Method for forming images and silver halide color photographic photosensitive material

A method for forming images, the method comprising the steps of:

• imagewise exposing a silver halide color photographic photosensitive material having, on a support, photographic constituent layers comprising at least one layer each of a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow dye forming coupler, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta dye forming coupler, a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan dye forming coupler, and a non-photosensitive hydrophilic colloid layer;
• and
• subjecting the exposed silver halide color photographic photosensitive material to developing processing including a color developing step, a bleach-fix step and a rinsing step;
• wherein,
• the color developing step is conducted with a replenishing amount of a color developer at 20 to 60 ml per 1 m2 of the silver halide color photographic photosensitive material,
• the silver halide color photographic photosensitive material is formed by adding the compounds represented by the following general formula (IV) and general formula (V) in the production process thereof, each at an amount of 1.0 mg/m2 to 100 mg/m2 and from 0.1 mg/m2 to 5.0 mg/m2, respectively, and contains a silver halide emulsion with a silver chloride content of 90 mol % or more in at least one of the photosensitive silver halide emulsion layers, and
• the silver halide color photographic photosensitive material has a thickness of swollen film of 10 μm to 20 μm in the color developer in the color developing step:
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• (where Y represents a carbon atom;
• Z represents a carbon atom;
• R1 and R2 may be identical to or different from each other, each representing a hydroxyl group, an amino group, alkylamino group, anilino group, heterocyclic amino group, acylamino group, alkylsulfonylamino group, arylsulfonylamino group, heterocyclic sulfonylamino group, alkoxy carbonyl amino group, carbamoyl amino group, mercapto group, alkylthio group, arylthio group, or heterocyclic thio group;
• R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a group connected with Y by way of a carbon atom, a group connected with Y by way of an oxygen atom, and a group connected with Y by way of a nitrogen atom;
• R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a group connected with Z by way of a carbon atom, a group connected with Z by way of an oxygen atom, and a group connected with Z by way of a nitrogen atom;
• and R3 and R4 may join each other to form a ring.):
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• (where M represents a cation;
• and R represents an atom with an atomic weight of 50 or less, or a group of atoms with a total atomic weight of 50 or less.)

A silver halide color photographic photosensitive material of a type applied with a developing processing, after imagewise exposure, including a color developing step, a bleach-fix step and a rinsing step;

• in which
• the color developing step is conducted with a replenishing amount of the color developer at 20 to 60 ml per 1 m2 of the silver halide color photographic photosensitive material,
• the silver halide color photographic photosensitive material having a photographic constituent layers, on a support, comprising at least one layer each of a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow dye forming coupler, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta dye forming coupler, a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan dye forming coupler, and a non-photosensitive hydrophilic colloid layer, to which each of the compounds represented by the following general formula (IV) and the general formula (V) are added in the production process at an amount of 1.0 mg/m2 to 100 mg/m2 and 0.1 mg/m2 to 5.0 mg/m2, respectively, and the residual amount of the compound represented by the following general formula (IV) is from 0.5 mg/m2 to 50 mg/m2 for a period of time starting from one week after production of the photosensitive material and ending six months from production of the photosensitive material, and contains a silver halide emulsion with a silver chloride content of 90 mol % or more in at least one of the photosensitive silver halide emulsion layers:
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• (where Y represents a carbon atom;
• Z represents a carbon atom;
• R1 and R2 may be identical to or different from each other and each represents a hydroxyl group, amino group, alkylamino group, anilino group, heterocyclic amino group, acylamino group, alkylsulfonylamino group, arylsulfonylamino group, heterocyclic sulfonylamino group, alkoxy carbonyl amino group, carbamoyl amino group, mercapto group, alkylthio group, arylthio group, or heterocyclic thio group;
• R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a group connected with Y by way of a carbon atom, a group connected with Y by way of an oxygen atom, and a group connected with Y by way of a nitrogen atom;
• R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a group connected with Z by way of a carbon atom;
• a group connected with Z by way of an oxygen atom, and a group connected with Z by way of a nitrogen atom, and R3 and R4 may join each other to form a ring):
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• (where M represents a cation, and R represents an atom with an atomic weight of 50 or less, or a group of atoms with the total for the atomic weight of 50 or less.)

A method for forming images, the method comprising the steps of:

• imagewise exposing a silver halide color photographic photosensitive material having, on a support, photographic constituent layers comprising at least one layer each of a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow dye forming coupler, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta dye forming coupler, a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan dye forming coupler, and a non-photosensitive hydrophilic colloid layer;
• and
• subjecting the exposed silver halide color photographic photosensitive material to developing processing including a color developing step, a bleach-fix step and a rinsing step;
• wherein,
• the blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains a silver halide emulsion with a silver chloride content of 90 mol % or more containing at least one member selected from the spectral sensitizing dyes represented by the following general formula (VI), and
• the calcium content in the rinse solution used for the rinsing step is 5 mg/l or less.
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• (where R1 and R2 each independently represents a substituted or non-substituted hydrocarbon of 1 to 10 carbon atoms;
• A represents a counter ion required for balancing electric charges of a dye molecule;
• X1 and X2 each independently represents O, S, Se or R4N— (in which R4 is a substituted or non-substituted alkyl, alkenyl or aryl);
• Z1 represents a substituted or non-substituted pyrrole, a substituted or non-substituted furane or substituted or non-substituted thiophene coupled directly to the benzene ring in the formula;
• Z2 represents H, or a substituted or non-substituted pyrrole, a substituted or non-substituted furane, a substituted or non-substituted thiophene, substituted or non-substituted lower alkyl, a substituted or non-substituted alkenyl, a substituted or non-substituted alkoxy, a halogen, a substituted or non-substituted aryl, a substituted or non-substituted aryloxy, or a substituted or non-substituted thioalkyl, any of which are bonded directly to the benzene ring in the formula.)