JP2001312033A - Processing method for silver halide color reversal photographic sensitive material - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent defective desilvering in the processing of a silver halide color reversal photographic sensitive material. SOLUTION: The objective processing method for a silver halide color reversal photographic sensitive material having blue-, green- and red-sensitive emulsion layers on the base and containing flat platy silver halide grains as 30-100 mass% of all photosensitive silver halide grains has first developing, reversal processing, color developing and desilvering steps. The desilvering step has adjusting, bleaching and fixing steps or adjusting and bleach-fixing steps and the adjusting step is carried out between the color developing step and the bleaching or bleach-fixing step with an adjustment replenisher solution which satisfies one of the following conditions A-C and the following condition D. The condition A; the concentration of alkali metallic bisulfite adducts of HCHO in the replenisher solution is >=0.22 mol/L (expressed in terms of the number of moles of HCHO), B; the pH of the replenisher solution is >=8.0, C; the concentration of sulfite ions except ions due to the adducts in the replenisher solution is <=0.02 mol/L and D; the concentration of a water-soluble mercapto compound or its precursor in the replenisher solution is 0.5-100 mol/L.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

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The present invention relates to a method for processing a silver halide color reversal photographic material.

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2. Description of the Related Art A silver halide color reversal photographic light-sensitive material forms an image by a first development which is a black-and-white development and a subsequent color development, and thereafter, is bleached-fixed and desilvered. Alternatively, a desilvering failure (a phenomenon in which metallic silver remains in the film) may occur due to fluctuations in the composition of the pre-bleaching liquid that is provided for the purpose of accelerating bleaching. In a color reversal photographic light-sensitive material, since almost all of the applied silver halide is developed into metallic silver in the first development in the white portion of the color image, the desilvering failure easily occurs in the white portion, and The commercial value is greatly impaired due to the contamination of the white background.

[0003] In the E-6 process, which is a standard process for color reversal films, a pre-bleaching process is included to assist bleaching, and thioglycerol is added to the pre-bleaching process solution. In this state, the amount of thioglycerol decreases, and there is a problem that silver metal tends to remain.

[0004] This phenomenon is a problem that tends to occur when the amount of processing per day is small, and as a result of investigations by the present inventors, it has been found that photosensitive silver halide grains constituting a silver halide color reversal photographic light-sensitive material are hardly affected. Of these, it was found that a large number of tabular silver halide grains easily caused a problem. The improvement in image quality of color reversal photographic materials in recent years largely depends on the use of tabular silver halide grains, and the problem of poor desilvering tends to increase, and improvement has been desired.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the problem of desilvering failure in the processing of a silver halide color reversal photographic material.

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As a result of intensive studies by the present inventors, the objects of the present invention have been achieved by the following methods.

(1) In a method for processing a silver halide color reversal photographic material having a first development step, a reversal processing step, a color development processing step and a desilvering step, the photographic light-sensitive material is at least on a support. One having a blue-sensitive emulsion layer, a green-sensitive emulsion layer and a red-sensitive emulsion layer, wherein tabular silver halide grains occupy 30% to 100% by mass of all photosensitive silver halide grains. And the desilvering step has an adjusting step, a bleaching step and a fixing step, or has an adjusting step and a bleach-fixing step, and the adjusting step is the color developing step, the bleaching step or It is applied between the bleach-fixing step and the following A, B
And a method for processing a silver halide color reversal photographic material, wherein the method is carried out using an adjusting replenisher satisfying at least one of requirements C and requirement D.

A. The content of the alkali metal bisulfite adduct of formaldehyde in the adjusted replenisher is at least 0.22 mol / L in terms of the number of moles of formaldehyde; B. the pH of the adjusted replenisher is 8.0 or more; B. the adjusted replenisher has a sulfite ion concentration of not more than 0.02 mol / L other than that calculated as an alkali metal bisulfite adduct of formaldehyde; The adjusted replenisher contains a water-soluble mercapto compound or a precursor thereof at a concentration of 0.5 to 100 mmol / L.

(2) In a method for processing a silver halide color reversal photographic light-sensitive material having a first development step, a reversal processing step, a color development processing step and a desilvering step, the photographic light-sensitive material is at least on a support. It has one blue-sensitive emulsion layer, a green-sensitive emulsion layer and a red-sensitive emulsion layer, the coating amount of silver halide is 3.0 g or more per square meter, and the desilvering step is an adjusting step. Having a bleaching step and a fixing step, or having an adjusting step and a bleach-fixing step, wherein the adjusting step is performed between the color developing step and the bleaching step or the bleach-fixing step, and The silver halide color river is prepared by using an adjusting replenisher satisfying at least one of the following requirements A, B and C and requirement D in an amount of 800 mL or less per square meter of the photographic material. A method for processing monkey photographic light-sensitive materials.

A. The content of the alkali metal bisulfite adduct of formaldehyde in the adjusted replenisher is at least 0.22 mol / L in terms of the number of moles of formaldehyde; B. the pH of the adjusted replenisher is 8.0 or more; B. the adjusted replenisher has a sulfite ion concentration of not more than 0.02 mol / L other than that calculated as an alkali metal bisulfite adduct of formaldehyde; The adjusted replenisher contains a water-soluble mercapto compound or a precursor thereof at a concentration of 0.5 to 100 mmol / L.

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BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail.

The present invention relates to a development process of a color reversal film, and the processing steps of the color reversal film usually include the following steps. That is, first development (black-and-white development)-first washing-reversal-second development (color development)-adjustment (or pre-bleaching)-bleaching-fixing (or bleaching-
Fixing, bleaching instead of fixing) -second rinsing (sometimes including third rinsing) -rinsing (or stabilizing bath), and the present invention is characterized by adjustment (or pre-bleaching) in such a development processing step. Have

[0013] As the prior art relating to the conditioning (or pre-bleaching) solution, for example, in EP 433,185 A1, the pH is 7 to 10, and the content of sodium bisulfite adduct of formaldehyde is 1 liter (hereinafter referred to as L). (Indicated by に お い て) is disclosed, and in the examples, the pH of the preparation liquid is 9 and the preparation liquid contains 60 g of sodium bisulfite adduct of formaldehyde, but there is no description about the desilvering failure.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-262671 discloses that pH
Is 4.5 to 8, and the content of an alkali metal bisulfite adduct of formaldehyde is 30 g / L or less,
Further, a preparation liquid containing a bleaching accelerator is disclosed. Further, in the examples in the specification, a control solution having a content of a sodium bisulfite adduct of formaldehyde of 60 g / L is described. However, the specification does not disclose the relationship between the pH of the adjusting solution, the content of the alkali metal bisulfite adduct of formaldehyde, the concentration of sulfite ions, and the desilvering failure. These correlations were never known at all.

In these specifications, there is no description of an example in which silver halide grains constituting a silver halide color reversal photographic light-sensitive material contain tabular grains, and the effects found in the present invention have been known. Did not.

The adjusted replenisher of the present invention is characterized by satisfying at least one of the following requirements A, B and C.

First, the requirement A will be described in more detail.

In the present invention, the content of the alkali metal bisulfite adduct of formaldehyde in the adjusted replenisher is 0.22 mol / L or more, preferably 0.30 mol / L, in terms of the number of moles of formaldehyde. And more preferably 0.45 mol / L or more. The content of the alkali metal bisulfite adduct of formaldehyde in the adjusted replenisher can be preferably 1 mol / L or less.

Examples of the alkali metal forming the alkali metal bisulfite adduct of formaldehyde include lithium and lithium.
Potassium, sodium and cesium are preferred, with sodium or potassium being preferred.

Next, the requirement B of the present invention will be described.

In the present invention, the pH of the adjusted replenisher is 8.0 or more, but is preferably 11 or less.
It is more preferably 8.5 or more and 10 or less, still more preferably 9.0 or more and 10 or less.

Next, the requirement C of the present invention will be described.

In the present invention, the adjusted replenisher has a sulfite ion concentration of not more than 0.02 mol / L, except that it is converted as an alkali metal bisulfite adduct of formaldehyde, preferably 0.015 mol / L. Or less, more preferably 0.01 mol / L or less. The lower limit of the sulfite ion concentration other than that calculated as an alkali metal bisulfite adduct of formaldehyde in the adjusted replenisher can be preferably 5 mmol / L.

Next, requirement D of the present invention will be described.

In the present invention, the adjusted replenisher may contain a water-soluble mercapto compound or a precursor thereof at a concentration of 0.5 to 100 mmol / L, preferably 0.5 to 10 mmol / L.

The water-soluble mercapto compound or a precursor thereof is specifically a compound represented by the following general formula (I).

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In the formula (I), M represents a hydrogen atom, a metal atom or a block group capable of cleaving the MS bond in the pre-bleaching solution, and B represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, aryl group, Or a heterocyclic group.

Hereinafter, the general formula (I) will be described in detail.

First, M will be described.

M represents a hydrogen atom, a metal atom or a block group capable of cleaving the MS bond when incorporated into the prebleaching solution and into the light-sensitive material film.

When it is a metal atom, it is preferably an alkali metal and an alkaline earth metal (eg, sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium, magnesium) or silver, more preferably sodium, lithium, potassium,
It is silver.

It is also preferred that M is a blocking group that can cleave the MS bond. Here, the blocking group is a group having a property that the MS bond is cleaved by some reaction when incorporated into the pre-bleaching solution and the light-sensitive material film, and the speed of the cleaving reaction may be fast or slow. . In the case of a group which cleaves in the pre-bleaching solution, the ratio of the form in the precursor in which the MS bond is maintained in the pre-bleaching solution in the running state to the form after cleavage is preferably from 1: 10000 to 100%. : 1 is preferred.

When the MS bond is cleaved at the time of incorporation into the light-sensitive material, the cleavage reaction is desirably fast. The half life of the precursor in the light-sensitive material film in the pre-bleach solution is preferably 1 minute or less, more preferably 30 minutes or less.
Within seconds.

The reaction for cleaving the MS bond may be any reaction. For example, a group that can be cleaved by a hydrolysis reaction can be mentioned.

B represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, aryl group, or heterocyclic group.

As B, -OH, -COOH, -SO
_ThreeH, -N (CH_Three)_Two, -N (C_TwoH ₅)_Two, -N ((C_Three
H₇)_Two, -COOX, -SO_ThreeX (where X is a metal atom
Represents an alkyl group substituted with a group selected from
New Especially -OH, -COOH, -SO_ThreeH, -COO
X, -SO_ThreeHaving 1 to 5 carbon atoms having X as a substituent
The following alkyl groups are preferred. Group substituted with alkyl group
Is preferably one or two.

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

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The method of the present invention is configured to satisfy at least one of requirements A, B, and C and requirement D, but it is preferable to satisfy any two of requirements A, B, and C.

In particular, it is preferable that the requirement A and any one of B and C are simultaneously satisfied, and it is most preferable that all of A, B and C are satisfied.

In one embodiment of the method of the present invention, the replenishment amount of the adjusting solution used in the adjusting step is preferably 30 mL to 2000 mL, and more preferably 50 mL to 1 mL per 1 m ² of the light-sensitive material.
500 mL is more preferable, and 50 to 800 mL is particularly preferable.

In the method of the present invention, the treatment temperature of the adjusting bath used in the adjusting step is preferably from 20 ° C. to 50 ° C., particularly preferably from 30 ° C. to 40 ° C.

The adjusting solution used in the adjusting step of the method of the present invention includes ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid, cyclohexanediaminetetraacetic acid, hydroxyethyliminodiacetic acid, iminodiacetic acid, N-hydroxymethylethylenediaminetriacetic acid, diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid. , Triethylenetetramine hexaacetic acid, and JP-A-58-1958.
No. 45, etc., aminopolycarboxylic acid, 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1′-diphosphonic acid, Research Disclosure No. 18170
(May 1979) Organic phosphonic acid, aminotris (methylene phosphonic acid), ethylenediamine-N,
Aminophosphonic acids such as N, N ', N'-tetramethylenephosphonic acid; JP-A-52-102726;
No. 42730, No. 54-112127, No. 55-40
No. 24, No. 55-4025, No. 55-126241
No. 55-65555, No. 55-65556, and Research Disclosure No. 18170
(May, 1979), a chelating agent such as phosphonocarboxylic acid. The addition amount of these chelating agents is preferably 0.05 g / L to 20 g / L, more preferably 0.1 g / L to 5 g / L, and two or more kinds may be used as needed.

Next, the silver halide color reversal film used in the present invention will be described.

The silver halide color reversal film to which the method of the present invention is applied is a transmission film designed to form a positive image after a photographic-development process, mainly for use on slides and printed originals. Type photosensitive material,
The development process includes first development, which is black-and-white development, and aromatic first development.
It is designed on the premise that it is processed in a processing step including a second development which is a color development including a secondary amine color developer.

Examples of the developing step include the E-6 process (Eastman Kodak) or the CR-56 process (Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.).

The silver halide color reversal film of the present invention comprises at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer, one green-sensitive emulsion layer and one red-sensitive emulsion layer, and preferably comprises an antihalation layer in addition to the light-sensitive emulsion layers. , An intermediate layer, a yellow filter layer, and a protective layer. Each photosensitive emulsion layer preferably has a unit structure composed of two or more layers having different sensitivities.

In one preferred embodiment of the present invention,
An antihalation layer / first intermediate layer / red-sensitive emulsion layer unit (a low-sensitivity red-sensitive layer /
Intermediate red-sensitive layer / high-sensitivity red-sensitive layer (3 layers) / second intermediate layer / green-sensitive emulsion layer unit (low-sensitive green-sensitive layer / mid-green sensitive layer / high-sensitive green from the side close to the support) Sensitive layer 3
Layer) / third intermediate layer / yellow filter layer / blue-sensitive emulsion layer unit (composed of three layers of low-sensitive blue-sensitive layer / intermediate blue-sensitive layer / high-sensitive blue-sensitive layer from the side close to the support)
A photosensitive element to which each layer is applied in the order of / first protective layer / second protective layer can be mentioned.

Each of the first, second, and third intermediate layers may be a single layer, or may have a configuration of two or more layers. The first intermediate layer is further divided into two or more layers, and the layer directly adjacent to the red-sensitive layer preferably contains yellow colloidal silver.

Similarly, the second intermediate layer also has two or more layers, and the layer directly adjacent to the green sensitive layer preferably contains yellow colloidal silver.

It is also preferred that a fourth intermediate layer is further provided between the yellow filter layer and the blue-sensitive emulsion layer unit.

The protective layer is composed of three of the first to third protective layers.
It is also preferable to adopt a layer structure. Two or three protective layers
In the case of a layer, the second protective layer has a sphere equivalent average particle size of 0.10.
It preferably contains fine grain silver halide having a particle size of not more than μm. The silver halide is preferably silver bromide or silver iodobromide.

The effect of the present invention is remarkably exhibited when the silver halide grains of the color-sensitive unit closest to the support contain tabular grains.

In one embodiment of the silver halide color reversal photographic material used in the method of the present invention,
The ratio of tabular grains to all silver halide grains was 30
-100%, preferably 50-100%, more preferably 70-100%.

The value obtained by dividing the equivalent circle diameter of the projected area of the emulsion grains by the grain thickness is called an aspect ratio, and defines the shape of tabular grains. Tabular grains are described in Cleve, Photography Theory and Practice.
(1930)), p. 131; Gatofu, Photographic Science and Engineering (Gutoff, Ph.
otographic Science and Engineering), Volume 14, 2
48-257 (1970); U.S. Pat.
4,226, 4,414,310, 4,43
No. 3,048, 4,439,520 and British Patent No. 2,112,157. When tabular grains are used, there are advantages such as an increase in covering power and an increase in the color sensitization efficiency of a sensitizing dye, and the like. U.S. Pat.
No. 26 describes this in detail. 8 of the total projected area of the grain
The aspect ratio of 0% or more is desirably 1.5 or more and less than 100. It is more preferably 2 or more and less than 20 and particularly preferably 3 or more and less than 10. The shape of the tabular grains can be selected from triangles, hexagons, and circles. A regular hexagon having almost equal lengths of six sides as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,797,354 is a preferred form.

Although the equivalent circle diameter of the projected area is often used as the grain size of the tabular grains, US Pat.
No. 8,106 has an average diameter of 0.6.
Particles having a size of less than μm are preferred for high image quality. It is preferable to limit the thickness of the tabular grains to 0.5 μm or less, more preferably 0.3 μm or less, from the viewpoint of increasing sharpness. Further, particles described in JP-A-63-163451, in which the thickness of the particles and the distance between twin planes are specified, are also preferable.

Further, more preferable results can be obtained by using monodisperse tabular grains having a narrow grain size distribution. U.S. Pat. No. 4,797,354 and JP-A-2-838 describe a method for producing monodisperse hexagonal tabular grains having a high tabularization ratio. Also, EP 514,742 describes a method for producing tabular grains having a coefficient of variation of the grain size distribution of less than 10% using a polyalkylene oxide block copolymer. It is preferable to use these tabular grains in the present invention. Further, particles having a high uniformity of thickness with a variation coefficient of the particle thickness of 30% or less are also preferable.

In the present invention, 50% or more (preferably 70% or more) of the silver halide of the color-sensitive unit (preferably red-sensitive unit) closest to the support has an aspect ratio of 3.0 or more in terms of silver. The effect is remarkable when tabular grains are used.

The effect of the present invention is remarkably exhibited when the thickness of the emulsion layer is relatively large. Specifically, when the entire hydrocolloid layer applied to the emulsion side is dried (55% humidity)
Moisture control) is 22 μm or more, especially 24 μm
In the case of m or more, the application of the present invention is effective. The thickness of the emulsion layer can be usually set to 40 μm or less.

In another embodiment of the silver halide color reversal photographic material used in the method of the present invention, the coating amount of silver halide is 3.0 g / m ² or more, preferably 4.0 g / m ^{2 in} terms of silver. ² or more, more preferably 4.5 g / m ² or more. The upper limit of the coating amount of silver halide (in terms of silver amount) can be about 4.5 to 6.0 g / m ^{2 in} consideration of deterioration of image sharpness and the like.

The photographic light-sensitive material used in the method of the present invention satisfies at least one of the above-mentioned two embodiments, but it is preferable to satisfy both of them, as long as there is no contradiction, in order to achieve the effects of the present invention. .

Hereinafter, the overall color reversal process of the present invention will be described. First, black-and-white development (first development), which is the first step, will be described.

As the black-and-white developer, conventionally known developing agents can be used. As a developing agent, dihydroxybenzenes (for example, hydroquinone, hydroquinone monosulfonate), 3-pyrazolidones (for example, 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone, 1-phenyl-4)
-Methyl-4-hydroxymethyl-3-pyrazolidone), aminophenols (eg, N-methyl-p-
Aminophenol, N-methyl-3-methyl-p-aminophenol), ascorbic acid and its isomers and derivatives can be used alone or in combination. Preferred developing agents are potassium hydroquinone monosulfonate or sodium hydroquinone monosulfonate. The addition amount of these developing agents is about 1 × 10 ^{−5 to 2} mol per 1 L of the developer.

In the black-and-white developer of the present invention, a preservative can be used if necessary. Sulfites and bisulfites are generally used as preservatives. The amount of these additives
0.01 to 1 mol / L, preferably 0.1 to 0.5 mol / L
L. In addition, ascorbic acid is also an effective preservative, and the preferable addition amount is 0.01 mol / L to 0.5 mol / L.
L. In addition, hydroxylamines, saccharides, and o-amines described in the general formula (I) of JP-A-3-144446.
Hydroxy ketones, hydrazines and the like can also be used. In that case, the amount of addition is 0.1 mol / L or less.

The pH of the black-and-white developer of the present invention is preferably from 8 to 12, and most preferably from 9 to 11. Various buffering agents can be used to maintain the pH. Preferred buffering agents are carbonates, phosphates, borates, 5-sulfosalicylates, hydroxybenzoates, glycines,
N, N-dimethylglycine salt, leucine salt, norleucine salt, guanine salt, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine salt, alanine salt, aminobutyrate, valine, lysine, and the like. Particularly carbonates, borates, 5
-Use of a sulfosalicylic acid salt is preferable in that it keeps the above pH range and is inexpensive. These buffering agents may be used alone or in combination of two or more. Further, an acid and / or an alkali may be added to obtain a desired pH.

As the acid, an inorganic or organic water-soluble acid can be used. For example, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, ascorbic acid and the like. As the alkali, various hydroxides and ammonium salts can be added. For example, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide,
Ammonia water, triethanolamine, diethanolamine and the like can be mentioned.

The black-and-white developer used in the present invention preferably contains a silver halide solvent as a development accelerator. For example, thiocyanate, sulfite, thiosulfate, 2-methylimidazole, thioether compounds described in JP-A-57-63580, and the like are preferable. The addition amount of these compounds is preferably about 0.005 to 0.5 mol / L.

Other quaternary amines, polyethylene oxides, 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidones, primary amines, N, N, N ', N'-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine as development accelerators Etc. can be given.

In the black-and-white developer used in the present invention, diethylene glycol, propylene glycol, other amines such as polyethylene glycols, diethanolamine and triethanolamine are used as solubilizers, and quaternary ammonium salts are used as sensitizers. Further, various surfactants and hardeners can be used.

In the black and white development step of the present invention, various antifoggants may be added for the purpose of preventing development fog. As antifoggants, alkali metal halides such as sodium chloride, potassium chloride, potassium bromide, sodium bromide and potassium iodide and organic antifoggants are preferred. Examples of the organic antifoggant include benzotriazole, 6-nitrobenzimidazole, 5-nitroisoindazole, 5-methylbenzotriazole, 5-nitrobenzotriazole, 5-chloro-benzotriazole, 2-thiazolyl-benzimidazole, Nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds such as -thiazolylmethyl-benzimidazole and hydroxyazaindolizine; and mercapto-substituted heterocyclic compounds such as 1-phenyl-5-mercaptotetrazole, 2-mercaptobenzimidazole and 2-mercaptobenzothiazole, and thiosalicylic acid Such mercapto-substituted aromatic compounds can be used. These antifoggants include those that elute from the color reversal photosensitive material during processing and accumulate in these developers.

Of these, the concentration of iodide added was 5 × 1
It is about 0 ^{-6 to} 5 × 10 ^-4 mol / L. Bromides are also preferred for preventing fog, and the preferred concentration is 0.001 mol / mol.
L to 0.1 mol / L, more preferably 0.01 to 0.0
It is about 5 mol / L.

Further, a swelling inhibitor (for example, an inorganic salt such as sodium sulfate and potassium sulfate) is added to the black-and-white developer of the present invention.
Alternatively, a water softener can be contained.

As the water softener, those having various structures such as aminopolycarboxylic acid, aminopolyphosphonic acid, phosphonocarboxylic acid and organic inorganic phosphonic acid can be used. Specific examples are shown below, but the present invention is not limited to these.

Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid, hydroxyethyliminodiacetic acid, propylenediaminetetraacetic acid, diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid, triethylenetetraminehexaacetic acid, nitrilo-N, N, N-trimethylenephosphonic acid, ethylenediamine-N, N , N'N'-
Tetramethylene phosphonic acid, 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid. Two or more of these water softeners may be used in combination. The preferred addition amount is 0.1 g to 20 g
/ L, more preferably 0.5 g / L to 10 g / L.

The standard processing time for black and white development is 6 minutes,
By appropriately changing the processing time, the increase / decrease feeling processing can be performed. Usually, the processing time is changed between 2 minutes and 18 minutes. The treatment temperature is 20 ° C to 50 ° C, preferably 3 ° C.
3 ° C to 45 ° C. The replenishment amount of the black and white developer is photosensitive material 1
m ² per 100 milliliters (shown in the following mL) ~ 5000
mL, preferably about 200 mL to 2500 mL.

In the processing of the present invention, after black-and-white development, washing and / or rinsing are performed as necessary, and then processing is performed in a reversal processing step, followed by color development processing.

Although one water washing or rinsing bath may be used, it is more preferable to adopt a multi-stage countercurrent system of two or more tanks for the purpose of reducing the replenishing amount. Here, rinsing refers to a system in which a relatively large amount of water is replenished, whereas rinsing refers to a system in which the replenishment amount is reduced to another treatment bath level. The replenishing amount of the washing water is preferably about 3 to ²⁰ L per 1 m ² of the light-sensitive material. Also, the replenishing amount of the rinsing bath is 50 mL to 2 L, more preferably 100 mL.
It is about 500 mL, and the amount of water used is greatly reduced as compared with the washing step.

In the rinsing bath of the present invention, if necessary,
An oxidizing agent, a chelating agent, a buffer, a bactericide, an optical brightener and the like can be added.

Subsequently, a reversal bath or a light fogging step is started. In the reversal bath, a fogging agent known as a chemical fogging agent, that is, stannous ion-organic phosphoric acid complex salt (U.S. Pat. No. 3,617,282), stannous ion organic phosphonocarboxylic acid complex salt (Japanese Patent Publication No. Sho 56) No. 32616), stannous ion complex salts such as stannous ion-aminopolycarboxylic acid complex salt (US Pat. No. 1,209,050), and general formula (II) or general formula (III) of JP-A-11-109573. Stannous ion complex salt of a chelating agent, a borohydride compound (US Pat. No. 2,984,567)
), A heterocyclic amine borane compound (UK Patent No. 1,01)
(No. 1,000).
The pH of the reversal bath ranges from an acidic side to an alkaline side depending on the type of the fogging agent.
2, most often in the range of 2.5-10, especially 3-9.

The concentration of tin (II) ions in the reversal bath was 1 × 10 ^−3.
To 5 × 10 ⁻² mol / L, preferably 2 × 10 ⁻³ to 1.
It is 5 × 10 ^-2 mol / L.

Further, the reversal bath is used to increase the solubility of the tin (II) chelate, by using propionic acid, acetic acid or
It is preferable to contain an alkylenedicarboxylic acid compound described in General Formula (I) of JP-A-109572. Furthermore, sorbate, US Pat.
It preferably contains a quaternary ammonium compound described in No. 25.

The time for the reversal bath is from 10 seconds to 3 minutes, preferably from 20 seconds to 2 minutes, more preferably from 30 seconds to 90 seconds. The temperature of the reversing bath is preferably within the temperature range of the first development, followed by rinsing or washing and color development, or within the respective baths, and is generally 20 to 50 ° C, preferably 33 to 45 ° C.

The replenishing amount of the reversal bath is suitably from 10 to 2000 mL, preferably from 200 to 1500 mL, per m ² of the photographic material.

The tin (II) chelate in the reversal bath is effective over a wide pH range, so that it is not necessary to add a pH buffer, but organic acids such as citric acid and malic acid, boric acid, sulfuric acid, Inorganic acids such as hydrochloric acid, alkali carbonates,
It does not prevent the addition of acids, alkalis and salts for imparting pH buffering properties such as caustic alkali, borax and potassium metaborate. If necessary, a water softener such as aminopolycarboxylic acid or a swelling inhibitor such as sodium sulfate, p-
An antioxidant such as aminophenol may be added.

After processing in the reversal bath, the process proceeds to a color development step. The color developing solution used in the color developing process of the present invention is an alkaline aqueous solution mainly containing an aromatic primary amine-based color developing agent. As the color developing agent, a p-phenylenediamine compound is preferably used. p-
Representative examples of phenylenediamine-based compounds include 3-methyl-4-amino-N, N-diethylaniline, 3-methyl-4-amino-N-ethyl-N-β-hydroxyethylaniline, and 3-methyl-4-amino -N-ethyl-N-
β-methanesulfonamidoethylaniline, 3-methyl-4-amino-N-ethyl-N-β-methoxyethylaniline and their sulfates, hydrochlorides, phosphates or p-toluenesulfonates, tetraphenylboron And p- (t-octyl) benzenesulfonate. If necessary, two or more of these developing agents may be used in combination. A preferable addition amount is 0.005 mol / L.
0.1 mol / L, preferably 0.01 mol / L to 0.0
It is about 5 mol / L.

The pH of the color developing solution of the present invention is preferably in the range of 8 to 13, and most preferably in the range of 10.0 to 12.
5 Various buffers are used to maintain this pH.

Examples of the buffering agent having a buffer region at pH 8.0 or more used in the present invention include carbonate, phosphate, borate, 5-sulfosalicylate, tetraborate, hydroxybenzoate, and the like. Glidine salt, N, N dimethylglycine salt, leucine salt, norleucine salt, guanine salt, 3,4
-Dihydroxyphenylalanine salt, alanine salt, aminobutyrate, 2-amino-2-methyl-1,3-propanediol salt, valine salt, proline salt, trishydroxyaminomethane salt, lysine salt and the like can be used. In particular, carbonate, phosphate, and 5-sulfosalicylate are excellent in solubility and buffer capacity in a high pH region of pH 10.0 or more,
Even when added to a color developing solution, there is no adverse effect on photographic performance (stain or the like), and it is advantageous in that it is inexpensive. It is particularly preferable to use these buffers.

Specific examples of these buffers include sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, trisodium phosphate, tripotassium phosphate, disodium phosphate, dipotassium phosphate, and 5-sulfophosphate. Dipotassium salicylate, 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). Preferably, trisodium phosphate, tripotassium phosphate, Disodium phosphate, dipotassium phosphate, dipotassium 5-sulfosalicylate, and disodium 5-sulfosalicylate.

These buffers may be added to the developer alone or in combination of two or more.
The desired pH can be adjusted with an alkali agent or an acid.

The amount of the buffer added to the color developer is
It is preferably at least 0.1 mol / L (in the case of combined use), particularly from 0.1 mol / L to 0.4 mol / L.
L is particularly preferred.

In the present invention, various development accelerators may be used in combination, if necessary.

Examples of the development accelerator include various pyridinium compounds and other cationic compounds represented by US Pat. No. 2,648,604, JP-B-44-9503, and US Pat. No. 3,171,247. And cationic salts such as phenosafuranine, neutral salts such as thallium nitrate and potassium nitrate, JP-B-44-9304, U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,533,990 and 2,531,832.
No. 2,950,970, No. 2,577,12
Nonionic compounds such as polyethylene glycol and derivatives thereof described in No. 7 and polythioethers, and thioether compounds described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,201,242 may be used.

If necessary, benzyl alcohol and its solvent such as diethylene glycol, triethanolamine and diethanolamine can be used.
However, considering the environmental load, the solubility of the liquid, the generation of tar, and the like, it is preferable to use these as little as possible.

Further, it may contain the same silver halide solvent as in the black and white developer. For example, thiocyanate,
Examples thereof include 2-methylimidazole and thioether compounds described in JP-A-57-63580. Particularly preferred is 3,6-dithiaoctane-1,8-diol.

In the color development step of the present invention, it is not necessary to prevent development fog. However, when running while replenishing the color film, various antifoggants are used for the purpose of maintaining the stability of the composition and performance of the liquid. You may make it contain.
As the antifoggant in these developing steps, alkali metal halides such as potassium chloride, sodium chloride, potassium bromide, sodium bromide and potassium iodide, and organic antifoggants are preferable. Examples of the organic antifoggant include benzotriazole, 6-nitrobenzimidazole, 5-nitroisoindazole, 5-methylbenzotriazole, 5-nitrobenzotriazole,
-Nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds such as -chloro-benzotriazole, 2-thiazolyl-benzimidazole, 2-thiazolylmethyl-benzimidazole, hydroxyazaindolizine and 1-phenyl-5-mercaptotetrazole, 2-mercaptobenzimidazole, 2-mercapto Mercapto-substituted heterocyclic compounds such as benzothiazole and further mercapto-substituted aromatic compounds such as thiosalicylic acid can be used. These antifoggants include those that elute from the color reversal photosensitive material during processing and accumulate in these developers.

Various preservatives can be used in the color developing solution according to the present invention.

As representative preservatives, hydroxylamines and sulfites can be used, and sulfites are preferred. These addition amounts are about 0 to 0.1 mol / L.

The color developer used in the present invention may contain an organic preservative in place of the above hydroxylamine and sulfite ions.

Here, the organic preservative refers to any organic compound which reduces the rate of deterioration of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent by being added to a processing solution for a color photographic light-sensitive material.
That is, organic compounds having a function of preventing oxidation of a color developing agent by air or the like, among which hydroxylamine derivatives (excluding hydroxylamine), hydroxamic acids, hydrazines, hydrazides, phenols, α-hydroxy Ketones, α-aminoketones,
Sugars, monoamines, diamines, polyamines, quaternary ammonium salts, nitroxy radicals, alcohols, oximes, diamide compounds, condensed amines, and the like are particularly effective organic preservatives. These are Tokubyo Sho 4
8-30496, JP-A-52-143020, 6
No. 3-4235, No. 63-30845, No. 63-21
No. 647, No. 63-44655, No. 63-53551
No. 63-43140, No. 63-56654, No. 63-58346, No. 63-43138, No. 63-
No. 146041, No. 63-44657, No. 63-44
No. 656, U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,615,503 and 2,4.
94,903, JP-A-1-97953, 1-18
No. 6939, No. 1-186940, No. 1-18755
No. 7, No. 2-306244, and the like. Other preservatives include JP-A-57-44148 and JP-A-5-44148.
Various metals described in JP-A-7-53749;
Salicylic acids described in 80588, JP-A-63-239
447, JP-A-63-128340, JP-A-1-1-1
Amines described in JP-A-86939 and 1-187557, alkanolamines described in JP-A-54-3532, polyethyleneimines described in JP-A-56-94349, U.S. Pat. No. 3,746. An aromatic polyhydroxy compound described in No. 544 or the like may be used as necessary. Particularly, alkanolamines such as triethanolamine, dialkylhydroxylamines such as N, N-diethylhydroxylamine and N, N-di (sulfoethyl) hydroxylamine, and hydrazines such as N, N-bis (carboxymethyl) hydrazine. Derivatives (excluding hydrazine) or catechol-3,5-
Addition of an aromatic polyhydroxy compound represented by sodium disulfonate is preferred.

The addition amount of these organic preservatives is preferably about 0.02 mol / L to 0.5 mol / L, more preferably about 0.05 mol / L to 0.2 mol / L. Two or more kinds may be used in combination.

In addition, the color developing solution according to the present invention includes organic solvents such as diethylene glycol and triethylene glycol; dye-forming couplers; citrazic acid, J acid, H
Competitive couplers such as acids; nucleating agents such as sodium boron hydride; auxiliary developing agents such as 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone; viscosity-imparting agents; ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid, cyclohexanediaminetetraacetic acid;
Hydroxyethyl iminodiacetic acid, iminodiacetic acid, N-hydroxymethylethylenediaminetriacetic acid, diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid, triethylenetetraminehexaacetic acid, and aminopolycarboxylic acids represented by the compounds described in JP-A-58-195845; -Hydroxyethylidene-1,1'-diphosphonic acid, organic phosphonic acid described in Research Disclosure No. 18170 (May 1979), aminotris (methylene phosphonic acid), ethylenediamine-N, N, N ', N'- Aminophosphonic acids such as tetramethylenephosphonic acid;
No. 2726, No. 53-42730, No. 54-1211
No. 27, No. 55-4024, No. 55-4025, No. 55-126241, No. 55-65555, No. 55
-65556 and Research Disclosure
A chelating agent such as phosphonocarboxylic acid described in No. 18170 (May 1979) can be contained. The addition amount of these chelating agents is 0.05 g / L to 20 g / L.
L is preferably about 0.1 g / L to 5 g / L, and if necessary, two or more kinds may be used in combination.

If necessary, various surfactants such as alkylsulfonic acid, arylsulfonic acid, aliphatic carboxylic acid and aromatic carboxylic acid polyalkylenimine may be added.

The processing temperature of the color developing solution applicable to the present invention is from 20 to 50 ° C., preferably from 33 to 45 ° C. The processing time is 20 seconds to 5 minutes, preferably 20 seconds to 4 minutes. The replenishing amount is preferably as small as possible to maintain the activity, but is suitably from 100 to 2500 mL, preferably from 400 to 1200 mL, per m ^{2 of} the light-sensitive material.

After the color development, the color reversal photosensitive material is
Subsequently, a desilvering process is performed. The desilvering step is usually performed by the following steps.

1. (Color development) -adjustment-bleaching-fixing (Color development) -wash-adjust-bleach-fix 3. (Color development)-Washing-Adjustment-Bleaching-Washing-Fixing (Color development) -Adjustment-Bleaching-Washing-Fixing (Color development)-washing-adjustment-bleach-fixing (Color development) -Adjustment-Bleaching and fixing7. (Color development)-washing-adjustment-bleaching-bleach-fixing (Color development) -Adjustment-Bleaching-Bleaching-fixing9. (Color development) -Washing-Adjustment-Bleaching-Bleaching-Fixing-Fixing Among the above steps, 1, 6 are preferable.

In the replenishment method in the above-mentioned processing step, the replenisher of each bath may be replenished individually to the corresponding processing bath, as in the prior art. It may be introduced into the bleach-fix bath, and the bleach-fix bath may be replenished with only the fixer composition. Further, in the step 11, a method is carried out in which an overflow of the bleaching solution is introduced into the bleach-fixing solution, an overflow of the fixing solution is introduced into the bleach-fixing solution in a countercurrent manner, and both are overflowed from the bleach-fixing bath. You may.

As the bleaching agent for the bleaching bath or bleach-fixing bath of the present invention, the aminopolycarboxylate iron (III) complex salt is most commonly used at present. Representative examples of these aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts thereof include: A-1 ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid A-2 ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt A-3 ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid diammonium salt A-4 diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid A-5 cyclohexanediamine Tetraacetic acid A-6 Disodium salt of cyclohexanediaminetetraacetic acid A-7 Iminodiacetic acid A-8 1,3-Diaminopropanetetraacetic acid A-9 Methyliminodiacetic acid A-10 Hydroxyethyliminodiacetic acid A-11 Glycol etherdiaminetetraacetic acid A -12 Ethylenediaminetetrapropionic acid A-13 N- (2-carboxyethyl) -iminodiacetic acid A-14 Ethylenediaminedipropionic acid A-15 β-alaninediacetic acid A-16 Ethylenediaminedimalonic acid A- 17 Ethylenediaminedisuccinic acid A-18 propylenediaminedisuccinic acid and the like.

The ferric aminopolycarboxylic acid complex salt may be used in the form of a complex salt, or a ferric ion complex salt may be formed in a solution using a ferric salt and an aminopolycarboxylic acid. Further, one or more aminopolycarboxylic acids may be used. In any case, the aminopolycarboxylic acid may be used in excess of forming a ferric ion complex salt.

The bleaching solution or bleach-fixing solution containing the above-mentioned ferric ion complex may contain a metal ion complex salt other than iron, such as cobalt or copper.

The amount of the bleaching agent added is 0.02 mol to 0.5 mol, preferably 0.05 mol to 0.3 mol, per liter of the bath having the bleaching ability.

Various bleach-fixing accelerators can be added to the bleaching bath and bleach-fixing bath of the present invention.

Examples of such bleaching accelerators include, for example, US Pat. No. 3,893,858, British Patent No. 1,138,842, and JP-A-53-14162.
Various mercapto compounds as described in JP-A-53-95, compounds having a disulfide bond as described in JP-A-53-95630, and JP-B-53-98.
No. 54 thiazolidine derivative,
Isothiourea derivatives as described in JP-A-53-94927, thiourea derivatives as described in JP-B-45-8506 and JP-B-49-26586, JP-A-49-42349 Examples thereof include thioamide compounds described in the gazette and dithiocarbamate salts described in JP-A-55-26506. Further examples of the bleaching accelerator include an alkyl mercapto compound which is unsubstituted or substituted with a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, a sulfonic acid group, or an amino group (which may have a substituent such as an alkyl group or an acetoxyalkyl group). Can be used. For example, trithioglycerin, α, α′-thiodipropionic acid, δ-mercaptobutyric acid and the like can be mentioned. Further, compounds described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,552,834 can also be used.

The amount of the compound having a mercapto group or a disulfide bond in the molecule, the thiazoline derivative or the isothiourea derivative in the preparation or bleaching solution depends on the type of photographic material to be processed, the processing temperature and the purpose. Although it varies depending on the time required for the treatment, etc., it is suitably 1 × 10 ^-5 to 10 ^-1 mol, preferably 1 × 10 ^{-4 to} 5 × 10 ^-2 mol per liter of the treatment liquid.

The bleaching solution used in the present invention may contain, in addition to the bleaching agent and the above compounds, a bromide such as potassium bromide, sodium bromide, ammonium bromide or a chloride such as potassium chloride, sodium chloride or ammonium chloride. May be included. In addition, nitrates such as sodium nitrate and ammonium nitrate, boric acid, borax,
PH of sodium metaborate, acetic acid, sodium acetate, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, phosphorous acid, phosphoric acid, sodium phosphate, citric acid, sodium citrate, tartaric acid, etc.
Additives known for use in bleaching solutions, such as one or more inorganic acids, organic acids and salts thereof having a buffering capacity, can be added.

The pH of the solution having the bleaching ability is preferably 4.0 to 8.0, particularly preferably 5.0 to 7.0 when used.

In the bleach-fix solution, thiosulfates such as sodium thiosulfate and ammonium thiosulfate; thiocyanates such as sodium thiocyanate, ammonium thiocyanate and potassium thiocyanate; ethylenebisthioglycolic acid; 6-dithia-1,8-
It is a water-soluble silver halide dissolving agent such as thioether compounds such as octanediol and thioureas, and these can be used alone or in combination of two or more.
Further, a special bleach-fixing solution comprising a combination of a fixing agent described in JP-A-55-155354 and a large amount of a halide such as potassium iodide can be used. These fixing agents are used in an amount of 0.1 to 1 L per bath having fixing ability.
It is 1 mol to 3 mol, preferably 0.2 mol to 2 mol.

When a fixing solution is used in the present invention, the fixing agent is also a known fixing agent, that is, a thiosulfate such as sodium thiosulfate or ammonium thiosulfate, or a thiocyanate such as sodium thiocyanate, ammonium thiocyanate or potassium thiocyanate. Thioether compounds such as ethylenebisthioglycolic acid, 3,6-dithia-1,8-octanediol, and water-soluble silver halide dissolving agents such as thioureas. These may be used alone or in combination of two or more. Can be used. The concentration of the fixing agent is 0.1 mol to 3 mol, preferably 0.2 mol to 2 mol per liter of the fixing solution.

In the solution having fixing ability, in addition to the above-mentioned additives, preservatives such as sulfites (for example, sodium sulfite, potassium sulfite, and ammonium sulfite), bisulfite, hydroxylamine, hydrazine, and bisulfite of aldehyde compound are used. An adduct (for example, sodium acetaldehyde bisulfite) and the like can be contained. Sulfinic acids (such as benzenesulfinic acid) and ascorbic acid are also effective preservatives.

Further, various fluorescent whitening agents, defoamers or surfactants, polyvinylpyrrolidone, antibacterial and antibacterial agents,
An organic solvent such as methanol can be contained.

The replenishment amount of the bleaching solution, fixing solution, bleach-fixing solution and the like in the present invention can be arbitrarily set as long as the function of each processing bath is satisfied, but is preferably 30 mL to 2000 mL per 1 m ² of the photographic material. More preferably 50 mL ~
1000 mL.

The processing temperature in each of the bleaching, fixing and bleach-fixing steps is preferably from 20 ° C. to 50 ° C., more preferably from 33 ° C. to 45 ° C. Processing time is 10 seconds to 10
Minutes, preferably 20 seconds to 6 minutes.

After desilvering such as fixing or bleach-fixing, washing and / or stabilization are generally performed. The stabilizing solution generally contains an image stabilizer, but does not have to contain an image stabilizer. In this case, a rinsing solution (washing solution) is sometimes referred to in distinction from the stabilizing solution.

The amount of rinsing water in the rinsing step can be set in a wide range depending on the characteristics of the photosensitive material (for example, depending on the material used such as a coupler), the use, the rinsing water temperature, the number of rinsing tanks (number of stages), and various other conditions. Of these, the relationship between the number of washing tanks and water volume in the multi-stage counter-current method is described in Journal of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (Journal of the Soc).
(iety of Motion Pictureand Television Engineers)
Volume 4, p.248-253 (May 1955)
You can ask. Usually, the number of stages in the multistage countercurrent system is preferably 2 to 15, and particularly preferably 2 to 10.

According to the multi-stage countercurrent method, the amount of washing water can be greatly reduced, and the increase in the residence time of water in the tank causes bacteria to proliferate and the resulting suspended matter to adhere to the photosensitive material. Occurs. As a solution to such a problem, the method for reducing calcium and magnesium described in JP-A-62-288838 can be used very effectively. Further, isothiazolone compounds and siabendazoles described in JP-A-57-8542,
Chlorinated fungicides such as chlorinated sodium isocyanurate described in JP-A-120145;
No. benzotriazole, copper ion, and others, written by Hiroshi Horiguchi, "The Chemistry of Bactericidal and Fungicide Protection" (1986), edited by Sankyo Shuppan, Sanitary Technology Association, "Microbial Sterilization, Sterilization, and Antifungal Technology" (1982)
Year) The Fungicide described in "Encyclopedia of Bacterial and Fungicide" (ed. 1986), edited by the Japan Society of Industrial Technology, Japan Society of Bacteria and Fungi.

Further, aldehydes such as formaldehyde, acetaldehyde and pyruvaldehyde which inactivate the remaining magenta coupler to prevent fading of the dye and generation of stain, methylol compounds described in US Pat. No. 4,786,583, Hexamethylenetetramine, hexahydrotriazines described in JP-A-2-153348, formaldehyde bisulfite adduct described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,921,779, European Patent Publication 504
Azolylmethylamines described in JP-A Nos. 609 and 519190 can be added.

US Pat. No. 4,960,687,
As described in US Pat. No. 4,975,356 and US Pat. No. 5,037,725, an image stabilizer and a precursor thereof are added to a control solution, and these image stabilizers are contained in a stabilizing solution (rinse solution). It is preferable not to do so in order to reduce stains and unevenness generated on the film surface after processing.

Further, the washing water, the stabilizing solution or the rinsing solution may contain a surfactant as a draining agent or E as a water softener.
A chelating agent represented by DTA can be used.

Examples of the surfactant include a polyethylene glycol type nonionic surfactant, a polyhydric alcohol type nonionic surfactant, an alkylbenzene sulfonate type anionic surfactant, and a higher alcohol sulfate ester type anionic surfactant. Agents, alkyl naphthalene sulfonate type anionic surfactant, quaternary ammonium salt type cationic surfactant, amine salt type cationic surfactant, amino salt type amphoteric surfactant, betaine type amphoteric surfactant And two or more of them can be used in combination. Further, a fluorine-based surfactant or a siloxane-based surfactant described in US Pat. No. 5,716,765 can also be used.

Among the nonionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants such as alkyl polyethylene oxides, alkyl phenoxy polyethylene oxides and alkyl phenoxy polyhydroxypropylene oxides are preferable, and alkyl-polyalkylene having 8 to 15 carbon atoms is particularly preferable. Ethylene oxide (5-12) alcohol.

Further, in order to improve the solubility of the surfactant, it is preferable to include a solubilizing agent for amines such as diethanolamine and triethanolamine, and glycols such as diethylene glycol and propylene glycol.

It is preferable to add a chelating agent for collecting heavy metals to the stabilizing solution or the rinsing solution in order to improve the stability of the solution and reduce the generation of dirt. As the chelating agent, the same compounds as those added to the developer and the bleaching solution can be used.

The stabilizer or rinsing solution of the present invention is preferably added with an antibacterial / antifungal agent for the purpose of preventing the occurrence of fungal fungi, and commercially available products can be used. Furthermore,
Surfactants, optical brighteners and hardeners can also be added.

The pH of the stabilizing solution or rinsing solution of the present invention and the washing water are 4 to 9, preferably 5 to 8.
The processing temperature and the processing time can also be variously set depending on the characteristics of the light-sensitive material, the application, and the like.
Preferably, it is 30 seconds to 2 minutes at 25 to 40 ° C. Furthermore,
When the stabilizing solution or the rinsing solution of the present invention is treated directly with the stabilizing solution or the rinsing solution after desilvering without washing with water, the effect of preventing contamination is remarkably exhibited.

The replenishing amount of the stabilizer or rinsing solution of the present invention is preferably from 200 to 2000 mL per 1 m ^{2 of the} light-sensitive material. The overflow solution resulting from the washing and / or replenishment of the stabilizing solution can be reused in another step such as a desilvering step.

To reduce the amount of washing water used, ion exchange or ultrafiltration may be used, and it is particularly preferable to use ultrafiltration. Various treatment liquids in the present invention are used at 10 ° C to 50 ° C. Usually 33 ° C ~ 3
Although a temperature of 8 ° C. is standard, a higher temperature can accelerate the processing to shorten the processing time, or a lower temperature can achieve an improvement in the image quality and an improvement in the stability of the processing solution.

In the processing of the light-sensitive material according to the method of the present invention, when stabilization is directly performed without going through a washing step, JP-A-57-8543, JP-A-58-14834,
Any of the known methods described in JP-A-60-220345 and the like can be used.

In addition, 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,
It is also a preferred embodiment to use a chelating agent such as 1-diphosphonic acid or ethylenediaminetetramethylenephosphonic acid, or a magnesium or bismuth compound.

Following the washing and / or stabilizing step, drying is performed. From the viewpoint of reducing the amount of water carried into the image film, it is possible to speed up drying by absorbing water with a squeeze roller or cloth immediately after leaving the washing bath. As a means of improvement from the dryer side, as a matter of course, it is possible to speed up the drying by increasing the temperature or changing the shape of the spray nozzle to increase the drying air. Further, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-157650, it is possible to adjust the angle at which dry air is blown to the photosensitive material,
Drying can be accelerated by the method of removing the exhaust air.

In particular, the p of the processing solution of the first development which is a black and white development
When the H is less than 10 (more preferably less than 9.8) and the pH of the processing solution for color development is 11.5 or more (more preferably 11.7 or more), the effect of the present invention is greatly increased, which is preferable.

Regarding various techniques and inorganic and organic materials which can be used for the silver halide photographic emulsion of the present invention and the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material using the same, generally, Research Disclosure No. 308119 (19)
89 and 37038 (1995) can be used.

In addition, more specifically, for example,
Regarding the color photographic light-sensitive material which can be processed by the method of the present invention, the technology and the inorganic / organic material which can be used for the silver halide photographic emulsion which can be used for the color photographic light-sensitive material, reference is made to the following places and the following in European Patent No. Patent.

Item Relevant section 1) Layer structure Page 146, line 34 to page 147, line 25 2) Silver halide emulsion that can be used in combination Page 147, line 26 to page 148, line 12 3) Yellow coupler, page 137, line 35 to page 146, line 33, page 149, lines 21 to 23 4) Magenta coupler, page 149, lines 24 to 28; EP 421,453A1 No. 3, page 25 to line 55 5) Cyan Coupler, page 149, lines 29 to 33; EP 432,804A2, page 3, line 28 to page 40, line 2 Item 6) Polymer coupler, page 149, lines 34 to 38; EP 113,334A2, page 113, line 39 to page 123, line 37 7) Colored coupler page 53, lines 42 to 137 Page 34, line 149, line 39 8 to 45: 8) Functional coupler: page 7, line 1 to page 53, line 41, page 149, line 46 to page 150, line 3; page 3 of EP 435,334 A2 Lines to page 29, line 50 9) Preservatives and fungicides page 150, lines 25 to 28 10) Formalin, page 149 lines 15 to 17 Scavenger 11) Others that can be used in combination page 153, 38 Lines 47 to 47: Additives of EP 421, 453A1, page 75, line 21 to page 84, line 56, page 27, line 40 to page 37, line 40 12) Dispersion method Page 150, lines 4 to 24 13) Support, page 150, lines 32 to 34 14) Film thickness and film properties Page 150, lines 35 to 49 15) Color development step, page 150, line 50 Line-page 151, line 47 16) Desilvering process page 151, line 48-page 152, line 53 17) Automatic development Machine, page 152, line 54 to page 153, line 2 18) Washing and stabilization step Page 153, lines 3 to 37.

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EXAMPLES (Example 1) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described specifically with reference to Examples, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

Preparation of Sample 101 On the back surface as described in Examples of JP-A-11-305397, and on an undercoated 205 μm-thick cellulose triacetate film support (opposite the back surface)
Then, a multilayer color light-sensitive material comprising the following layers was prepared, and a sample 101 was obtained. The numbers represent the amount added per m ² . The effect of the added compound is not limited to the use described.

First layer: Antihalation layer Black colloidal silver 0.25 g Gelatin 2.40 g Ultraviolet absorber U-1 0.10 g Ultraviolet absorber U-3 0.10 g Ultraviolet absorber U-4 0.10 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-1 0.050 g High-boiling organic solvent Oil-2 0.050 g High-boiling organic solvent Oil-5 0.010 g Dye D-4 1.0 mg Dye D-8 2.5 mg Fine crystalline solid dispersion of dye E-1 0.05 g.

Second layer: Intermediate layer Gelatin 0.40 g Compound Cpd-A 0.2 mg Compound Cpd-J 1.0 mg Compound Cpd-K 3.0 mg Compound Cpd-M 0.030 g Ultraviolet absorber U-6 6.0 mg High boiling organic solvent Oil- 3 0.010 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-4 0.010 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-7 2.0 mg High boiling organic solvent Oil-8 4.0 mg Dye D-7 4.0 mg.

Third layer: Intermediate layer Yellow colloidal silver 0.010 g Gelatin 0.50 g Compound Cpd-M 0.010 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-3 0.010 g.

Fourth layer: low-sensitivity red-sensitive emulsion layer Emulsion A silver content 0.20 g Emulsion B silver content 0.25 g Emulsion C silver content 0.15 g gelatin 0.70 g Coupler C-1 0.050 g Coupler C-2 0.090 g Coupler C-3 0.010 g Coupler C-6 6.0 mg Coupler C-9 5.0 mg Coupler C-11 0.030 g Ultraviolet absorber U-1 0.010 g Ultraviolet absorber U-2 0.010 g Compound Cpd-A 1.0 mg Compound Cpd-I 0.020 g Compound Cpd -J 2.0 mg High boiling organic solvent Oil-2 0.10 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-5 0.010 g Additive P-1 0.020 g.

Fifth layer: Medium-sensitivity red-sensitive emulsion layer Emulsion C silver amount 0.25 g Emulsion D silver amount 0.30 g gelatin 0.60 g coupler C-1 0.040 g coupler C-2 0.12 g coupler C-3 0.020 g coupler C-6 7.0 mg Coupler C-11 0.050 g Ultraviolet absorber U-1 0.010 g Ultraviolet absorber U-2 0.010 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-2 0.10 g Additive P-1 0.020 g.

Sixth layer: high-sensitivity red-sensitive emulsion layer Emulsion E silver content 0.25 g Emulsion F silver content 0.25 g gelatin 1.20 g Coupler C-1 0.10 g Coupler C-3 0.70 g Coupler C-6 0.010 g Coupler C-11 0.20 g UV absorber U-1 0.010 g UV absorber U-2 0.010 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-2 0.10 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-9 0.010 g Compound Cpd-K 1.0 mg Compound Cpd-L 1.0 mg Compound Cpd-F 0.050 g Additive P-1 0.10 g.

Seventh layer: Intermediate layer Gelatin 0.60 g P-2 0.10 g Compound Cpd-I 0.010 g Dye D-5 0.020 g Dye D-9 6.0 mg Compound Cpd-M 0.040 g Compound Cpd-O 3.0 mg Compound Cpd -P 5.0mg High boiling organic solvent Oil-6 0.050g.

Eighth layer: Intermediate layer Yellow colloidal silver Silver amount 5.0 mg Gelatin 1.30 g Additive P-2 0.05 g Ultraviolet absorber U-1 0.010 g Ultraviolet absorber U-3 0.010 g Compound Cpd-A 0.050 g Compound Cpd -M 0.050 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-3 0.010 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-6 0.050 g.

Ninth layer: low-sensitivity green-sensitive emulsion layer Emulsion G silver amount 0.20 g Emulsion H silver amount 0.35 g Emulsion I silver amount 0.35 g gelatin 1.70 g Coupler C-4 0.020 g Coupler C-7 0.070 g Coupler C-8 0.070 g Coupler C-12 0.020 g Coupler C-13 0.010 g Compound Cpd-B 0.030 g Compound Cpd-D 5.0 mg Compound Cpd-E 5.0 mg Compound Cpd-G 2.5 mg Compound Cpd-F 0.010 g Compound Cpd-K 2.0 mg Ultraviolet absorber U-6 5.0 mg High boiling organic solvent Oil-2 0.15 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-6 0.030 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-4 8.0 mg Additive P-1 5.0 mg.

Tenth layer: medium-sensitive green-sensitive emulsion layer Emulsion I Silver content 0.25 g Emulsion J Silver content 0.30 g Silver bromide emulsion (cubic, sphere-equivalent mean particle size 0.11 μm) silver content 3.0 mg Gelatin 0.70 g Coupler C-4 0.35 g Coupler C-8 0.020 g Coupler C-12 0.020 g Coupler C-13 0.010 g Compound Cpd-B 0.030 g Compound Cpd-F 0.010 g Compound Cpd-G 2.0 mg High boiling organic solvent Oil-2 0.050 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-5 6.0 mg.

Eleventh layer: High-sensitivity green-sensitive emulsion layer Emulsion K Silver content 0.55 g Gelatin 0.50 g Coupler C-3 5.0 mg Coupler C-4 0.30 g Coupler C-8 0.010 g Coupler C-12 0.030 g Compound Cpd-B 0.050 g Compound Cpd-F 0.010 g Compound Cpd-K 2.0 mg High boiling organic solvent Oil-2 0.050 g.

Twelfth layer: Intermediate layer Gelatin 0.30 g Compound Cpd-M 0.05 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-3 0.025 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-6 0.025 g Dye D-6 5.0 mg.

13th layer: Yellow filter layer Yellow colloidal silver Amount of silver 0.010 g Gelatin 0.70 g Compound Cpd-C 0.010 g Compound Cpd-M 0.030 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-1 0.020 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-6 0.030 g 0.030 g of a microcrystalline solid dispersion of Dye E-2.

Fourteenth layer: Intermediate layer Gelatin 0.50 g Compound Cpd-Q 0.20 g.

Fifteenth layer: low-sensitivity blue-sensitive emulsion layer Emulsion L silver content 0.20 g Emulsion M silver content 0.30 g gelatin 0.80 g coupler C-5 0.30 g coupler C-6 0.010 g coupler C-10 0.030 g compound Cpd-I 8.0 mg Compound Cpd-K 1.0 mg Compound Cpd-M 5.0 mg UV absorber U-6 0.010 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-2 0.010 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-3 0.010 g.

Sixteenth layer: Medium-sensitivity blue-sensitive emulsion layer Emulsion N Silver amount 0.30 g Emulsion O Silver amount 0.15 g Silver bromide emulsion (cubic, sphere-equivalent average particle diameter 0.11 μm) silver covered 0.010 g Gelatin 0.90 g Coupler C-5 0.50 g Coupler C-6 0.020 g Coupler C-10 0.060 g Compound Cpd-N 2.0 mg High boiling organic solvent Oil-2 0.080 g.

17th layer: High-sensitivity blue-sensitive emulsion layer Emulsion O silver amount 0.20 g Emulsion P silver amount 0.25 g gelatin 2.00 g Coupler C-3 5.0 mg Coupler C-5 0.20 g Coupler C-6 0.020 g Coupler C-10 1.00 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-2 0.10 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-6 0.020 g Ultraviolet absorber U-6 0.10 g Compound Cpd-B 0.20 g Compound Cpd-N 5.0 mg.

Eighteenth layer: First protective layer Gelatin 0.80 g UV absorber U-1 0.10 g UV absorber U-2 0.050 g UV absorber U-5 0.20 g Compound Cpd-O 5.0 mg Compound Cpd-A 0.030 g Compound Cpd-H 0.20 g Dye D-1 8.0 mg Dye D-2 0.010 g Dye D-3 0.010 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-3 0.10 g.

Nineteenth layer: Second protective layer Colloidal silver amount of silver 0.11 mg Fine grain silver iodobromide emulsion (average particle size 0.06 μm, AgI content 1
(Mol%) silver amount 0.10 g gelatin 0.70 g UV absorber U-1 0.010 g UV absorber U-6 0.010 g High boiling organic solvent Oil-3 0.010 g.

20th layer: 3rd protective layer Gelatin 1.00 g Polymethyl methacrylate (average particle size 1.5 μm) 0.10 g Copolymer of methyl methacrylate and methacrylic acid 6: 4 (average particle size 1.5 μm) 0.10 g Silicone oil SO-1 0.10 g Surfactant W-1 3.0 mg Surfactant W-2 8.0 mg Surfactant W-3 0.040 g Surfactant W-7 0.015 g.

Further, additives F-1 to F-8 were added to all the emulsion layers in addition to the above composition. Further, in addition to the above composition, gelatin hardener H-1 and surfactants W-3, W-4, W-5 and W-6 for coating and emulsification were added to each layer.

Furthermore, phenol and 1,1 are used as antiseptic and antifungal agents.
2-Benzisothiazolin-3-one, 2-phenoxyethanol, phenethyl alcohol, p-benzoic acid butyl ester were added.

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Preparation of Dispersion of Organic Solid Disperse Dye Dye E-1 was dispersed by the following method. That is, water and 200 g of Pluronic F88 (ethylene oxide-propylene oxide block copolymer) manufactured by BASF were added to 1430 g of a dye wet cake containing 30% of methanol, followed by stirring to obtain a slurry having a dye concentration of 6%. Next, 1700 mL of zirconia beads having an average particle size of 0.5 mm was charged into Ultra Viscomil (UVM-2) manufactured by Imex Co., Ltd.
Peripheral speed about 10m / sec through slurry, discharge volume 0.5L
/ Min for 8 hours. The beads were removed by filtration and diluted with water to a dye concentration of 3% by adding water.
Heated at ° C for 10 hours. The average particle size of the obtained fine dye particles was 0.60 μm, and the width of the particle size distribution (standard deviation of particle size × 100 / average particle size) was 18%.

In the same manner, a solid dispersion of Dye E-2 was obtained. The average particle size was 0.54 μm.

Sample 102 was prepared in the same manner except that the emulsion of sample 101 was changed to emulsions A2 to P2 as shown in Table 4.
To 105 were created. In replacing the emulsion, emulsion A was replaced with emulsion A2 having the same mass in terms of silver.

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[Table 4]

In this embodiment, the following development processing was performed.

(Development Processing A) In the following processing steps, 50% of the sample 101 was completely exposed to white light, processed continuously, and passed until the replenishment amount became 5 times the tank capacity. Used (running process).

Processing Step Time Temperature Tank capacity Replenishment amount First development 6 minutes 38 ° C 12L 2200mL / m ² First water washing 2 minutes 38 ° C 4L 7500mL / m ² Reversal 2 minutes 38 ° C 4L 1100mL / m ² Color development 6 minutes 38 ℃ 12L 2200mL / m ² before bleaching 2 min 38 ℃ 4L 1100mL / m ² bleaching 6 min 38 ℃ 12L 220mL / m ² Fixing 4 min 38 ℃ 8L 1100mL / m ² second water washing 4 minutes 38 ° C. 8L 7500 ml / m ² Final rinse 1 minute 25 ° C. ² L 1100 mL / m ² The composition of each treatment solution was as follows.

[First developer] [Tank solution] [Replenisher] Nitrilo-N, N, N-trimethylenephosphonic acid · pentasodium salt 1.5 g 1.5 g Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid · pentasodium salt 2.0 g 2.0 g Sodium sulfite 30 g 30 g Potassium hydroquinone monosulfonate 20 g 20 g Potassium carbonate 15 g 20 g Potassium bicarbonate 12 g 15 g 1-Phenyl-4-methyl-4-hydroxymethyl-3-pyrazolidone 1.5 g 2.0 g Potassium bromide 2.5 g 1.4 g Potassium thiocyanate 1.2 g 1.2 g Potassium iodide 2.0 mg-Diethylene glycol 13 g 15 g Water was added to 1000 mL 1000 mL pH 9.60 9.60 The pH was adjusted with sulfuric acid or potassium hydroxide.

[Reversal solution] [Tank solution] [Replenishment solution] Nitrilo-N, N, N-trimethylenephosphonic acid tank solution ・ Same as 3.0 g of pentasodium salt 1.0 g of stannous chloride / dihydrate 〃p- Aminophenol 0.1 g ナ ト リ ウ ム sodium hydroxide 8 g 氷 glacial acetic acid 15 ml 〃 water was added to 1000 ml ｐＨ pH 6.00 〃 The pH was adjusted with acetic acid or sodium hydroxide.

[Color developing solution] [Tank solution] [Replenisher] Nitrilo-N, N, N-trimethylenephosphonic acid · pentasodium salt 2.0 g 2.0 g Sodium sulfite 7.0 g 7.0 g Trisodium phosphate / 12 dehydrate 36 g 36 g Potassium bromide 1.0 g-Potassium iodide 90 mg-Sodium hydroxide 3.0 g 3.0 g Citrazinic acid 1.5 g 1.5 g N-ethyl-N- (β-methanesulfonamidoethyl) -3-methyl-4- Aminoaniline 3/2 sulfuric acid monohydrate 11 g 11 g 3,6-dithiaoctane-1,8-diol 1.0 g 1.0 g Water was added to the solution, and the pH was adjusted with sulfuric acid or potassium hydroxide.

[Pre-bleaching] [Tank solution] [Replenisher] Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt dihydrate 8.0 g 8.0 g Sodium sulfite 6.0 g 8.0 g 1-thioglycerol 0.4 g 0.4 g Sodium bisulfite formaldehyde adduct 30 g 35 g Water was added and 1000 mL 1000 mL pH 6.30 6.10 The pH was adjusted with acetic acid or sodium hydroxide.

[Bleaching solution] [Tank solution] [Replenisher] Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt dihydrate 2.0 g 4.0 g Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid Fe (III) ammonium ammonium dihydrate 120 g 240 g Bromide Potassium 100 g 200 g Ammonium nitrate 10 g 20 g Water was added to 1000 mL 1000 mL pH 5.70 5.50 The pH was adjusted with nitric acid or sodium hydroxide.

[Fixing solution] [Tank solution] [Replenishment solution] Ammonium thiosulfate 80 g Same sodium sulfite 5.0 g ナ ト リ ウ ム Sodium bisulfite 5.0 g タ ン ク Add 1,000 mL of water ｐＨ pH 6.60 Adjust pH with acetic acid or aqueous ammonia did.

[Stabilizing solution] [Tank solution] [Replenishing solution] 1,2-benzoisothiazolin-3-one 0.02 g 0.03 g Polyoxyethylene-p-monononylphenyl ether (average degree of polymerization: 10) 0.3 g 0.3 g Polymalein Acid (average molecular weight: 2,000) 0.1 g 0.15 g Water was added to the solution to make 1000 mL 1000 mL pH 7.0 7.0.

(Developing Process B) In the developing process A, during the running process (at the time when half the process is completed) and after the running process is completed, a stop period of two days is provided while maintaining the temperature, and the developing process is performed in the same manner. Processing was performed.

(Developing Process C) In the developing process A, the running process was performed in the same manner as the developing process A, except that the replenishment amount of the pre-bleaching solution was reduced to 800 mL.

(Developing Process of the Present Invention) In developing process B, the formulation of the pre-bleaching solution was changed as follows,
1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, and B8. Similarly, development processes C1 to C8 were prepared. The blanks in the table indicate that the values have not been changed.
Since the amounts of H and formalin sodium bisulfite adduct and the amount of sodium sulfite fluctuate, only these were measured before the experiment and corrected for them. In Table 5, the blanks were corrected so as to have the physical properties of the tank liquid shown in (Development processing A)).

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(Evaluation of Sample) (Evaluation of Desilvering) Samples 101 to 105 were each measured at 10 cm × 12.
After being cut into a size of 5 cm and exposed to white light for 10 seconds, development processes A to C were performed.

Thereafter, the amount of silver remaining in the sample was quantified by a fluorescent X-ray method. Based on the measured value obtained when the sample 101 was processed by the development processing A, the amount of residual silver was shown in Table 6 by a multiple (1.0 when the amount was the same as that of the sample 101). It is shown in the converted amount).
The smaller the value, the smaller the amount of residual silver, which is preferable.

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As can be seen from Table 6, when the tabular grains among the emulsion grains constituting the silver halide color reversal light-sensitive material increase, the processing amount is small and the replenishment amount of the pre-bleach solution per day is small. In this case, there is a problem that silver metal tends to remain. In particular, the problem tends to increase when the proportion of the total silver halide exceeds 30%.

On the other hand, it is found that the problem is improved by setting the physical property value of the replenisher of the pre-bleaching solution within the range of the present invention. In particular, the effect of this phenomenon, which was exacerbated by the use of tabular emulsions, was reduced by the effect of Sample 1 using cubic and tetrahedral grains.
Compared to the improvement degree of No. 01, the effect of the combination was remarkable.

Similarly, as can be seen from Table 7, even when the replenishment amount (per area of the photographic material) of the pre-bleaching solution was reduced, the problem of residual metallic silver was improved by keeping the range of the physical properties of the present invention. In this case, the silver halide color reversal light-sensitive material containing no tabular grains was effective, but the improvement effect was outstanding when the ratio of the tabular emulsion was high.

The tabular emulsion and the cubic or tetradecahedral emulsion differ in the properties of the developed silver produced during the development process, and this is considered to cause a difference in the preferable physical range of the prebleaching solution. The physical property range of the replenisher of the prebleaching solution of the present invention itself is a range known so far, but it does not improve the problem caused by the tabular emulsion or the problem caused by the low replenishment of the prebleaching solution. The fact that the scope of the present invention is effective has not been known so far.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A method for processing a silver halide color reversal photographic light-sensitive material comprising a first development step, a reversal processing step, a color development processing step and a desilvering step, wherein the photographic light-sensitive material is at least one on a support. Layers having a blue-sensitive emulsion layer, a green-sensitive emulsion layer, and a red-sensitive emulsion layer.
The desilvering step has an adjusting step, a bleaching step and a fixing step, or has an adjusting step and a bleach-fixing step; The adjusting step is performed between the color developing step and the bleaching step or the bleach-fixing step, and uses an adjusting replenisher that satisfies at least one of the following requirements A, B and C and requirement D. A method for processing a silver halide color reversal photographic material. A. The content of the alkali metal bisulfite adduct of formaldehyde in the adjusted replenisher is at least 0.22 mol / L in terms of the number of moles of formaldehyde; B. the pH of the adjusted replenisher is 8.0 or more; B. the adjusted replenisher has a sulfite ion concentration of not more than 0.02 mol / L other than that calculated as an alkali metal bisulfite adduct of formaldehyde; The adjusted replenisher contains a water-soluble mercapto compound or a precursor thereof at a concentration of 0.5 to 100 mmol / L. 2. A method for processing a silver halide color reversal photographic material comprising a first development step, a reversal processing step, a color development processing step and a desilvering step, wherein the photographic material is formed on a support by at least one of each. A blue-sensitive emulsion layer, a green-sensitive emulsion layer and a red-sensitive emulsion layer, and the coating amount of silver halide is 3.
0 g or more, and the desilvering step has an adjusting step, a bleaching step and a fixing step, or has an adjusting step and a bleach-fixing step, and the adjusting step is the color developing step; A replenishment solution which is applied during the bleaching step or the bleach-fixing step and which satisfies at least one of the following requirements A, B and C and requirement D is used in an amount of 800 mL or less per square meter of the photographic material. A method for processing a silver halide color reversal photographic material. A. The content of the alkali metal bisulfite adduct of formaldehyde in the adjusted replenisher is at least 0.22 mol / L in terms of the number of moles of formaldehyde; B. the pH of the adjusted replenisher is 8.0 or more; B. the adjusted replenisher has a sulfite ion concentration of not more than 0.02 mol / L other than that calculated as an alkali metal bisulfite adduct of formaldehyde; The adjusted replenisher contains a water-soluble mercapto compound or a precursor thereof at a concentration of 0.5 to 100 mmol / L.