Abstract: An apparatus for processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material with a processing solution is disclosed, comprising a processing tank containing the processing solution and replenishing means for replenishing the processing solution during the course of processing, wherein the replenishing means comprises two replenishing tanks each connected to the processing tank; a solid processing composition and water are supplied to each of the replenishing tanks to prepare a replenishing solution therein; while replenishment is being made from one of the replenishing tanks, the solid processing composition is supplied, together with water, to another replenishing tank to prepared another replenishing solution therein, and the preparation of the replenishing solution and replenishment thereof are repeated alternately in each of the replenishing tanks to perform continuous replenishment.

Abstract: The improved method of processing a silver halide photographic material that has at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on one side of a support and which has at least one back coating layer on the other side of the support is characterized in that said silver halide photographic material contains at least one specific dye and at least one anionic surfactant and the development, fixing, washing and/or stabilizing steps are performed within a time period of 40 seconds and at a line speed of at least 1,500 mm/min. The method is capable of processing the silver halide photographic material without producing either substantial or uneven color remnant.

Abstract: A developer for developing a silver halide light-sensitive material and an image forming method using the developer are disclosed. The developer contains a compound represented by the following formula I or II and a compound containing a thioether group. ##STR1## wherein Y, Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 are each a hydrogen atom or a mercapto group, and R and R.sub.1 are each a substituent. A silver halide light-sensitive material containing silver halide grains comprising not less than 50 mol % of silver chloride and have a ratio of (100) surface and (111) surface of not less than 5 is preferably used in the image forming method. Developing speed and sensitivity of light-sensitive material can be rised by use of the developer.