Abstract: The present invention provides a web processing device comprising: a coating unit which coats a long strip of web by using a bar having in an axial direction at least two spiral grooved portions differing in the spiraling direction of the spiral groove; and a cutting unit which cuts the coated web in the lengthwise direction in a coating position along the boundary between the two spiral grooved portions. By using the bar having two spiral grooved portions, any foreign matter can be quickly shoved out to prevent it from inviting a seam flaw and, moreover, the adverse effect of any seam flaw occurring along the boundary between the two spiral grooved portions can be eliminated, with the result that high-quality processed webs can be manufactured at a high yield.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-developable photosensitive material comprising a support; an undercoat layer disposed on the support and formed in an atmosphere having a cleanliness class of no more than M5.45; and a photosensitive layer including silver behenate as a non-photosensitive organic silver salt and disposed on the undercoat layer, and a method of producing a heat-developable photosensitive material comprising the steps of: forming an undercoat layer by applying a coating liquid for the undercoat layer to a support and drying the liquid; forming a photosensitive layer by applying a coating liquid for the photosensitive layer, which coating liquid includes silver behenate, and drying the liquid; wherein the undercoat layer is formed in an atmosphere having a cleanliness class of no more than M5.45.