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US 5,756,268 AGranted
Processing color photographic materials
AssigneeAgfa-Gevaert
InventorsEdgar Draber, Rudolf Tromnau, Manfred Peters
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Abstract
If a color photographic material, which is processed by the process steps a) image-by-image exposure, b) color developing, c) bleaching, d) fixing, e) washing or stabilizing, and f) drying, wherein steps c) and d) may be combined to constitute bleach-fixing, is subjected to a temperature treatment of 0.01 to 30 seconds at 60 to 240.degree. C. between exposure and color developing, an increase of the contrast can thereby be obtained.
Claims3
A method of processing a color photographic material which comprises the following process steps
- a) image-by-image exposure,
- b) color developing,
- c) bleaching,
- d) fixing,
- e) washing or stabilizing, and
- f) drying,
- wherein steps c) and d) may be combined to constitute bleach-fixing, and in order to increase the contrast of the image to be produced the material is subjected to a temperature treatment between said exposure and said developing, which temperature treatment lasts 0.01 to 30 seconds and falls within the temperature range of 60.degree. to 240.degree. C.
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