Method for the processing of silver halide color photographic light-sensitive materials
AssigneeKonishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsShigeharu Koboshi, Masayuki Kurematsu
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Abstract
A method of stabilization using a plurality of baths which are replenished by a multi-stage counterflow system with the final bath having a pH of from 2.0 to 6.5.
Claims4
In a method for the processing of a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive materials wherein said material, after being processed in a fixing bath or a bleach-fixing bath, is processed in a stabilization bath without through a substantial washing process, the improvement characterized in that the stabilization bath consists of a plurality of baths which are replenished by a multistage counterflow system, the replenishing quantity to the stabilization bath being in the range from three to fifty times as much as the quantity of a processing solution brought into the first stabilization bath from a preceding bath by a unit area of the light sensitive materials, and at least the final bath of said stabilization bath having a pH value of from 2.0 to 6.5.
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