Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material

A method for producing a black and white silver halide photographic light-sensitive material utilizing a silver image, which comprises,

• forming at least one silver halide emulsion layer and at least one hydrophilic colloid layer on a support, wherein the silver halide in the silver halide emulsion layer has a silver bromide content of 40 to 90 mol %, the silver halide is in the form of cubic grain, and the silver halide emulsion layer is spectrally sensitized with at least one dye selected from dyes represented by one of the following formulas (I) to (IV) below, and
• heating the layers-formed support at a temperature of 30 to 60° C.:
• wherein in formula (I), Y1 and Y2 each independently represents a nonmetallic atom group required to form a benzothiazole ring, benzoselenazole ring, naphthothiazole ring, naphthoselenazole ring or quinoline ring, wherein these heterocyclic rings are optionally substituted with a lower alkyl group, an alkoxyl group, an aryl group, hydroxyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group or a halogen atom,
• R31 and R32 each independently represents a lower alkyl group or an alkyl group having a sulfo group or carboxyl group,
• R33 represents a methyl group, ethyl group or propyl group,
• X1 represents an anion,
• n1 and n2 each independently represents 0 or 1,
• m1 represents 1 or 2, and m1 is 0 when an intramolecular salt is formed;
• wherein in formula (II), Z1 and Z2 each independently represents an atomic group required to form a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring,
• Z3 represents an atomic group required to form a 5- or 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring, which has substituent (R43) on a nitrogen atom in Z3,
• R41 and R42 each independently represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aralkyl group or an aryl group,
• R43 represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, a substituted amino group, amido group, imino group, an alkoxyl group or a heterocyclic group,
• wherein at least one of R41, R42 and R43 represents a water-soluble group,
• L11 to L19 each independently represents a methine group,
• m and n each independently represents 0, 1 or 2,
• l and p each independently represents 0 or 1, and
• X represents a counter ion;
• wherein in formula (III), Y21, Y22 and Y23 each independently represents a —N(R24)— group, oxygen atom, sulfur atom or selenium atom,
• R21 represents an aliphatic group having 10 or less carbon atoms and a water-solubilizing group,
• R22, R23 and R24 each independently represents an aliphatic group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, wherein at least two of R22, R23 and R24 have a water-solubilizing group,
• V21 and V22 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxyl group or an aryl group, or V21 and V22 bind together to represent a group forming a condensed ring with the azole ring,
• L21 and L22 each independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted methine group,
• M21 represents an ion required to offset the total intramolecular charge, and
• n21 represents the number of the ion required to offset the total intramolecular charge;
• wherein in formula (IV), Y1, Y2 and Y3 each independently represents —N(R5)—, oxygen atom, sulfur atom, selenium atom or tellurium atom,
• Z1 represents a nonmetallic atom group required to form a 5- or 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group, which optionally forms a condensed ring,
• R1 represents an aliphatic group having 8 or less carbon atoms and a water-solubilizing group,
• R2, R3, R4 and R5 each independently represents an aliphatic group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, where at least two of R2, R3, R4 and R5 have a water-solubilizing group,
• W represents an oxygen atom, sulfur atom or ═C(E1)(E2), wherein E1 and E2 each independently represents an electron-withdrawing group, and E1 and E2 optionally bind together to form a keto ring or an acidic heterocyclic ring,
• L1 and L2 each independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted methine group,
• l represents 0 or 1,
• M1 represents an ion required to offset the total intramolecular charge, and
• n1 represents the number of the ion required to offset the total intramolecular charge.