US3843367A - Photographic color developing process - Google Patents
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- US3843367A US3843367A US00261367A US26136772A US3843367A US 3843367 A US3843367 A US 3843367A US 00261367 A US00261367 A US 00261367A US 26136772 A US26136772 A US 26136772A US 3843367 A US3843367 A US 3843367A
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- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 title claims abstract description 13
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 26
- 238000004061 bleaching Methods 0.000 claims abstract description 22
- -1 SILVER HALIDE Chemical class 0.000 claims abstract description 17
- 150000002923 oximes Chemical class 0.000 claims abstract description 17
- 229910052709 silver Inorganic materials 0.000 claims abstract description 16
- 239000004332 silver Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 16
- BQCADISMDOOEFD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Silver Chemical group [Ag] BQCADISMDOOEFD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims abstract description 9
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- UFHFLCQGNIYNRP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Hydrogen Chemical group [H][H] UFHFLCQGNIYNRP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 abstract description 3
- 229910052739 hydrogen Inorganic materials 0.000 abstract description 3
- 239000001257 hydrogen Substances 0.000 abstract description 3
- OKTJSMMVPCPJKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Carbon Chemical group [C] OKTJSMMVPCPJKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 abstract 2
- 239000000126 substance Substances 0.000 description 10
- 125000001931 aliphatic group Chemical group 0.000 description 7
- 125000004432 carbon atom Chemical group C* 0.000 description 7
- 239000007844 bleaching agent Substances 0.000 description 6
- XYXNTHIYBIDHGM-UHFFFAOYSA-N ammonium thiosulfate Chemical compound [NH4+].[NH4+].[O-]S([O-])(=O)=S XYXNTHIYBIDHGM-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 5
- 125000003178 carboxy group Chemical group [H]OC(*)=O 0.000 description 4
- 239000000460 chlorine Substances 0.000 description 4
- 150000001875 compounds Chemical class 0.000 description 4
- GGCZERPQGJTIQP-UHFFFAOYSA-N sodium;9,10-dioxoanthracene-2-sulfonic acid Chemical compound [Na+].C1=CC=C2C(=O)C3=CC(S(=O)(=O)O)=CC=C3C(=O)C2=C1 GGCZERPQGJTIQP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- KCXVZYZYPLLWCC-UHFFFAOYSA-N EDTA Chemical compound OC(=O)CN(CC(O)=O)CCN(CC(O)=O)CC(O)=O KCXVZYZYPLLWCC-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 3
- VTLYFUHAOXGGBS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Fe3+ Chemical class [Fe+3] VTLYFUHAOXGGBS-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 3
- DGAQECJNVWCQMB-PUAWFVPOSA-M Ilexoside XXIX Chemical compound C[C@@H]1CC[C@@]2(CC[C@@]3(C(=CC[C@H]4[C@]3(CC[C@@H]5[C@@]4(CC[C@@H](C5(C)C)OS(=O)(=O)[O-])C)C)[C@@H]2[C@]1(C)O)C)C(=O)O[C@H]6[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O6)CO)O)O)O.[Na+] DGAQECJNVWCQMB-PUAWFVPOSA-M 0.000 description 3
- 125000002837 carbocyclic group Chemical group 0.000 description 3
- 229960001484 edetic acid Drugs 0.000 description 3
- 239000000839 emulsion Substances 0.000 description 3
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- 239000007800 oxidant agent Substances 0.000 description 3
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- 239000011734 sodium Substances 0.000 description 3
- 229910052708 sodium Inorganic materials 0.000 description 3
- ZAMOUSCENKQFHK-UHFFFAOYSA-N Chlorine atom Chemical compound [Cl] ZAMOUSCENKQFHK-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- RGSFGYAAUTVSQA-UHFFFAOYSA-N Cyclopentane Chemical compound C1CCCC1 RGSFGYAAUTVSQA-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- WTDHULULXKLSOZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Hydroxylamine hydrochloride Chemical compound Cl.ON WTDHULULXKLSOZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- NQRYJNQNLNOLGT-UHFFFAOYSA-N Piperidine Chemical compound C1CCNCC1 NQRYJNQNLNOLGT-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 229940101006 anhydrous sodium sulfite Drugs 0.000 description 2
- 239000007795 chemical reaction product Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000003795 chemical substances by application Substances 0.000 description 2
- 229910052801 chlorine Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 229910052736 halogen Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 150000002367 halogens Chemical class 0.000 description 2
- 125000000623 heterocyclic group Chemical group 0.000 description 2
- 125000002887 hydroxy group Chemical group [H]O* 0.000 description 2
- RBTARNINKXHZNM-UHFFFAOYSA-K iron trichloride Chemical compound Cl[Fe](Cl)Cl RBTARNINKXHZNM-UHFFFAOYSA-K 0.000 description 2
- 125000001570 methylene group Chemical group [H]C([H])([*:1])[*:2] 0.000 description 2
- IOLCXVTUBQKXJR-UHFFFAOYSA-M potassium bromide Chemical compound [K+].[Br-] IOLCXVTUBQKXJR-UHFFFAOYSA-M 0.000 description 2
- BWHMMNNQKKPAPP-UHFFFAOYSA-L potassium carbonate Chemical compound [K+].[K+].[O-]C([O-])=O BWHMMNNQKKPAPP-UHFFFAOYSA-L 0.000 description 2
- GEHJYWRUCIMESM-UHFFFAOYSA-L sodium sulfite Chemical compound [Na+].[Na+].[O-]S([O-])=O GEHJYWRUCIMESM-UHFFFAOYSA-L 0.000 description 2
- XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N water Substances O XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- CBCKQZAAMUWICA-UHFFFAOYSA-N 1,4-phenylenediamine Chemical compound NC1=CC=C(N)C=C1 CBCKQZAAMUWICA-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- CDAWCLOXVUBKRW-UHFFFAOYSA-N 2-aminophenol Chemical class NC1=CC=CC=C1O CDAWCLOXVUBKRW-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- OURXRFYZEOUCRM-UHFFFAOYSA-N 4-hydroxymorpholine Chemical class ON1CCOCC1 OURXRFYZEOUCRM-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- XDTMQSROBMDMFD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Cyclohexane Chemical compound C1CCCCC1 XDTMQSROBMDMFD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- QXNVGIXVLWOKEQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Disodium Chemical class [Na][Na] QXNVGIXVLWOKEQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 229910021578 Iron(III) chloride Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 239000007864 aqueous solution Substances 0.000 description 1
- 150000001491 aromatic compounds Chemical class 0.000 description 1
- 125000003118 aryl group Chemical group 0.000 description 1
- 238000007796 conventional method Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000000354 decomposition reaction Methods 0.000 description 1
- DMEGYFMYUHOHGS-UHFFFAOYSA-N heptamethylene Natural products C1CCCCCC1 DMEGYFMYUHOHGS-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 125000004435 hydrogen atom Chemical group [H]* 0.000 description 1
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 description 1
- MKQLBNJQQZRQJU-UHFFFAOYSA-N morpholin-4-amine Chemical class NN1CCOCC1 MKQLBNJQQZRQJU-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 125000003544 oxime group Chemical group 0.000 description 1
- 229910000027 potassium carbonate Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 238000002360 preparation method Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000002265 prevention Effects 0.000 description 1
- 125000002924 primary amino group Chemical group [H]N([H])* 0.000 description 1
- 238000003672 processing method Methods 0.000 description 1
- NDGRWYRVNANFNB-UHFFFAOYSA-N pyrazolidin-3-one Chemical class O=C1CCNN1 NDGRWYRVNANFNB-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- AKHNMLFCWUSKQB-UHFFFAOYSA-L sodium thiosulfate Chemical compound [Na+].[Na+].[O-]S([O-])(=O)=S AKHNMLFCWUSKQB-UHFFFAOYSA-L 0.000 description 1
- 235000019345 sodium thiosulphate Nutrition 0.000 description 1
- 239000002904 solvent Substances 0.000 description 1
- DHCDFWKWKRSZHF-UHFFFAOYSA-N sulfurothioic S-acid Chemical compound OS(O)(=O)=S DHCDFWKWKRSZHF-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
- G03C—PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES; PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES, e.g. CINE, X-RAY, COLOUR, STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES; AUXILIARY PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY
- G03C7/00—Multicolour photographic processes or agents therefor; Regeneration of such processing agents; Photosensitive materials for multicolour processes
- G03C7/30—Colour processes using colour-coupling substances; Materials therefor; Preparing or processing such materials
- G03C7/42—Bleach-fixing or agents therefor ; Desilvering processes
- G03C7/421—Additives other than bleaching or fixing agents
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- This invention relates to a photographic color developing process, which is intended in particular for high-speed processing, in which oximes are used as anti-bleach-fogging agents.
- colored photographic images can be produced by chromogenic development, i.e. by developing silver halide emulsion layers, which have been exposed image-wise in the presence of suitable color couplers by means of suitable color-forming developer substances, known as color developers, the oxidation product of the developer substances being formed in correspondence with the silver image and reacting with the color coupler to form a dye image.
- color developers suitable color-forming developer substances
- Aromatic compounds containing primary amino groups, especially those of the p-phenylene diamine type, are generally used as color developers.
- the photographic material has to be treated with a bleaching bath and a fixing bath, or with a combined bleach and fixing bath in order to remove image silver and any silver halide still present after development.
- the bleaching substances used are oxidizing agents which oxidize residues of color developers which are still present in the photographic emulsion from the developing process and which, in the presence of color couplers, lead to the undesirable formation of a fog of an azomethine or indoquinone dye, referred to hereinafter as bleach-induced fogging.
- the object of the invention is to improve bleaching or bleach-fixing baths for color photographic processes, especially for high-speed processing, by the addition of substances which prevent the formation of bleach-induced fogs and which are sutficiently stable in the baths.
- a photographic color-developing process for the production of colored images using a. color photographic material with at least one image-wise exposed silver halide emulsion layer by color development, bleaching and fixing or bleach-fixing, has now been found in which the bleaching or bleach-fixing operation is carried out in the presence of a water-soluble, aliphatic, carbocyclic or heterocyclic oxime.
- Oximes corresponding to the following formula are particularly suitable:
- R hydrogen or an aliphatic, preferably saturated, radical with up to 12, preferably up to 5 carbon atoms which may be substituted, for example with halogen, such as chlorine, hydroxy, short-chain alkoxy radicals with preferably up to 3 carbon atoms such as methoxy, carboxy, esterified carboxy, preferably carboxy esterified with short-chain aliphatic alcohols, or an oxime p;
- R an aliphatic, preferably saturated, radical with up to 12, preferably up to 5 carbon atoms, which may be substituted, for example with halogen such as chlorine, hydroxy, short-chain alkoxy radicals with preferably up to 3 carbon atoms such as methoxy, carboxy, esterified carboxy, preferably carboxy esterified with shortchain aliphatic alcohols, or an. oxime group,
- R and R together may represent the ring members required to complete a preferably saturated, carbocyclic or heterocyclic 5- or 6-membered ring such as, for example, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, hexahydropyridine, hexahydropyrrole or the like.
- R and/or R represent an aliphatic radical with up to 5 carbon atoms.
- the aforementioned substances are added to the bleaching or bleach-fixing bath preferably in quantities of from 0.5 to 10 g. per litre. It is also possible to pre-treat the material development briefly with an aqueous solution of the compounds according to the invention before the bleaching or bleach-fixing operation. In this case, it is advisable to use the oximes according to the invention in relatively high concentration. Useful results are obtained for example with aqueous pretreatment baths containing from 5 to 50 g. per litre of the oximes to be used in accordance with the invention.
- the oximes can of course also be used in conventional methods of processing color-photographic materials, in which case intermediate rinsing is generally carried out between the developer bath, and the bleaching and fixing baths or the bleach-fixing bath. However, they are used with particular advantage in so-called high-speed processing which is preferably carried out at a slightly elevated temperature and in which the need for intermediate rinsing should be eliminated where possible. Although, as a rule, heavy bleach-induced fogging readily occurs in this case, it is effectively suppressed in the presence of the oximes.
- the oximes are used with particular advantage in processing machines with small bath volumes, for example, table-top machines, so-called one-off developing machines and the like, being less suitable for large processing machines with correspondingly large bath volumes on account of the gradual decomposition governed by the pH- value of the processing bath.
- the bleaching baths normally used in photography can be used as the bleaching or bleach-fixing bath.
- the bleaching substances are generally oxidizing agents which are able to oxidize metallic silver present in the photographic material into the silver salt.
- Preferred bleaches are iron (III) compounds, such as, for example, iron (III) chloride, potassium ferricyanide or the iron (III) salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid.
- Photographic bleach-fixing baths are photographic treatment baths in which bleaching oxidizing agents are combined with a silver salt solvent such as sodium thiosulfate or ammonium thiosulfate. Other complex-forming agents may also be present. Treatment with a bleach-fixing bath not only oxidizes the metallic silver into the silver salt but also subsequently dissolves out of the layer the silver salt formed. Bleaching and bleach-fixing baths are known in the photographic art. Reference is made for example to H. Berger Agfacolor, 6th Edition, pages 260 and 262, and to E. Mutter, Die nike und angewandte Photographie," Vol. IV (1967), pages 348, 352, 353 and 362.
- the bleach-fixing baths according to the invention preferably contain 100 to 200 g. of sodium or ammonium thiosulfate per litre.
- White couplers are substances which are able to react with color developer oxidation products without forming a dye.
- White couplers as such are known, for example, reference is made to German Pat. No. 1,155,675 wherein the preparation of white or colorless couplers can be effected by the process described as follows.
- bleachfixing baths which, in addition to the oximes and a thiosulfate content which may be increased, contain from 1 to 5 g.. of a white coupler substance per litre.
- N-butyl-N-w-sulfobutyl-p-phenylenediamine 4 g. of anhydrous sodium sulfite 2 g. of hydroxylamine hydrochloride 100 g. of potassium carbonate 1 g. of potassium bromide made up with water to 1,000
- the process for the production of colored photographic images including the steps of imagewise exposing a color photographic material containing at least one silver halide layer, developing the exposed material with color-developer to form the dye-image in the presence of color-couplers and treating the material with a bath that bleaches and fixes the developed material to remove developed silver and residual silver halide, wherein the improvement comprises the bleaching of the developed material is in the presence of a water-soluble oxi-me in the bath, corresponding to the following formula:
- the amount of oxime being such that it reduces the formation of color fog during bleaching.
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DE19712129202 DE2129202A1 (de) | 1971-06-12 | 1971-06-12 | Fotografisches Farbentwicklungsverfahren |
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FR (1) | FR2141847B3 (fr) |
GB (1) | GB1348360A (fr) |
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US3997348A (en) * | 1973-07-13 | 1976-12-14 | Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. | Color photographic processing method |
US4066459A (en) * | 1976-01-26 | 1978-01-03 | Horizons Incorporated, A Division Of Horizons Research Incorporated | Free radical photosensitive compositions with improved sensitivity and shelf life stability |
US4301223A (en) * | 1979-05-17 | 1981-11-17 | Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. | Method of stabilizing organic substrate materials to light |
US5534394A (en) * | 1989-12-21 | 1996-07-09 | Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. | Method for processing silver halide color photographic materials |
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US4966834A (en) * | 1987-09-03 | 1990-10-30 | Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. | Method for processing a silver halide color photographic material |
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- 1972-06-08 GB GB2674372A patent/GB1348360A/en not_active Expired
- 1972-06-09 US US00261367A patent/US3843367A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1972-06-12 FR FR7221129A patent/FR2141847B3/fr not_active Expired
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US3997348A (en) * | 1973-07-13 | 1976-12-14 | Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. | Color photographic processing method |
US4066459A (en) * | 1976-01-26 | 1978-01-03 | Horizons Incorporated, A Division Of Horizons Research Incorporated | Free radical photosensitive compositions with improved sensitivity and shelf life stability |
US4301223A (en) * | 1979-05-17 | 1981-11-17 | Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. | Method of stabilizing organic substrate materials to light |
US5534394A (en) * | 1989-12-21 | 1996-07-09 | Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. | Method for processing silver halide color photographic materials |
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BE784441A (nl) | 1972-12-06 |
GB1348360A (en) | 1974-03-13 |
FR2141847A1 (fr) | 1973-01-26 |
FR2141847B3 (fr) | 1975-08-08 |
DE2129202A1 (de) | 1972-12-14 |
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