# US 5,352,567 A · Method for processing silver halide color photographic material using composition having a bleaching ability

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- Number: US 5,352,567 A
- Document ID: US5352567A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 07/948,318
- Filed: 1992-09-22
- Granted: 1994-10-04
- Earliest claimed: 1990-01-22
- Assignees: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Hisashi Okada; Tadashi Inaba; Morio Yagihara
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5352567A

## CPC

- G03C 7/42: Bleach-fixing or agents therefor {; Desilvering processes}
- G03C: PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES (for photomechanical purposes G03F); PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES, e.g. CINE, X-RAY, COLOUR, STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES; AUXILIARY PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY (photographic processes characterised by the use or manipulation of apparatus classifiable per se in subclass G03B, see G03B; photomechanical production of textured or patterned surfaces G03F; electrophotography, magnetography G03G)

## Abstract

A novel method for processing a silver halide color photographic material which comprises color developing an imagewise exposed silver halide color photographic material and then processing the material with a having a bleaching ability containing at least one bleaching agent a ferric complex of a compound represented by at least one of formula (I) and formula (II): ##STR1## wherein W.sup.1 represents an alkylene group containing 3 or less carbon atoms in total; L.sup.1, L.sup.2, L.sup.3 and L.sup.4 each represents an alkylene or arylene group; and M.sub.1 to M.sub.6 each represents a hydrogen atom or a cation; ##STR2## wherein W.sup.2 represents an alkylene group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, an arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, cyclohexane group, ##STR3## (in which W.sup.21 and W.sup.22 each represents an alkylene group, and m represents an integer of 1 to 3, and A represents a hydrogen atom, hydrocarbon group, --L.sub.A --COOM, --L.sub.A --PO.sub.3 M.sub.2, --L.sub.A --OH or --L.sub.A --SO.sub.3 M (L.sub.A represents an alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or an arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, and M represents a hydrogen atom or a cation such as an alkali metal or ammonium)), or a combination of theseof; L.sup.5, L.sup.6, L.sup.7 and L.sup.8 each represents an alkylene group; and M.sub.7, M.sub.8, M.sub.9, M.sub.10 and M.sub.11 each represents a hydrogen atom or a cation.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material comprising color developing an imagewise exposed silver halide color photographic material and then processing the material with a processing solution having a bleaching ability containing at least one bleaching agent; wherein said bleaching agent is a ferric complex of a compound represented by formula (II): ##STR27## wherein W.sup.2 represents an alkylene group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, an arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, a cyclohexane group, ##STR28## in which W.sup.21 and W.sup.22 each represents an alkylene group, and m represents an integer of 1 to 3, and A represents a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, --L.sub.A --COOM, --L.sub.A --PO.sub.3 M.sub.2, --L.sub.A --OH, or --L.sub.A --SO.sub.3 M, where L.sub.A represents an alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or an arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, and M represents a hydrogen atom or a cation, or a combination thereof; L.sup.5, L.sup.6, L.sup.7, and L.sup.8 each represents an alkylene group; and M.sub.7, M.sub.8, M.sub.9, M.sub.10 and M.sub.11 each represents a hydrogen atom or a cation;
wherein said ferric complex of the compound represented by formula (II) is present in an amount of 0.05 to 2.5 mol per liter of the processing solution.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A method of claimed in claim 1, wherein L.sup.5, L.sup.6, L.sup.7 and L.sup.8 each represents an alkylene group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein L.sup.5, L.sup.6, L.sup.7 and L.sup.8 each represents a methylene group or an ethylene group.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein W.sup.2 represents ##STR29##

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said ferric complex of a compound represented by formula (II) is present in an amount of 0.05 to 1.5 mol per liter of the processing solution.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said ferric complex of a compound represented by formula (II) is present in an amount of 0.1 to 0.8 mol per liter of the processing solution.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said processing solution has a pH of 2 to 9.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said composition is a bleaching solution containing an ammonium bromide as a rehalogenating agent in an amount of 0.1 to 5 mol per liter of the bleaching solution.