Abstract: A composition for color-development of a silver halide color photographic material and a method for processing such using the same wherein the composition comprises an aromatic primary amine color developing agent, a hydroxylamine compound represented by formula (I) or a hydrazine compound represented by formula (II) and at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of a vinyl alcohol homopolymer, a vinyl alcohol copolymer, a vinylpyrrolidone homopolymer, and a vinylpyrrolidone copolymer, being free from sulfite ion, providing a color photographic image high in maximum density and good in whiteness without causing problems by tarry substance in the color developer.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer, which comprises developing the silver halide color photographic material with a color developer containing at least one aromatic primary amine color developing agent, wherein the photographic material contains (a) at least one high silver chloride content emulsion layer with a silver chloride content of 80 mol % or more, and (b) a compound of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents --COOR.sub.5, ##STR2## --COR.sub.5 --CN or a halogenated methane R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represents a hydrogen atom or an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group; R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each represents a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group or an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group; Q.sub.1 and Q.sub.2 each represents an aryl group; X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 each represents a chemical bond or a divalent linking group; Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.

Abstract: A method for continuously processing an image-wise exposed silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing 95 mol % or more of silver chloride is disclosed, which comprises the steps of developing the silver halide color photographic material in a color developer and supplying a replenisher to the color developer, the replenisher comprising used color developer and a regenerant wherein components accumulated to the color developer during the continuous processing are not removed from the replenisher. This method does not require a large scale apparatus and provides stable photographic properties without substantially producing waste water and without causing crystallization of chemicals in a replenisher even after repeated regeneration, particularly when varying the amount of light-sensitive material being processed per unit time.

Abstract: A method for processing an exposed silver halide color photographic material comprising the steps of:(a) color developing an exposed silver halide color photographic material;(b) bleach-fixing said developed material;(c) at least one of washing said bleach-fixed material with water and stabilizing said bleach-fixed material;(d) regenerating a portion of a solution from said step (b) for bleach-fixing to form a replenisher solution comprising at least a carbonyl bisulfite adduct; and(e) replenishing at least one solution in said bleach-fixing step (b) with said replenisher solution from step (d).

Abstract: A method of processing a silver halide color photographic material while regenerating the color development solution by ion exchange membrane electrodialysis comprisingdeveloping an image-wise exposed silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one layer of a silver halide emulsion wherein silver halide grains which occupy 50% or more of the projected area of the total of the silver halide grains in the emulsion and which are selected in the order of decreasing aspect ratio from the largest aspect ratio, have an average aspect ratio of 5 or more with a developing solution, andsubjecting the development solution to a regeneration using ion-exchange membrane electrodialysis where the equilibrium concentration of bromine ions in the development solution is controlled at a level within the range of 6.0.times.10.sup.-3 to 1.3.times.10.sup.-2 mol/l.

Abstract: A method for continuously processing silver halide color photographic material with a color developer containing at least one aromatic primary amine color-developing agent is disclosed. In the method a silver halide color photographic material at least one of the layers of which contains a silver halide emulsion of a high chloride comprising 80 mol % or over of silver chloride is processed in the presence of a specific heterocyclic compound, after exposure to light, with a color developer that is substantially free from sulfite ions and whose replenishing amount is 120 ml or below per m.sup.2 of the silver halide photographic material, to attain desired photographic characteristics.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for processing a silver halide color photographic material with a color developer and thereafter desilvering, wherein the silver halide color photographic material has a thickness of dried coatings of 15 .mu.m or less and the color developer comprises an anionic surface-active agent and a hydroxylamine compound. According to the disclosure staining in the unexposed part of the photographic material can be remarkably improved even in a continuous processing.

Abstract: In the silicon substrate having porous oxidized silicon layers of this invention, which consists of a silicon substrate the one surface of which is dotted with porous oxidized silicon layers, the residual internal stress (compression stress) is dispersedly distributed in the porous oxidized silicon layers. Therefore, the entire silicon substrate having porous oxidized silicon layers of this invention is only minimally warped.Adopting a method for producing the silicon substrate of this invention which consists of covering with a mask the surface of a silicon substrate except its dotting areas to be treated, subjecting the silicon substrate to anodic formation in an aqueous hydrofluoric acid solution to form porous silicon layers in the areas to be treated and not covered with the mask and then oxidizing the formed porous silicon layers enables secured production of a silicon substrate dotted with porous oxidized silicon layers.

Abstract: A method for continuously processing silver halide color photographic material with a color developer containing at least one aromatic primary amine color-developing agent is disclosed. In the method a silver halide color photographic material at least one of the layers of which contains a silver halide emulsion of a high chloride comprising 80 mol % or over of silver chloride is processed, after exposure to light, with a color developer that is substantially free from sulfite ions and whose replenishing amount is 120 ml or below per m.sup.2 of the silver halide photographic material, to attain desired photographic characteristics.

Abstract: A method for continuously processing silver halide color photographic materials using a roller conveyor type of an automatic developing apparatus, comprising:cleaning the entire surface of a roller located over solution surface of at least one of processing baths in the automatic developing apparatus in which at least one of said processing baths comprises the color developing bath by a rinsing water replenisher or a stabilizing replenisher as a substitute for the rinsing water replenisher, andintroducing the cleaning solution into the color developing bath containing at least one organic preservative selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formulae (I), (II), (III) and (IV) and monosaccharides; ##STR1## wherein R.sup.11 and R.sup.12 each represents hydrogen atoms, unsubstituted or substituted alkyl groups, unsubstituted or substituted alkenyl groups, unsubstituted or substituted aryl groups or hetero aromatic groups, provided that both of R.sup.11 and R.sup.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photosensitive material is disclosed.The method comprises developing a color photographic light-sensitive material composed of a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a silver halide comprising at least 98 mol % silver chloride;in a color developer solution comprising a primary amine color developing agent, and having a chloride ion concentration of from 4.times.10.sup.-2 to 1.times.10.sup.-1 mol/l, and a bromide ion concentration of from 5.times.10.sup.-5 to 5.times.10.sup.-4 mol/l.When used in rapid processing methods, the method according to the invention prevents fogging streaks, and provides high maximum density and low minimum density images.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material including the step of developing the silver halide color photographic material with a color developing solution containing at least one aromatic primary amine developing agent and at least one hydrazide represented by the following formula (I) or (II)R.sup.1 --X.sup.1 --NHNH--R.sup.2 (I)in whichX.sup.1 represents --CO--, --SO.sub.2 -- or ##STR1## R.sup.1 represents a hydroxyl group, a hydroxyamino group, carbamoyl group, a hydrazinocarbonyl group, an amino group, or a hydrazino group; and R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group; provided that the R.sup.1 or R.sup.2 groups of at least two of the hydrazide groups may be linked to form a dimer or higher polymer of the hydrazide.R.sup.3 --X.sup.2 --NHNH--R.sup.4 (II)in whichX.sup.2 represents --CO-- or --SO.sub.2 --; R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkoxy group, or an aryloxy group; and R.sup.

Abstract: A process for processing a silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, which comprises color developing and bleach-fixing the silver halide color photographic material, and then processing by at least one of washing the material with water and stabilizing the material, the silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one emulsion layer comprising a high silver chloride emulsion having a silver chloride content of 80 mol % or more and a used bleach-fixing solution which has been already used for the bleach-fixing, having a silver ion concentration of 0.02 mol/liter or more being used as a bleach-fixing solution for replenishment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for bleaching a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing silver iodobromide after color-developing it. The object of the present invention is to speed up the bleaching treatment in the aforesaid method and to reduce the amount of waste liquor from the bleaching treatment. The present invention is characterized in that the bleaching is performed in the presence of a bleaching accelerator and that it is carried out while a bleaching solution is brought into contact with an anion-exchange resin.

Abstract: In a method for processing at least 2 kinds of silver halide color photographic light-sensitive materials comprising the steps of development, desilvering, water washing and/or stabilization, the method comprises processing, in a common desilvering bath, one silver halide color photographic light sensitive material having, applied to a substrate, a silver halide emulsion layer which contains, on average, not less than 3 mole % of silver iodide and another silver halide color photographic light sensitive material having, applied to a substrate, a silver halide emulsion layer which is substantially free of silver iodide, the desilvering bath containing a processing solution having bleaching ability which contains at least one stilbene type fluorescent brightener and a processing solution having fixing ability which contains iodide ions ranging from 1.times.10.sup.-4 to 1.times.10.sup.-1 mole/l.

Abstract: A method for forming an image comprises processing a silver halide color photosensitive material comprising a nondiffusible coupler and a nondiffusible color developing agent on a support with a color developer containing a diffusible color developing agent comprising an aromatic primary amine. By this method, it is possible to reduce the processing time required when a color developer containing an ordinary aromatic primary amine as the color developing agent is used and also to provide a stable image forming method having only a slight processing dependence.

Abstract: A photographic developing apparatus of the type in which development is effected by passing exposed sensitive material (principally one for printing such as photographic paper) successively through a developing vessel, a bleaching/fixing vessel, and a rinsing vessel. The bleaching/fixing vessel is replenished with a mixture of concentrated processing liquid and liquid extracted from the rinsing vessel, so that the amount of processing liquid discharged from the rinsing vessel as overflow is reduced, thereby alleviating the burden of waste liquid disposal.

Abstract: A process for processing a silver halide color photographic material is disclosed which comprises processing a silver halide color photographic material containing at least one compound represented by formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, or a heterocyclic group; A represents a group forming a chemical bond by reaction with an aromatic primary amine color developing agent; n represents 0 or 1; X represents a group released on reaction with an aromatic primary amine color developing agent; B represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, an acyl group, or a sulfonyl group; and Y represents a group accelerating the addition of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent to the compound of formula (II), and said R.sub.1 and X or said Y and R.sub.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprises the steps of developing the light-sensitive material with a color developer containing an aromatic primary amine color developing agent, desilvering, washing with water and/or stabilizing the material in which at least one processing solution used in at least one step of the processing contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of sulfinic acids and salts and precursors thereof. This method makes it possible to effectively prevent the formation of stains due to not only the components of the light-sensitive material per se but also those attributable to the processing solutions, during processing or storage with time, and to enhance the stability of processing solutions.

Abstract: A method of processing a silver halide color photographic material in which the color developer used comprises an aromatic primary amine color developing agent and a compound of formula: ##STR1## wherein X represents a trivalent group necessary to complete a condensed ring;R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents an alkylene group, an arylene group, an alkenylene group, or an aralkylene group;and, if desired, does not contain a substantial amount of benzyl alcohol to achieve improved stability and color developability of the color developer and a reduction of fog generation in the running development process.