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AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakashi Nakamura, Toshio Kurokawa, Keisuke Shiba, Noboru Sasaki, Ken Kawada, Kouichi Sasaki
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A method for processing a silver halide photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support and a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer provided on the frontside of the support, said photographic material being arranged in a processing container containing a processing solution to form a gap or series of continuous gaps adjacent to the surface of the light-sensitive layer between the frontside of the photographic material and the backside of the same photographic material, or between the frontside of the photographic material and a second photographic material, or between the frontside of the photographic material and a light-insensitive member, said gap or continuous series of gaps having a substantially constant gap width, comprising the steps of introducing a processing solution stream into each gap and replacing the processing solution thus introduced in an amount at least equivalent to the capacity of the gaps. A light-sensitive material for photographing is also disclosed, comprising a support in the form of a long roll size having provided thereon at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, said light-sensitive material having plural intermittent projections at both the left and right hand parallel margin portions along the lengthwise direction of the light-sensitive material. The light-sensitive material for photographing is well adapted for the processing method of the present invention.
A method for processing a silver halide photographic material comprising a support and a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer provided on the frontside of the support, said photographic material being arranged in a processing container containing a processing solution to form a gap or series of continuous gaps adjacent to the surface of the light-sensitive layer between the frontside of the photographic material and the backside of the same photographic material, or between the frontside of the photographic material and a second photographic material, or between the frontside of the photographic material and a light-insensitive member, said gap or continuous series of gaps having a substantially constant gap width, the gap width being within the range of from 0.05 mm to 2 mm, comprising the steps of introducing a processing solution stream into each gap by applying positive pressure or suction to the processing solution external to the gap, and replacing the processing solution thus introduced in an amount at least equivalent to the capacity of the gaps, wherein the stream direction of the processing solution is reversed from 3 to 100 times during the course of a single processing step.
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