutyl) amino] aniline, 4-amino-3
-Methyl-N-ethyl-N- [β- (methanesulfonamido) ethyl] -aniline and the like, and their sulfates, hydrochlorides, sulfites, p-toluenesulfonates and the like can be mentioned.

The amount of the color developing agent used in combination is preferably 20 mol% or less of all the color developing agents, and 10 mol% is preferable.
The following are more preferable. In the present invention, it is preferable to use only the color developing agent represented by the general formula (5) as the color developing agent.

Further, the color developing solution requires a sulfite salt such as sodium sulfite, potassium sulfite, sodium bisulfite, potassium bisulfite, sodium metasulfite, potassium metasulfite, or a carbonyl compound sulfite adduct as a preservative. It can be added accordingly. The preferred amount of addition is 0.5 g to 10 per liter of color developer.
g, and more preferably 1 g to 5 g.

In the present invention, hydroxylamines are used as a preservative, but other preservatives may be used in combination as long as the effects of the present invention are not impaired. As such a preservative, there is disclosed in JP-A-63-4313.
No. 8, gazette hydroxamic acids, 63-17064
2 and the hydrazines described in JP-A-2-64632.
Hydrazine derivatives and hydroxylamine derivatives described in JP-A Nos. 63-44657 and 63
-58443, Phenols, 63-44
Examples thereof include α-hydroxyketones and α-aminoketones described in Japanese Patent No. 656, and / or various saccharides described in Japanese Patent No. 63-36244. Further, in combination with the above compound, JP-A Nos. 63-4235 and 63-43
24254, 63-21647, 63-146.
040, 63-27841, and 63-25.
Monoamines described in JP-A No. 654 and the like, JP-A-63-63
-30845, 63-146040, 63-4
Diamines described in Japanese Patent No. 3439, etc.
Nos. 21647 and 63-26655, polyamines described in JP-A-63-44655, nitroxyl radicals described in JP-A-63-53551, 63-43140
And the alcohols described in JP-A-63-53549, the oximes described in JP-A-63-56654, and the tertiary amines described in JP-A-63-239447. Good.

Other preservatives are disclosed in JP-A-57-44.
148 and 57-53749, various metals, salicylic acids described in JP-A-59-180588, alkanolamines described in JP-A-54-3532, and JP-A-56-94349. Polyethyleneimines described in JP-A No. 3746544, aromatic polyhydroxy compounds described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,746,544, and the like may be contained as necessary. These compounds may be present in the light-sensitive material. Further, not only the color developing solution but also the bleaching and bleach-fixing solution and the washing or stabilizing substitute solution for washing, which are present in each solution (by being brought in from the color developing solution), or the like It acts on the oxidant and can give good performance.

The color developing solution used in the present invention preferably has a pH of 9 to 12, more preferably 9 to 11.0. The color developing solution contains compounds of other known developing solution components. be able to. In order to maintain the above pH, it is preferable to use various buffers. As the buffering agent, carbonate, phosphate, tetraborate and hydroxybenzoate are particularly excellent in solubility and buffering ability in a high pH range of pH 9.0 or higher. Specific examples of the buffer include sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, trisodium phosphate, tripotassium phosphate, dipotassium phosphate, sodium borate, potassium borate, sodium tetraborate ( Borax), potassium tetraborate, o-
Sodium hydroxybenzoate (sodium salicylate), potassium o-hydroxybenzoate, 5-sulfo-
Examples thereof include sodium 2-hydroxybenzoate (sodium 5-sulfosalicylate) and potassium 5-sulfo-2-hydroxybenzoate (potassium 5-sulfosalicylate). However, the present invention is not limited to these compounds. The amount of the buffer added to the color developer is preferably 0.1 mol / liter or more, and particularly 0.1 mol / liter to 0.4 mol / liter.
It is preferably liter.

In addition, various chelating agents can be used in the color developing solution as a precipitation preventing agent for calcium and magnesium, or for improving the stability of the color developing solution. The chelating agent is preferably an organic acid compound, and examples thereof include aminopolycarboxylic acids, organic phosphonic acids, and phosphonocarboxylic acids. Specific examples include nitrilotriacetic acid, diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, N, N, N-trimethylenephosphonic acid, ethylenediamine-N, N, N ', N'.
-Tetramethylenephosphonic acid, transcyclohexanediaminetetraacetic acid, 1,2-diaminopropanetetraacetic acid, hydroxyethyliminodiacetic acid, glycol etherdiaminetetraacetic acid, ethylenediamineorhuman hydroxyphenylacetic acid, 2-phosphonobutane-1,2,4 -Tricarboxylic acid, 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid, N, N'-bis (2-hydroxybenzyl) ethylenediamine-N, N'-diacetic acid, 1,2-dihydrooxybenzene-3,5- Examples thereof include disulfonic acid. Two or more of these chelating agents may be used in combination, if necessary. The amount of these chelating agents added may be an amount sufficient to block the metal ions in the color developing solution.
For example, it is about 0.1 g to 10 g per liter.

Any development accelerator can be added to the color developing solution, if necessary. However, it is preferable that the color developing solution used in the present invention does not substantially contain benzyl alcohol, from the viewpoints of solution preparation and prevention of color contamination. Here, "substantially" means not more than 2 milliliters per liter of the developing solution, preferably not containing at all. Other development accelerators include JP-B-37-1
No. 6088, No. 37-5987, No. 38-7826
Nos. 44-12380, 45-9019 and U.S. Pat. No. 3,813,247, and thioether compounds, JP-A-52-49829 and JP-A-5-29829.
No. 0-15554, p-phenylenediamine compounds, JP-A-50-137726, JP-B-44-
30074, JP-A-56-156826 and JP-A-5-156826.
Quaternary ammonium salts represented by 2-43429 and the like, U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,494,903 and 3,128,1
82, No. 4,230,796, No. 3,253,91
9, Japanese Patent Publication No. 41-11431, U.S. Pat. No. 2,48
2,546, 2,596,926 and 3,5
82,346, etc., amine compounds, JP-B-37
-16088, 42-25201, U.S. Pat. No. 3,128,183, Japanese Patent Publication Nos. 41-11431, 42-23883 and U.S. Pat. No. 3,532,50.
Polyalkylene oxide represented by No. 1 and the like, other 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidones, imidazoles and the like can be added if necessary.

In the present invention, any antifoggant (or development inhibitor) can be added if necessary. As the antifoggant, alkali metal halides such as sodium chloride, potassium bromide and potassium iodide, and organic antifoggants can be used. Examples of the organic antifoggant include benzotriazole, 6-nitrobenzimidazole, 5-nitroisoindazole, 5-methylbenzotriazole, 5-nitrobenzotriazole, 5
-Chloro-benzotriazole, 2-thiazolyl-benzimidazole, 2-thiazolylmethyl-benzimidazole, indazole, hydroxyazaindolizine,
A typical example is a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound such as adenine. The color developing solution used in the present invention may contain a fluorescent whitening agent. As the fluorescent whitening agent, a 4,4′-diamino-2,2′-disulfostilbene compound is preferable. Addition amount is 0-5g /
It is 1 liter, preferably 0.1 g to 4 g / liter.

If necessary, an alkyl sulfonic acid,
Various surfactants such as arylphosphonic acid, aliphatic carboxylic acid, and aromatic carboxylic acid may be added. The processing temperature of the color developing solution of the present invention is 20 to 50 ° C., preferably 30 to 50 ° C.
40 ° C. Treatment time is 20 seconds to 5 minutes, preferably 3
It is 0 second to 2 minutes. In the present invention, the replenishing amount of the color developing solution is appropriately 100 ml to 800 ml per 1 m ² of the light-sensitive material, but generally 400 ml / m ² or more is preferable considering the maintenance of photographic characteristics by running. In the above, the effect of the present invention is sufficiently obtained with a replenishing amount of 150 to 350 ml / m ² , which is the most preferable embodiment.

Next, the desilvering step will be explained. In general, the desilvering step may be carried out using any step such as a bleaching step-fixing step, a fixing step-bleaching fixing step, a bleaching step-bleaching fixing step, a bleaching fixing step. Good. Most preferred in the process of the present invention is a bleach-fixing step. The process time of the desilvering process is 2 minutes or less, more preferably 30 seconds to 90 seconds. The bleaching solution, bleach-fixing solution and fixing solution used in the desilvering process will be described. As the bleaching agent used in the bleaching solution or the bleach-fixing solution, any bleaching agent can be used, but in particular, organic complex salts of iron (III) (for example, aminopolycarboxylic acids such as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid, aminopolycarboxylic acids, aminopolycarboxylic acids). Phosphonic acid, phosphonocarboxylic acid and organic phosphonic acid) and organic acids such as ecconic acid, tartaric acid and malic acid; persulfates; hydrogen peroxide and the like are particularly preferable from the viewpoint of bleaching power and prevention of environmental pollution. Listed as aminopolycarboxylic acids, aminopolyphosphonic acids, or organic phosphonic acids or salts thereof useful for forming organic complex salts of iron (III) are ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, diethyleneditriaminepentaacetic acid, 1,
3-diaminopropanetetraacetic acid, propylenediaminetetraacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid, cyclohexanediaminetetraacetic acid,
Methyliminodiacetic acid, iminodiacetic acid, glycol ether diamine tetraacetic acid, etc. can be mentioned.

These compounds are sodium, potassium,
Either lithium or ammonium salt may be used. Among these compounds, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid, cyclohexanediaminetetraacetic acid,
Iron (III) complex salts of 1,3-diaminopropanetetraacetic acid and methyliminodiacetic acid are preferred because of their high bleaching power. Among these, organic complex salts of iron (III) are used in a solution using ferric phosphate and a chelating agent such as aminopolycarboxylic acid, aminopolyphosphonic acid and phosphonocarboxylic acid from the viewpoint of rapid treatment. A ferric ion complex salt may be formed. In addition, the chelating agent may be used in excess of the amount required to form the ferric ion complex salt. Among the iron complexes, aminopolycarboxylic acid iron complexes are preferable, and the addition amount is 0.01
~ 1.0 mol / liter, preferably 0.05-0.5
It is 0 mol / liter.

Various compounds can be used as a bleaching accelerator in the bleaching solution, the bleach-fixing solution and / or their pre-bath. For example, US Pat. No. 3,893,858,
German Patent No. 1290812, JP-A-53-9
5630, Research Disclosure No. 171
No. 29 (July 1978), compounds having a mercapto group or a disulfide bond, and JP-B-45-8.
No. 506, JP-A Nos. 52-20832 and 53-327.
No. 35, U.S. Pat. No. 3,706,561 and the like, and thiourea compounds or halides such as iodine and bromine ions are preferable because of their excellent bleaching power. In addition, in the bleaching solution or bleach-fixing solution used in the present invention, bromide (for example,
Potassium bromide, sodium bromide, ammonium bromide) or chlorides (eg potassium chloride, sodium chloride,
Rehalogenating agents such as ammonium chloride) or iodides (eg ammonium iodide) can be included. If necessary, boric acid, borax, sodium metaborate, acetic acid, sodium acetate, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, phosphorous acid,
Addition of one or more inorganic acids, organic acids and their alkali metal or ammonium salts having pH buffering ability such as phosphoric acid, sodium phosphate, citric acid, sodium citrate, tartaric acid, etc., or corrosion inhibitors such as ammonium nitrate, guanidine, etc. can do.

The bleach-fixing solution or the fixing agent used in the fixing solution according to the present invention includes known fixing agents, that is, thiosulfates such as sodium thiosulfate and ammonium thiosulfate; thiocyanic acid such as sodium thiocyanate and ammonium thiocyanate. Salt; ethylenebisthioglycolic acid, 3,6-
These are water-soluble silver halide solubilizers such as thioether compounds such as dithia-1,8-octanediol and thioureas, and these can be used alone or in combination of two or more. Also, JP-A-55-155354
It is also possible to use a special bleach-fixing solution comprising a combination of a fixing agent described in JP-A No. 1994-0496 and a large amount of a halide such as potassium iodide. In the present invention, it is preferable to use thiosulfate, particularly ammonium thiosulfate. 1
The amount of the fixing agent per liter is preferably 0.3 to 2 mol, more preferably 0.5 to 1.0 mol. The pH range of the bleach-fixing solution or the fixing solution is preferably 3 to 10, and more preferably 5 to 9. Further, the bleach-fixing solution may contain various other fluorescent whitening agents, antifoaming agents or surfactants, polyvinylpyrrolidone, organic solvents such as methanol and the like.

The bleach-fixing solution and fixing solution according to the present invention include, as preservatives, sulfites (eg, sodium sulfite, potassium sulfite, ammonium sulfite, etc.), bisulfites (eg, ammonium bisulfite, sodium bisulfite, etc.). It is preferable to contain a sulfite ion-releasing compound such as potassium bisulfite) and metabisulfite (eg, potassium metabisulfite, sodium metabisulfite, ammonium metabisulfite). It is preferable that these compounds be contained in an amount of about 0.02 to 0.0.50 mol / liter in terms of sulfite ion, and more preferably 0.04 to 0.04 mol / liter.
It is 0.40 mol / liter. As the preservative, sulfite is generally added, but ascorbic acid, carbonyl bisulfite adduct, carbonyl compound or the like may be added. Further, a buffering agent, a fluorescent whitening agent, a chelating agent, a defoaming agent, an antifungal agent and the like may be added as required.

In the processing of the present invention, it is common to carry out washing and / or stabilizing processing after desilvering processing such as fixing or bleach-fixing. The amount of rinsing water in the rinsing process varies widely depending on the characteristics of the light-sensitive material (for example, depending on the material used such as couplers) and application, the rinsing water temperature, the number of rinsing tanks (number of stages), the replenishment method such as countercurrent and forward flow, and various other conditions. Can be set. Among these, the relationship between the number of flush tanks and the amount of water in the multi-stage countercurrent system is described in the Journal of the Society of Motion Picture and T
elevision Engineers) Volume 64, P248-253 (1
(May 955 issue). Usually, the number of stages in the multi-stage countercurrent system is preferably 2 to 6, and particularly preferably 2 to 4. According to the multi-stage countercurrent method, the amount of washing water can be greatly reduced, and for example, it can be 0.5 liter to 1 liter or less per 1 m ^{2 of the} light-sensitive material. Due to the increased residence time of water in the tank, bacteria propagate,
There arises a problem that the generated suspended matter adheres to the photosensitive material. In the processing of the color light-sensitive material of the present invention, the method of reducing calcium and magnesium described in JP-A-62-288838 can be very effectively used as a solution to such problems. In addition, JP-A-57-854
No. 2, isothiazolone compounds and siabendazoles, chlorine-based germicides such as chlorinated sodium isocyanurate described in JP-A No. 61-120145, JP-A No. 61-
No. 267761, benzotriazole, copper ions and others Hiroshi Hokuguchi "Chemistry of antibacterial and antifungal agents", Hygiene Technology Association, "Microbial sterilization, sterilization, antifungal technology", Japan Society for Antibacterial and Antifungal " A bactericide described in "Antibacterial and Antifungal Encyclopedia" can also be used.

Further, for washing water, a surfactant as a draining agent and a chelating agent typified by EDTA as a water softening agent can be used. Continue with the above washing process,
Alternatively, it may be directly treated with a stabilizing solution without a water washing step. A compound having an image stabilizing function is added to the stabilizing solution, and examples thereof include an aldehyde compound typified by formalin, a buffering agent for adjusting a film pH suitable for stabilizing a dye, and an ammonium compound. Further, in order to prevent the growth of bacteria in the liquid and impart antifungal property to the processed light-sensitive material, the above-mentioned various bactericides and antifungal agents can be used. Further, a surfactant, an optical brightener and a hardener may be added. In the processing of the light-sensitive material of the present invention,
If the stabilization is carried out directly without going through the washing step,
JP-A Nos. 57-8543, 58-14834 and 6
All known methods described in 0-220345 and the like can be used. Others, 1-hydroxyethylidene-
It is also a preferred embodiment to use a chelating agent such as 1,1-diphosphonic acid or ethylenediaminotetramethylenephosphonic acid, or a magnesium or bismuth compound.

In the present invention, a so-called rinsing solution is also used as a washing or stabilizing solution used after the desilvering process. The pH of the washing step or stabilizing step is 4 to 10, preferably 5 to 8. Temperature is the application of the photosensitive material,
Although it can be variously set depending on the characteristics and the like, it is generally 15 to 45 ° C, preferably 20 to 40 ° C. The time can be set arbitrarily, but a shorter time is preferable. It is preferably 30 seconds to 3 minutes, more preferably 30 seconds to 2 minutes. The smaller the replenishment amount, the more preferable from the viewpoints of running cost, reduction of discharge amount, handleability, and the like, and the effect of the present invention is great. A specific preferable amount of replenishment is 0.5 to 50 times, preferably 3 to 40 times the amount carried from the prebath per unit area of the light-sensitive material. Or less than 1 liter / m ^{2 of the} light-sensitive material, preferably 50
It is 0 ml or less. The replenishment may be performed continuously or intermittently. The liquid used in the washing and / or stabilizing step can be further used in the previous step. As an example of this, it is possible to reduce the amount of waste liquid by causing the overflow of washing water reduced by the multi-stage countercurrent system to flow into the bleach-fixing bath which is the preceding bath, and replenishing the bleaching stabilizing bath with a concentrated liquid.

The direct positive color photographic light-sensitive material of the present invention comprises
Although it has various uses, it is particularly suitable for producing a color proof. Various exposure means can be used for exposing the light-sensitive material of the present invention. Any light source that emits radiation corresponding to the sensitivity wavelength of the photosensitive material can be used as the illumination light source or the writing light source. Flashlight sources such as natural light (sunlight), incandescent lamps, halogen atom filled lamps, mercury lamps, fluorescent lamps and strobes or metal burning flash bulbs are common. A gas, a dye solution or a semiconductor laser, a light emitting diode, or a plasma light source that emits light in a wavelength range from ultraviolet to infrared can also be used as the recording light source. In addition, a phosphor screen (CRT or the like) emitted from a phosphor excited by an electron beam or the like, a liquid crystal (L
It is also possible to use an exposure means in which a linear or planar light source is combined with a micro shutter array using lead titan zirconate (PLZT) doped with CD) or lanthanum. If necessary, the spectral distribution used for exposure can be adjusted with a color filter. Further, the scanning exposure method used in the color copying machine AP-5000 manufactured by Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. can be used.

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EXAMPLES The present invention will now be specifically described with reference to examples, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Example 1 Paper support laminated on both sides with polyethylene (thickness 10
(0 micron), the following 1st to 11th layers were multilayer-coated and the 12th to 13th layers were multilayer-coated on the back side to prepare a color photographic light-sensitive material. The polyethylene coated on the first layer contains titanium oxide (4 g / m ² ) as a white pigment and a trace amount (0.003 g / m ² ) of ultramarine as a bluing dye (the chromaticity of the surface of the support is L 88 in the ^* , a ^* , and b ^* systems.
It was 0, -0.20, -0.75. ).

(Photosensitive layer composition) The components and coating amount (g /
m ² unit). However, the addition amount of the sensitizing dye is shown in mol per mol of silver. For silver halide, the coating amount in terms of silver is shown. The emulsion used for each layer is Emulsion E described below.
It was prepared by changing the particle size by changing the temperature according to the manufacturing method of M-1. However, as the 11th layer emulsion, a Lippmann emulsion which was not surface-chemically sensitized was used.

First Layer (Antihalation Layer) Black Colloidal Silver ・ ・ ・ 0.10 Color Mixing Inhibitor (Cpd-7) ・ ・ ・ 0.05 Color Mixing Inhibitor Solvent (Solv-4, 5 Equivalents) ・ ・ ・ 0.12 Gelatin ・..0.70 Second layer (intermediate layer) Gelatin ... 0.70 Dye (Cpd-32) ... 0.005

Third Layer (Red Sensitive Layer) Silver bromide spectrally sensitized with a red sensitizing dye (ExS-1, 2, 3 equivalent weights 5.4 × 10 ⁻⁴ ) (average grain size 0.40 μ, grain Size distribution 10%, octahedron) ・ ・ ・ 0.25 gelatin ・ ・ ・ 0.70 Cyan coupler (ExC-1, 2, 3 1: 1: 0.2) ・ ・ ・ 0.30 Anti-fading agent (Cpd-1, 2, 3, 4, 30 equivalents) 0.18 Anti-staining agent (Cpd-5, 15 equivalents) 0.003 Coupler dispersion medium (Cpd-6) 0.30 Coupler solvent (Solv-1, 3, 5) 0.12 Fourth layer (intermediate layer) Gelatin ・ ・ ・ 1.00 Color mixing inhibitor (Cpd-7) ・ ・ ・ 0.08 Color mixing inhibitor solvent (Solv-4, 5 equivalents) ・ ・ ・ 0.16 Polymer latex (Cpd-8) ・ ・ ・ 0.10

Fifth Layer (Green Sensitive Layer) Silver bromide spectrally sensitized with a green sensitizing dye (ExS-4 2.6 × 10 ⁻⁴ ) (average grain size 0.40 μ, grain size distribution 10%, octahedron).・ ・ ・ 0.20 Gelatin ・ ・ ・ 1.00 Magenta coupler (ExM-1, 2 equivalents) ・ ・ ・ 0.11 Yellow coupler (ExY-1) ・ ・ ・ 0.03 Anti-fading agent (Cpd-9, 26, 30, 31) 0.15 Anti-staining agent (Cpd-10, 11, 12, 13 in 10: 7: 7: 1 ratio) ... 0.025 Coupler dispersion medium (Cpd-6) ... 0.05 Coupler solvent (Solv-4, 6 equivalence) 0.15 6th layer (intermediate layer) Same as 4th layer

Seventh Layer (Blue Sensitive Layer) Silver bromide spectrally sensitized with a blue sensitizing dye (ExS-5, 6 each equivalent weight 3.5 × 10 ⁻⁴ ) (average grain size 0.60 μ, grain size distribution) 11%, octahedron) ・ ・ ・ 0.32 Gelatin ・ ・ ・ 0.80 Yellow coupler (ExY-2) ・ ・ ・ 0.35 Anti-fading agent (Cpd-14) ・ ・ ・ 0.10 Anti-fading agent (Cpd-30) ・ ・ ・ 0.05 Anti-staining agent (Cpd-5, 15 in 1: 5 ratio) ... 0.007 Coupler dispersion medium (Cpd-6) ... 0.05 Coupler solvent (Solv-2) ... 0.10 8th layer (UV absorber Containing layer) Gelatin: 0.60 UV absorber (equal amounts of Cpd-2, 4, 16) 0.40 Color-mixing inhibitor (equal amounts of Cpd-7, 17): 0.03 Dispersion medium (Cpd-6) ) ・ ・ ・ 0.02 UV absorber solvent (Solv-2, 7 each equivalent) ・ ・ ・ 0.08 Anti-irradiation dye The Cpd-18,19,20,21,27 10:10: at 13:15:20 ratio) ... 0.05

Ninth Layer (Protective Layer) Fine grain silver iodobromide (99 mol% silver bromide, average size 0.05 μ) ・ ・ ・ 0.03 Acrylic modified copolymer of polyvinyl alcohol (molecular weight 50,000) ・ ・ ・ 0.01 Polymethyl Methacrylate particles (average particle size 2.4μ) and silicon oxide (average particle size 5μ) Equivalent ・ ・ ・ 0.05 Gelatin ・ ・ ・ 0.05 Gelatin hardening agent (Equivalent for H-1 and H-2) ・ ・ ・ 0.18th 10 layers (back layer) Gelatin ・ ・ ・ 2.50 UV absorber (Equivalent amount for each Cpd-2, 4, 16) ・ ・ ・ 0.50 Dye (Equivalent amount for each Cpd-18, 19, 20, 21, 27) ・ ・ ・0.06

Eleventh Layer (Back Layer Protective Layer) Polymethylmethacrylate particles (average particle size 2.4 μ) and silicon oxide (average particle size 5 μ) Equivalent ・ ・ ・ 0.05 Gelatin ・ ・ ・ 2.00 Gelatin hardener (H- 1, H-2 equivalent) ・ ・ ・ 0.14

Preparation of Emulsion EM-1 An aqueous solution of potassium bromide and silver nitrate was added simultaneously to an aqueous gelatin solution at 65 ° C. over 15 minutes while stirring vigorously,
Octahedral silver bromide grains having an average grain size of 0.23 μm were obtained. At this time, 0.3 g of 3,4-dimethyl-1,3 per mol of silver was used.
-Thiazolin-2-thione was added. 1 silver in this emulsion
Chemical sensitization was carried out by sequentially adding 6 mg of sodium thiosulfate and 7 mg of chloroauric acid (tetrahydrate) per mol and heating at 75 ° C. for 80 minutes. Using the particles thus obtained as a core, the particles are further grown in the same precipitation environment as the first time,
Finally, an octahedral monodisperse core / shell silver bromide emulsion having an average grain size of 0.4 μ was obtained. Coefficient of variation of particle size is about 10%
Met. To this emulsion were added 1.5 mg of sodium thiosulfate and 1.5 mg of chloroauric acid (tetrahydrate) per mol of silver.
The mixture was heated at 0 ° C. for 60 minutes for chemical sensitization to obtain an internal latent image type silver halide emulsion.

ExZK-1 was used as a nucleating agent in each photosensitive layer.
And ExZK-2 are 10 ⁻³ for silver halide,
10 ^-2 % by weight, as a nucleation accelerator Cpd-22, 28,
29 were used at 10 ^-2 wt% each. Further, alkanol XC (Du Pont) and sodium alkylbenzene sulfonate were used as emulsification / dispersion aids in each layer, and succinate and Magefac F-120 (manufactured by Dainippon Ink and Chemicals) were used as coating aids. In the layers containing silver halide and colloidal silver, (Cpd-23, 24 and 25 equivalent amounts) were used as stabilizers. This sample was designated as sample number 101. The compounds used in the examples are shown below.

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[Chemical formula 26]

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[Chemical 27]

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[Chemical 28]

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[Chemical 29]

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[Chemical 30]

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[Chemical 31]

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[Chemical 32]

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[Chemical 33]

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[Chemical 34]

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[Chemical 35]

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[Chemical 36]

Solv-1 di (2-ethylhexyl) sebacate Solv-2 trinonyl phosphate Solv-3 di (3-methylhexyl) phthalate Solv-4 tricresyl phosphate Solv-5 dibutyl phthalate Solv-6 trioctyl phosphate Solv- 7 Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate

H-1 1,2-bis (vinylsulfonylacetamide) ethane H-2 4,6-dichloro-2-hydroxy-1,3,5-triazine Na salt ExZK-1 7- (3-ethoxythiocarbonyl) Aminobenzamido) -9-methyl-10-propargyl-1,2,3,3
4-Tetrahydroacridinium trifluoromethanesulfonate ExZK-2 2- [4- {3- [3- {3- [5- {3- [2-chloro-5- (1-dodecyloxycarbonylethoxycarbonyl) phenyl) phenyl Carbamoyl] -4-hydroxy-1
-Naphthylthio} tetrazol-1-yl] phenyl}
Ureido] benzenesulfonamide} phenyl] -1-
Formyl hydrazine

Samples 102 to 106 were prepared according to Sample 101, except that the yellow coupler ExY-2 in the seventh layer of Sample 101 prepared as described above was replaced with an equimolar amount as follows.

Sample 101 ExY-2 (Y-6) Sample 102 Y-1 Sample 103 Y-12 Sample 104 YA Sample 105 YB Sample 106 YC

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[Chemical 37]

Samples 101 to 10 obtained as described above
After Wedge type exposure of No. 6, it was processed in the following processing steps. Processing process time Temperature Color development 120 seconds 38 ℃ Bleach fixing 40 seconds 38 ℃ Rinse (1) 40 seconds 33 ℃ Rinse (2) 40 seconds 33 ℃ Dry 30 seconds 80 ℃

The composition of each processing liquid was as follows.
In the color development, each color developing agent, hydroxylamine and additive were changed as shown in Table 4 and tested. [Color developing solution] D- sorbitol 0.15 g sodium naphthalenesulfonate-formalin condensate 0.15 g ethylene tetrakis methylene phosphonic acid 1.5g diethylene 12.0 ml benzyl alcohol 13.5 ml Potassium bromide 0.70 g additive (see Table 4) 3 × 10 ^{- 5} mol Sodium sulfite 2.4 g Preservative (see Table 4) See Table 4 D-glycose 2.0 g Triethanolamine 6.0 g Color developing agent (see Table 4) 0.15 mol Potassium carbonate 30.0 g Optical brightener (diaminostilbene type) 1.0 g Water is added to 1000 ml pH (25 ° C) (pH adjusted with KOH or sulfuric acid) 10.25

[Bleach-fixing solution] Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid ・ disodium ・ dihydrate 2.0 g Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid ・ Fe (III) ・ ammonium ・ dihydrate 70.0 g Ammonium thiosulfate (700 g / liter) 180 ml p-toluenesulfinic acid Sodium 45.0 g Ammonium sulfite 35.0 g 5-Mercapto-1,3,4-triazole 0.5 g Ammonium nitrate 10.0 g Water was added to 1000 ml pH (25 ° C) (pH adjustment with ammonia water or acetic acid) 6.10

[Rinse Liquid] Tap water was used as an H-type strongly acidic cation exchange resin (Amberlite IR manufactured by Rohm and Haas).
-120B) and an OH-type strongly basic anion exchange resin (Amberlite IRA-400) were passed through a mixed bed type column to treat calcium and magnesium ions at a concentration of 3 mg / liter or less, followed by diluting. Sodium isocyanurate chloride 20 mg / liter and sodium sulfate 1
50 mg / l was added. The pH of this solution is 6.5-
It was in the range of 7.5.

The above color developing solution was treated with both the solution immediately after preparation and after 40 ° C./one month aging, and the minimum density in yellow (ΔD
min) and the change in maximum image density (ΔDmax) were measured with a Macbeth densitometer. The results are shown in Tables 5 and 6.
The images obtained in Samples 104 to 106 are the same as Sample 101.
It was confirmed that the hue was improved as compared with the images obtained in Nos.

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[Table 4]

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[Table 5]

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[Table 6]

Color developing agents 5-A and 5-B are as follows.

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[Chemical 38]

According to the present invention, the increase in Dmin is small and the decrease in Dmax is small even if the developing solution deteriorates with time. In particular, it is found that the effect is remarkable when the color developing agent represented by the general formula (5) is used.

Example 2 In order to more clearly show the specificity in the combination of the yellow coupler species in the light-sensitive material, the preservative of the color developer and the compounds represented by the general formulas (2) to (4) of the present invention. The following experiment was conducted. Samples 101 and 104 of Example 1 were used, again with Compounds 5-A and 5-2 as color developing agents of Example 1 and HA, BH and Compound 4 as preservatives.
-1 was changed as shown in Table 7 below and the same evaluation was performed. The results are shown in Table 7.

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[Table 7]

As described above, specific effects can be seen in the embodiments of the present invention.

Example 3 No. 1 of Example 1 9 but with the addition of 2-
7, 2-12, 2-19, 2-23, 3-3, 4-4,
Nos. 4 to 10 of Example 1 were used. As in No. 9, excellent performance could be obtained.

Example 4 Using the samples 101 and 104 of Example 1, the following test was conducted. For each of the above samples, cyan, magenta,
Exposure condition 1 shown below through the halftone positive of each yellow plate
Contact exposure was performed with R, G, and B lights of ˜3. (Exposure condition 1) The sample was red-filtered (Ratten No.
26) and the white light through the ND filter, the density of the ND filter was adjusted to perform the exposure for 0.1 seconds at the minimum exposure amount that minimizes the red density after the following development processing. (Exposure condition 2) A green filter (Ratten No.
58) and through the ND filter, when the white light was exposed, the ND filter density was adjusted to perform exposure for 0.1 second with the minimum exposure amount that minimizes the green density after the development processing described below. (Exposure condition 3) The sample was blue filtered (Ratten No.
47B) and the white light is exposed through the ND filter, the ND filter density is adjusted to perform the exposure for 0.1 second with the minimum exposure amount that minimizes the blue density after the development processing described below. However, a daylight fluorescent lamp was used as the light source under the exposure conditions 1 to 3.

These exposed samples were continuously processed by the following method using an automatic processor. (Continuous processing was carried out until replenishing twice the tank capacity of the color developing solution.) Processing time Temperature Mother liquor tank capacity Replenishing amount Color development 135 seconds 38 ° C. 25 liters Table 7 Bleach fixing 40 seconds 33 ° C. 10 liters 300 ml / m ² Rinsing with water (1) 40 seconds 33 ° C 10 liters-Rinsing with water (2) 40 seconds 33 ° C 10 liters 320 ml / m ² drying 30 seconds 80 ° C The replenishing method for washing water is to replenish the washing bath (2) with the washing bath (2).
The so-called countercurrent replenishment system was adopted in which the overflow liquid of (1) was introduced into the washing bath (1). At this time, the carry-in amount of the bleach-fixing solution from the bleach-fixing bath with the light-sensitive material to the washing bath (1) is 35 m.
It was 1 / m ² , and the ratio of the washing water replenishment amount to the carry-in amount of the bleach-fixing solution was 9.1 times.

The composition of each processing solution was as follows. (Color developer) Mother liquor Replenisher D-Sorbit 0.15 g 0.20 g Sodium naphthalenesulfonate 0.15 g 0.20 g Formalin condensate Ethylenediaminetetrakis 1.5 g 1.5 g Diethylene glycol 12.0 ml 16.0 ml Benzyl Alcohol 13.5 ml 18.0 ml Potassium bromide 0.70 g-compound 4-1 See Table 8 See Table 8 Sodium sulfite 2.4 g 3.2 g Hydroxylamine sulfate 5.0 g 7.0 g D-glucose 2.0 g 2. 4 g triethanolamine 6.0 g 8.0 g Compound 5-2 (color developing agent) 4.5 g 6.0 g Potassium carbonate 30.0 g 25.0 g Optical brightener (diaminostilbene type) 1.0 g 1.2 g Water In addition 1000 ml 1000 ml pH (2 ℃) 10.25 11.00

(Bleach-fixing solution) Mother liquor Replenisher Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid 2.0 g Same as mother liquor Disodium dihydrate Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid Fe (III) 70.0 g Ammonium dihydrate Ammonium thiosulfate (700 g / l) ) 180 ml sodium p-toluenesulfinate 45.0 g sodium bisulfite 35.0 g 5-mercapto-1,3,4-triazole 0.5 g ammonium nitrate 10.0 g water was added to 1000 ml pH (25 ° C.) 6.10

(Washing water) Sodium chlorinated isocyanurate 0.02 g Deionized water (conductivity 5 μs / cm or less) 1000 ml pH 6.5

The composition of the color developing solution was changed as shown in Table 8, and running was carried out for each of them. Sample 10
It was confirmed that the color positive image obtained from No. 1 was superior to the color positive image obtained from Sample 104 as an image as a color proof that matches the hue of the ink in the final printing. Separately from this, each sample that was wedge-shaped exposed at the start and end of running was processed, and ΔDmin and ΔDmax were determined in the same manner as in Example 1. The results are shown in Table 8.

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[Table 8]

According to the present invention, Dmi associated with running
Good photographic characteristics could be maintained with little increase in n and decrease in Dmax. Moreover, especially when the replenishment rate is 350 ml / m ² , Dm
The increase of in is small and it is good.

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According to the present invention, good photographic characteristics can be maintained with little increase in Dmin and decrease in Dmax due to deterioration of the color developing solution.

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A method of imagewise exposing a silver halide direct positive color photographic material having at least one pre-fogged internal latent image type silver halide emulsion layer on a support and thereafter processing it with a color developer. In the above formula (1), the emulsion layer contains at least one yellow coupler represented by the following general formula (1), and the color developing solution contains at least one hydroxylamine of 0.05 mol / liter or more and the following general formula ( 2) A method for processing a silver halide direct positive color light-sensitive material comprising at least one compound represented by (3) or (4). General formula (1) (In the general formula (1), R ¹ represents an aryl group or a tertiary alkyl group, R ² represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group or a dialkylamino group, and R ³ is a benzene ring. Represents a substitutable group, X ¹
Represents a group capable of splitting off in a coupling reaction with an oxidized product of a color developing agent, and k represents an integer of 0 to 4. However, when k is plural, plural R ³ may be the same or different. ) General formula (2) General formula (3) (In the general formulas (2) and (3), R ⁴ , R ⁵ , R ⁶ and R ⁷ are each a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a carboxy group, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an amino group, Represents an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, a carbamoyl group or a heterocyclic residue, R ⁴ and R ⁵ or R ⁵
And R ⁶ may combine with each other to form a 5- or 6-membered ring.
However, at least one of R ⁴ and R ⁶ represents a hydroxy group. ) General formula (4) (In the general formula (4), R ⁸ represents a substitutable group on the benzene ring, R ⁹ represents a hydrogen atom or a substitutable group on the nitrogen atom ring, and m represents an integer of 0 to 4. ) 2. The processing of a silver halide direct positive color light-sensitive material according to claim 1, wherein the color developing solution contains at least one color developing agent represented by the following general formula (5). Method. General formula (5) (In the general formula (5), R ¹⁰ and R ¹¹ each represent an alkyl group, and R ¹⁰ and R ¹¹ may combine with each other to form a ring.) 3. The light-sensitive material 1 is replenished with the color developer.
The method for processing a silver halide direct positive color photographic material according to claim 3, wherein the amount is 350 ml or less per m ² . 4. The photosensitive material according to claim 1, wherein
A method for producing a color proof by processing with the color developer described.