JPH06250350A - Method for processing silver halide photographic sensitive material - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the change of nonuniform drying in the fresh fixer and running fixer by providing a specified roller in contact with the silver halide photographic sensitive material at the drying and sending part of an automatic developing machine and adding a starter to the fixer. CONSTITUTION:This silver halide photographic sensitive material is developed and fixed by an automatic developing machine, a roller 10 contact with the material to be heated to 70 deg.C is provided in the drying and sending part of the machine, and a starter is added to the fixer. A heat roller is exemplified as the means for heating the roller to >=70 deg.C. Meanwhile, the starter is an additive to be added to the fresh fixer so that the nonuniform drying of the photosensitive material by the fresh fixer is brought closer to the running state. At least one alkali agent is incorporated into the starter, and sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, etc., are exemplified as the alkali agent.

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 photographic light-sensitive material, and more specifically, a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material free from fluctuations in drying due to running by a fixing solution improved by a rapid processing method. Regarding the processing method of. Particularly, it relates to a method useful as a method for treating a black and white sensitive material.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Usually, a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is exposed, then developed, fixed, washed with water and dried to complete the processing. In recent years, continuous processing has been performed by an automatic processor due to the speeding up of processing, and in particular, a rapid drying method by contact with a heating roller at a high temperature is used in the drying section, but always obtain stable quality. Is strongly demanded. In general, when the photosensitive material is replenished from a new solution and continuously processed, the new solution is most likely to cause uneven drying. In particular, there is a drawback that unevenness in drying becomes remarkable when the roller contacting the drying section has a heating means and when the replenishing amount of the fixing solution per unit area of the photosensitive material is small.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a processing method in which the change in drying unevenness from the new solution to the running solution is small even when the processing is performed quickly and the fixing replenishment amount is small.

[0004]

As a result of various studies, the present inventors have found that these objects can be achieved by the following, and have completed the present invention. That is, in the processing of an automatic developing machine of a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which is processed with at least development and fixing steps, it is heated to 70 ° C. or higher at which the light-sensitive material comes into contact with the dry portion of the automatic developing machine This was accomplished by having a roller and adding a starter to the fixer.

A heat roller may be mentioned as an example of means for heating the roller portion at 70 ° C. or higher used in the present invention. As a heat roller, JP-A-3-13265
No. 9, JP-A-3-131854, JP-A2-1407
No. 41, Japanese Patent Application No. 3-235047, Japanese Patent Application No. 2-280
The method of No. 227 can be used. The heat roller is made of amyl, which has a hollow outer periphery with silicone rubber,
It is preferably covered with polyurethane or Teflon. It is preferable that both ends of the heat roller are disposed inside the vicinity of the conveying port of the drying unit and rotatably supported on the side wall by bearings of a heat resistant resin (for example, product name: Rulon). Further, it is preferable that a gear is fixed to one end of the heat roller, and the heat roller is rotated in the transport direction by the drive unit and the drive transmission unit. A halogen heater is inserted in the roller of the heat roller, and this halogen heater is preferably connected to a temperature controller arranged in the automatic developing machine. Further, a thermistor placed in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the heat roller is connected to the temperature controller, and the temperature controller detects the temperature from the thermistor at 65 ° C.
150 ° C, preferably 70 ° C to 130 ° C,
It is preferable to control the halogen heater on / off. As the heating means of the roller portion in contact with the photosensitive material, the higher the temperature is, the more remarkable the effect is, but the heating temperature is preferably 70 ° C to 130 ° C. Further, warm air of 60 ° C. or lower may be combined as in the conventional case.

The starter referred to in the present invention refers to an additive added to the new solution so that the unevenness of drying of the light-sensitive material by the new solution becomes closer to the running state. The starter of the present invention is characterized by containing at least one alkaline agent. Examples of the alkaline agent include sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate and the like.
The amount of these alkaline agents used is preferably 1 to 20 g / liter. The pH of the fixer is 4.3 due to the addition of alkaline agent.
The range of to 5.3 is preferable, and the pH of the new liquid and the running liquid is
The difference is within 0.2, preferably 0.01 to 0.15
Is.

The fixer is an aqueous solution containing thiosulfate, and has a pH of 3.8 or higher, preferably 4.2 to 5.5. Examples of the fixing solution include sodium thiosulfate and ammonium thiosulfate, which contain thiosulfate ion and ammonium ion as essential components, and ammonium thiosulfate is particularly preferable from the viewpoint of fixing speed. The amount of the fixing agent used can be appropriately changed and is generally about 0.1 to about 6 mol /
It is a liter.

The fixing solution may contain a water-soluble aluminum salt which acts as a hardening agent, and examples thereof include aluminum chloride, aluminum sulfate and potassium alum. Tartaric acid, citric acid or their derivatives may be used alone or in combination of two or more in the fixing solution. These compounds are 0.00 per 1 liter of fixer.
Those containing 5 mol or more are effective, and particularly 0.01 mol / liter to 0.03 mol / liter are particularly effective.

Specific examples include tartaric acid, potassium tartrate, sodium tartrate, potassium sodium tartrate, citric acid, sodium citrate, potassium citrate, lithium citrate, ammonium citrate and the like. Preservatives (eg, sulfite, bisulfite), pH buffers (eg, acetic acid, boric acid), pH adjusters (eg, sulfuric acid), chelating agents having a water softening ability, and JP-A- The compounds described in JP-A-62-78551 may be included.

If the fixer concentrate is replenished to the automatic processor by the method of the present invention as the photosensitive material is processed, along with water to dilute it, the fixer concentrate may consist of one agent. Most preferred. It is at pH 4.5 or higher, more preferably at pH 4.65 or higher, that the fixer concentrate can exist stably as one agent. This is because if the pH is less than 4.5, the thiosulfate is decomposed and finally sulfided, especially when the fixing solution is left for many years until it is actually used. Therefore, when the pH is in the range of 4.5 or higher, the generation of sulfurous acid gas is small and the working environment is improved. The upper limit of the pH is not so severe, but if the pH is fixed at an excessively high pH, the pH of the membrane becomes high even after washing with water, the swelling of the membrane becomes large, and the drying load becomes large.
In the fixing solution in which the aluminum salt is used for hardening, the pH for preventing the precipitation and precipitation of the aluminum salt is limited to 5.5.

The present invention may be a so-called working solution in which either the developing solution or the fixing solution does not require the above-mentioned dilution water (that is, the stock solution is replenished as it is). The supply amount of each concentrate to the treatment tank liquid and the mixing ratio with the diluting water can be variously changed depending on the composition of the concentrating liquid, but in general, the ratio of the condensing liquid to the diluting water is 1 to 0-8. Is.

In the present invention, the light-sensitive material is developed and fixed, and then washed or stabilized. For the washing or stabilizing treatment, any method known in the art can be applied, and water containing various additives known in the art can also be used as washing water or a stabilizing solution. By specifying the anti-mold water as washing water or stabilizing solution, not only the water saving process of replenishing amount of 3 liters or less per 1 m ^{2 of} light-sensitive material is possible, but also piping for automatic machine is not required. Furthermore, the stock tank can be reduced. That is, the preparation diluting water for the developing solution and the fixing solution and the washing water or the stabilizing solution can be supplied from the common one stock tank, and the automatic developing machine can be made more compact.

When water treated with antifungal means is used in combination with washing water or a stabilizing solution, the occurrence of scale can be effectively prevented.
0 to 3 liters, preferably 0 to 1 per 1 m ^{2 of} light-sensitive material
It can save liters of water. Here, when the amount of replenishment is 0, the replenishment amount is 0, and the replenishment amount is not replenished except that the amount of the wash water in the wash tank decreased by natural evaporation or the like is appropriately replenished. It refers to the case where a processing method is performed.

As a method of reducing the replenishment amount, a multi-stage countercurrent system (eg, two-stage, three-stage) has been known for a long time. When this multi-stage countercurrent method is applied to the present invention, the photosensitive material after fixing is gradually processed in a clean direction, that is, the processing solution which is not soiled with the fixing solution is sequentially contacted and processed.
Further efficient water washing is performed. According to this, unstable thiosulfate and the like are appropriately removed, the possibility of discoloration and fading is further reduced, and a more remarkable stabilizing effect is obtained. The amount of flush water is much smaller than before.

When washing with a small amount of washing water in the method of the present invention, it is more preferable to provide a squeeze roller washing tank described in JP-A-62-32460. Furthermore, a part or all of the overflow liquid from the washing or stabilizing bath produced by supplementing the washing or stabilizing bath with antifungal water depending on the treatment is disclosed in JP-A-60-23513.
As described in No. 3, it can also be used for a processing solution having a fixing ability which is a processing step before that. This is more preferable because the stock water can be saved and the waste liquid can be reduced.

As a mildew-proofing means, there is disclosed in JP-A-60-2639.
Ultraviolet irradiation method described in No. 39, 60-263940
Using the magnetic field described in No. 61-131632
Method to make pure water using the ion exchange resin described in No.
JP-A-62-115145 and JP-A-62-153952.
Nos. 62-220951 and 62-209532 can be used.

Furthermore, LBWest "Water Quality Criter
ia "Photo Sci & Eng. Vol.9, No.6 (1965), MWBeach
"Microbiological Growths in Motion-Picture Process
ing "SMPTE Journal Vol.85 (1976), RODeegan," Photo
Processing Wash Water Biocides "J. Imaging Tech. V
ol. 10, No. 6 (1984) and JP-A-57-8542, 5
7-58143, 58-105145, 57-
132146, 58-18631, 57-97.
Antibacterial agents, antifungal agents, surfactants and the like described in No. 530 and No. 57-157244 can also be used in combination.

Furthermore, the washing bath is described by RT Kreiman in J. Ima.
ge, Tech 10, (6) 242 (1984), isothiazoline compounds, RESEARCH DISCLOSURE Volume 205, Item 2
0526 (May 1981, May issue), isothiazoline compounds, Vol. 228, Item 22845 (19).
It is also possible to use an isothiazoline compound described in April 1983), a compound described in Japanese Patent Application No. 61-51396, etc. as a bacteriostatic agent (Microbiocide).

Specific examples of the antifungal agent include phenol, 4-chlorophenol, pentachlorophenol,
Cresol, o-phenylphenol, chlorophene,
Dichlorophene, formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, chloroacetamide, p-hydroxybenzoic acid ester, 2- (4-thiazolyl) -benzimidazole, benzisothiazolin-3-one, dodecyl-benzyl-dimethylammonium chloride, N- (fluoro) Dichloromethylthio) -phthalimide, 2,4
4'-trichloro-2'-hydroxydiphenyl ether and the like.

[0020] Others are described in "Antibacterial and Antifungal Chemistry" by Hiroshi Horiguchi, Sankyo Publishing (Showa 57), "Antibacterial and Antifungal Technology Hand Hook", Japan Antibacterial and Antifungal Society, Gihodo (Showa 61). Such chemicals may be included. It is preferable that the water stored in the water stock tank after being subjected to the mildew proofing is used both as the diluting water for the stock solution of the processing solution such as the developing solution fixing solution and as the rinsing water because it requires a small space. However, it is also possible to separately store the preparation diluting water and the washing water (or the stabilizing solution) which have been subjected to the mildew-proofing method and store them in separate tanks, or only one of them may be taken directly from the tap water.

When stored separately in different tanks, various additives can be added to the washing water (or stabilizing bath) in addition to the antifungal means of the present invention. For example, a chelate compound having a chelate stability log K value with aluminum of 10 or more may be contained. These are effective in preventing whitening in the wash water when the fixing solution contains an aluminum compound as a hardening agent.

Specific examples of the chelating agent include ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (log K = 16.1, the same applies hereinafter), cyclohexanediaminetetraacetic acid (17.6), diaminopropanoltetraacetic acid (13.8), diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (18). .4), triethylenetetramine hexaacetic acid (19.
7) and the like and their sodium salts, potassium salts and ammonium salts, and the addition amount thereof is preferably 0.01 to 1
It is 0 g / liter, more preferably 0.1 to 5 g / liter.

Further, JP-A-58-434542 and JP-A-58-434542.
The washing water may contain a silver image stabilizer as described in JP-A-114035 and JP-A-61-83534. Further, various surfactants can be added to the washing water of the present invention for the purpose of preventing unevenness of water droplets. As the surfactant, any of cation type, anion type, nonionic type and amphoteric type may be used. Specific examples of the surfactant include compounds described in "Surfactant Handbook" published by Engineering Book Co., Ltd.

Various compounds are added to the stabilizing bath for the purpose of stabilizing an image. For example, various buffers (for example, borate, metaborate, borax, phosphate, carbonate, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, aqueous ammonia, mono) for adjusting the membrane pH (for example, pH 3 to 8). Representative examples include carboxylic acids, dicarboxylic acids, polycarboxylic acids and the like) and aldehydes such as formalin. Other chelating agents, bactericides (thiazole-based, isothiazole-based, halogenated phenols, sulfanilamide, benzotriazole, etc.),
Various additives such as a surfactant, an optical brightener and a hardener may be used, and two or more kinds of the same or different target compounds may be used in combination.

Further, it is preferable to add various ammonium salts such as ammonium chloride, ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate, ammonium phosphate, ammonium sulfite and ammonium thiosulfate as a film pH adjusting agent for the processor in order to improve the image storability. The developing processing apparatus (automatic developing machine) used in the present invention is disclosed in JP-A-63-163456.
As described in JP-A-3-25436, it is preferable to use a porous organic synthetic resin having no ion-exchange group as a substance for adsorbing a sensitizing dye, and to reduce the amount of replenisher, especially replenisher of fixer. can do.

The porous organic synthetic resin having no ion exchange group (hereinafter, simply referred to as a porous resin) used in the present invention includes 1) macropores having an average pore diameter of 500 nm or less, and 2) quaternary amine. Organic synthetic resins that do not have functional groups such as groups, carboxy groups, and sulfonic acid groups that sequester themselves into positive and negative ions. Its specific surface area is 0.
It is preferably 1 m ² / g or more, more preferably 500 to 1000 m ² / g.

Specifically, this porous resin comprises: 1) styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer 2) chloromethylstyrene-divinylbenzene copolymer 3) methoxymethylol-divinylbenzene copolymer 4) ethylene-divinylbenzene copolymer Combined Methyl Methacrylate-Divinylbenzene Copolymer 5) Methyl Methacrylate-Divinylbenzene Copolymer 6) Methyl Acrylate-Divinylbenzene Copolymer The synthetic method of the porous resin is described in "Chelate Resin, Ion Exchange Resin" by Shuzo Hojo, No. 2 As described in Chapter (page 127 and subsequent pages), a linear polymer addition method, a precipitant addition method, and the like are known, but the method is not limited thereto, and the synthesis may be performed by any method.

A part of the above-mentioned porous resin is commercially available and can be easily obtained depending on the intended use. In the present invention, the total processing time of the developing, fixing, washing, and drying can be set to 40 seconds or less, and by using the above-mentioned photosensitive material and the developing solution, it is excellent even in such rapid processing. Photographic characteristics can be obtained.

Next, the present invention will be specifically described by way of examples, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0030]

Example 1 Preparation of tabular grains 6 g of potassium bromide and 7 g of gelatin were added to 1 liter of water, and 37 cc of silver nitrate aqueous solution (4.00 g of silver nitrate) and bromide were added to a container kept at 55 ° C. with stirring. 38 cc of an aqueous solution containing 5.9 g of potassium was added over 37 seconds by the double jet method. Then, after adding 18.6 g of gelatin, 70
The temperature was raised to 0 ° C. and 89 cc of an aqueous silver nitrate solution (silver nitrate 9.8 g) was added over 22 minutes. Here, 7 cc of 25% aqueous ammonia solution was added, and after physically aging for 10 minutes at the same temperature, 6.5 cc of 100% acetic acid solution was added. Subsequently, an aqueous solution of 153 g of silver nitrate and an aqueous solution of potassium bromide were added over 35 minutes by the control double jet method while maintaining the pAg at 8.5. Next, the pBr was adjusted to 2.8 using an aqueous solution of silver nitrate, and then a 2N potassium thiocyanate solution was added (however, by ion chromatography, the first
It was controlled so that it became a table). After physically aging for 5 minutes at the same temperature, the temperature was lowered to 35 ° C. Monodisperse pure silver bromide tabular grains having an average projected area diameter of 1.10 μm, a thickness of 0.165 μm and a variation coefficient of diameter of 18.5% were obtained. After that, soluble salts were removed by a sedimentation method using a sedimentation agent-1. The temperature was again raised to 40 ° C., 30 g of gelatin, 2.35 g of phenoxyethanol, and 0.8 g of sodium polystyrene sulfonate as a thickener were added, and pH was adjusted to 5.90 and pAg was adjusted to 8.25 with caustic soda and silver nitrate solution.

[0031]

[Chemical 1]

A chemical thickener was added to the emulsion while maintaining the temperature at 56 ° C. with stirring. However, AgI fine particles were added by 0.05% before and during the chemical sensitization. First, 0.043 mg of thiourea dioxide was added and the mixture was held for 22 minutes as it was for reduction sensitization. Next, 20 mg of 4-hydroxy-6-methyl-1,3,3a, 7-tetrazaindene and sensitizing dye

[0033]

[Chemical 2]

400 mg of was added. Further, 0.83 g of calcium chloride was added. Subsequently, as sensitizers, diphenyl (pentafluorophenyl) phosphine selenide, 2.6 mg of chloroauric acid and 90 mg of potassium thiocyanate.
Was added and 40 minutes later, it was cooled to 35 ° C. In this way, preparation of tabular grains T-1 was completed.

Preparation of Coating Sample A coating sample was prepared by adding the following chemicals to 1 mol of T-1 silver halide to prepare a coating solution.・ Gelatin (including Gel in emulsion) 65.6 g ・ Trimethylolpropane 9 g ・ Dextran (average molecular weight 39,000) 18.5 g ・ Sodium polystyrene sulfonate (average molecular weight 600,000) 1.8 g ・ Hardener 1 , 2-bis (vinylsulfonylacetamide) ethane

[0036]

[Chemical 3]

The surface protective layer was prepared and prepared so that each component had the following coating amount. Contents of the surface protective layer Coating amount-Gelatin 0.85 g / m ² Sodium polyacrylate (average molecular weight 30,000) Adjustment to change MT and water content 4-Hydroxy-6-methyl-1,3,3a , 7-Tetrazaindene 0.015

[0038]

[Chemical 4]

Polymethylmethacrylate (average particle size 3.7 μm) 0.087 Proxel (adjusted to pH 7.4 with NaOH) 0.0005

Preparation of Support (1) Preparation of Dye D-1 for Undercoat Layer The following dye was ball milled by the method described in JP-A-63-197943.

[0041]

[Chemical 5]

434 ml of water and 791 ml of a 6.7% aqueous solution of Triton X-200 surfactant (TX-200) were placed in a 2 liter ball mill. 20 g of dye were added to this solution. Zirconium oxide (ZrO) beads 4
00 ml (2 mm diameter) was added and the contents were crushed for 4 days. After this, 160 g of 12.5% gelatin was added. After defoaming, the ZrO beads were removed by filtration. Observing the obtained dye dispersion, the particle size of the crushed dye has a wide range of diameters from 0.05 to 1.15 μm, and the average particle size was 0.37 μm. Further, centrifugation was performed to remove dye particles having a size of 0.9 μm or more. Thus, Dye Dispersion D-1 was obtained. (2) Preparation of support Corona discharge treatment was performed on a polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness of 183 μm that was biaxially stretched, and the first undercoat liquid having the following composition was applied so that the coating amount was 5.1 cc / m ^2. It was applied with a wire bar coater and dried at 175 ° C. for 1 minute. Next, a first undercoat layer was similarly provided on the opposite surface. The polyethylene terephthalate used was one containing 0.04 wt% of the dye having the following structure.

[0043]

[Chemical 6]

Butadiene-styrene copolymer latex solution (solid content 40% butadiene / styrene weight ratio = 31/69) 79 cc

[0045]

[Chemical 7]

2,4-Dichloro-6-hydroxy-s-triazine sodium salt 4% solution 20.5 cc distilled water 900.5 cc A second undercoat having the following composition on the above-mentioned first undercoat layers. Layers are coated on each side so that the coating amount is as described below, and 150 ° C on both sides by the wire bar coater method.
It was applied and dried.・ Gelatin 160 mg / m ²・ Dye Dispersion D-1 (26 mg / m ² as a solid dye component)

[0047]

[Chemical 8]

Matting Agent Preparation of Polymethyl Methacrylate 2.5 mg / m ² Photographic Material with Average Particle Diameter 2.5 μm The above emulsion layer and surface protective layer were coated on both sides of the prepared support by the simultaneous extrusion method. The coated silver amount per one side was 1.75 g / m ² .

Developer Part A Potassium hydroxide 18.0 g Potassium sulfite 75.0 g Sodium carbonate 30.0 g Boric acid 5.0 g Diethylene glycol 10.0 g Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid 2.0 g 1- (N, N diethylamino) ethyl-5-mercapto Tetrazole 0.1 g Hydroquinone 27.0 g 4-Hydroxymethyl-4-methyl-1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone 2.0 g Water was added to 300 ml.

Part B Triethylene glycol 45.0 g 3.3 ′ ′-Dithiobishydrocinnamic acid 0.2 g Glacial acetic acid 5.0 g 5 Nitroindazole 0.3 g 1-Phenyl-3-pyrazolidone 3.5 g Water 60 ml

PartC Glutaraldehyde (50%) 10.0 g Potassium bromide 1.0 g Potassium metabisulfite 10.0 g Water was added to 50 ml PartA 300 ml, PartB 60 ml and PartC5
Add water to 0 ml to make 1 liter and adjust to pH 10.50.

Fixing solution Ammonium thiosulfate (70 wt / vol%) 200 ml Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium dihydrate 0.03 g Sodium sulfite 15.0 g Boric acid 4.0 g 1- (N, N-dimethylamino) -ethyl-5 -Mercaptotetrazole 1.0 g Tartaric acid 3.0 g Sodium hydroxide 15.0 g Sulfuric acid (36N) 3.9 g Aluminum sulfate 10.0 g Water was added to 1 liter (adjusted to pH 4.60).

The automatic processor used in this embodiment is "High X ray processor CEPR manufactured by Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd."
OS-M "was used as a comparison with the automatic developing machine, and the first four rollers in the drying section were provided with a heating means of 90 ° C. for film contact drying, and the remaining drying section was a normal 55. A hot air drying method of ℃ was adopted.
Further, the drive shaft was modified so that the total processing time was 30 seconds.

[0054]

[Table 1]

Table 1 shows the experimental conditions and the obtained results. 30 liters of each experimental developer and fixer were prepared as described above, and at the start, 14 liters were placed in the developer tank and the fixer tank, and the remaining 16 liters were replenished with 320 ml per 1 m ² of film. A total of 50 m ² of film was processed.

Evaluation of dryness. A sensory evaluation was carried out by touching the film coming out through the drying zone with a hand. ○:
Sufficiently dried, Δ: It is in a cold state, but it is temporarily dried and can be used practically, ×: in a wet state.

Evaluation of Drying Unevenness When the exposed film was visually inspected with reflected light after processing, there were some in which the photoselection of the film on the surface was periodically observed in a pitch form, and the evaluation was carried out in the following five stages. 5: Pitch-like periodic unevenness of light selection is not observed at all. 4: Very slight unevenness is observed, but practically acceptable. 3: What caused unevenness and unfavorable unevenness. 2: There is considerable unevenness. 1: The one with severe unevenness.

As shown in the results of Table 1, according to the experiment No. 4 of the present invention, it is possible to obtain an acceptable drying unevenness both at the start and at the time of 50 m ² treatment. Moreover, the total processing time is 3
Even in the rapid treatment for 0 seconds, a product having good drying property and good drying unevenness was obtained. In this example, Fuji Medical X
-Ray film, Super HR-S, Super HR-
A, Super HR-C, Super HR-L, Super H
It should be noted that RH, MI-NP, MI-NC Fuji image recording films LI-FM and LI-HM were subjected to development processing and the same results as in this example were obtained.

(Preferred Embodiment of the Present Invention) The processing method according to claim 1, wherein the silver halide grains are tabular silver halide grains and have an average aspect ratio of 3 to 10. 2. The processing method according to claim 1, wherein the photographic light-sensitive material has at least one silver halide emulsion layer on each side of the support. 3. ^{2. The} amount of silver coated on both sides of the photographic light-sensitive material is 3.
The processing method according to the above 2, which is 5 g or less. 4. The processing method according to claim 1, wherein the swelling ratio is 180 to 230%. 5. The treatment method according to claim 1, wherein dextran having an average molecular weight of 50,000 or less is used for the surface protective layer. 6. The processing method according to claim 1, wherein a total processing time (Dry to Dry) is 20 seconds to 100 seconds. 7. 2. The development processing method according to claim 1, wherein the automatic development processing apparatus has a mechanism in which a cartridge of a developing solution and a fixing solution are used up at the same time when the automatic development processing apparatus incorporates a keshical mixer. 8. 2. The processing method according to claim 1, wherein the used fixing solution is desilvered and reused.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A method of processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which has at least development and fixing steps and is processed by an automatic developing machine, wherein the photosensitive material is heated to 70 ° C. or higher at which the photosensitive material comes into contact with the dry part. A method for processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, characterized in that it has a roller and that a starter is added to the fixing solution. 2. The method for processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 1, wherein the drying time is 15 seconds or less. 3. The replenishing amount of the fixing solution is 3 per 1 m ^{2 of the} light-sensitive material.
The method for processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 1, wherein the amount is 50 ml or less.