Silver halide black & white light-sensitive material comprising spectrally sensitized silver halide grains containing rhodium in a specific amount

A silver halide black and white photographic light-sensitive printing material comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer comprising silver halide grains, wherein said silver halide grains contain rhodium in an amount of 10.sup.-8 to 10.sup.-5 mols per mol of silver halide;

• and said grains are spectrally sensitized with a combination of sensitizing dyes [GS-1) and (RS-1), each represented by the following formula:
• ##STR11## wherein Z.sup.1 represents a group consisting of non-metal atoms necessary for forming an oxazole ring, a benzoxazole ring or a naphthoxazole ring, each of which may have a substituent;
• R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represent an alkyl group;
• R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a sulfo group, a sulfoalkyl group, a carboxy group or a halogen atom;
• ##STR12## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represent an alkyl group;
• Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 each represent a group consisting of non-metal atoms necessary for forming a benzene ring or a naphthalene ring;
• Z.sup.3 represents a group consisting of atoms necessary for forming a 6-membered hydrocarbon ring;
• m is an integer of 1 or 2;
• Y represents a sulfur atom or a selenium atom;
• and X represents an anion.