US 5,011,763 AGranted

Method for processing a silver halide color photographic material

AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.

InventorsKiyoshi Morimoto, Yoshihiro Fujita

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Abstract

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comprising after development, bleaching or bleach-fixing an imagewise exposed silver halide color photographic material in the presence of at least one compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may combine with each other to form a heterocyclic ring; A.sup.1 and A.sup.2, which may be the same or different, each represents an alkylene group having from 2 to 5 carbon atoms which may be substituted; and n represents an integer from 2 to 6. In accordance with the method of the present invention, as a result of accelerated bleaching function, the processing time is shortened while sufficient bleaching is performed, thus providing color photographic images of excellent image quality.

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Dependent claims

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material comprising developing, followed by either bleaching in a bleaching solution or bleach-fixing in a bleach-fixing solution an imagewise exposed silver halide color photographic material, wherein at least one bleach-accelerating agent represented by formula (I) is contained in said bleaching solution, bleach-fixing solution or prebath thereof after color development in an amount of from 1.times.10.sup.-5 to 1.times.10.sup.-1 mol per liter of the processing solution, or is contained in said color photographic material:

##STR22## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom or an unsubstituted alkyl group, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may combine with each other to form a heterocyclic ring;
A.sup.1 and A.sup.2, which may be the same or different, each represents an alkylene group having from 2 to 5 carbon atoms which may be substituted;
and n represents an integer from 2 to 6.

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