Abstract: A photographic bleaching solution for procesisng a silver halide color photographic material, comprising an iron(III) complex salt of an organic acid in a concentration of from 0.01 mol/l to less than 0.1 mol/l, at least 50 mol % of said iron(III) complex salt of an organic acid contained in the bleaching solution is an iron(III) complex salt of an organic acid having an oxidation-reduction potential of not lower than 200 mV determined by using a normal hydrogen electrode at pH 5.0 (excluding iron(III) complex salts of iminodiacetic acid and iron(III) complex salts of methyliminodiacetic acid), and an acid having a pKa of from 2 to 5.5 (excluding aminopolycarboxylic acids, salts thereof and iron complex salts of the aminopolycarboxylic acids) in a concentration of from 0.1 mol/l to 0.8 mol/l, and the concentration of ammonium ion in the bleaching solution is not higher than 0.3 mol/l. A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material using said bleaching solution.

Abstract: A readily biodegradable bleaching bath having an adequate bleaching effect(1) contains an iron(III) complex salt in which at least 20 mol-% and preferably at least 80 mol-% of the complexing agent corresponds to formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is hydrogen or hydroxy,n is 1 or 2,x is 2 or 3 andy is 0 or 1and the sum of x and y is always 3, and(2) an excess of free complexing agent of 1 to 120 mol-% and preferably 5 to 20 mol-%, based on the iron complex or the iron complex salt, and(3) is adjusted to a pH value of .ltoreq.4.5.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for forming a dye image which comprises a step of processing, with a color developing solution, a photo-sensitive silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer. The method is characterized in that said silver halide emulsion layer comprises silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of not less than 90 mol. %; said photosensitive silver halide photographic material comprises a white pigment in an amount of not less than 3.5 g per m.sup.2 of said photographic material; and said photosensitive silver halide photographic material is, after being processed with the color developing solution, processed with a bleaching solution (BL-1) and subsequently with a fixing solution.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer, comprising steps ofdeveloping said light-sensitive material with a color developerbleaching, after said developing step, said light-sensitive material with a bleaching solution, andtreating, after said bleaching step, said light-sensitive material with a solution having fixing capability, whereinsaid light-sensitive material has a coating weight of silver of not more than 1 g/m.sup.

Abstract: A method for processing a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material including color developing processing, and fixing. The bleaching is with a bleaching solution containing at least one of ferric complexes of the compounds represented by the formula (A) or (b) shown below and has a pH of 2.0 to 5.5. The fixing is with a processing solution having fixing ability and which contains at least one mole/liter of a thiosulfate. Said processing solution having fixing ability contains a compound selected from the group (FB). ##STR1## wherein A.sub.1 to A.sub.4 may be either the same or different, and each represent --CH.sub.2 OH, --COOM or --PO.sub.3 M.sub.1 M.sub.2 ; M, M.sub.1 and M.sub.2 each represent hydrogen atom, sodium atom, potassium atom or ammonium group; X represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, ##STR2## wherein A.sub.1 to A.sub.4 may be either the same or different and each represent --CH.sub.2 OH, --COOM or --PO.sub.3 M.sub.1 M.sub.2 ; M, M.

Abstract: A processing composition having a bleaching ability which is used for processing silver halide color photographic materials, and containing a metal chelate compound formed fromthe salt of a metal selected from the group consisting of Fe(III), Mn(III), Co(III), Rh(II), Rh(III), Au(II), Au(III) and Ce(IV), andat least one of a compound represented by formula (I) and a compound represented by formula (II): ##STR1## wherein L.sub.1 and L.sub.2 each represents ##STR2## X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 each represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R, R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each represents a hydrogen atom or an aryl or alkyl group which may be substituted, R.sub.4 represents an aryl or alkyl group which may be substituted, ##STR3## or --OR.sub.7, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each has the same meaning as R.sub.1, R.sub.7 represents an aryl or alkyl group which may be substituted, Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 each represents an arylene or alkylene group which may be substituted, R, L.sub.1 and L.sub.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of processing a silver halide color photographic material where an imagewise exposed silver halide color photographic material is, after color-developed, processed with a bleaching solution contains (1,3-diamino-propanetetraacetato)iron (III) complex and that, when the material is processed with the said processing solution having a fixing ability, a jet stream of the said processing solution is run against the emulsion surface of the said photographic material. By the method, rapid desilvering is possible, and the material processed is not stained.

Abstract: A photographic processing composition containing at one compoud represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, or an aromatic group, L.sub.1 and L.sub.2 each represents a divalent bonding group including an alkylene group and/or an arylene group; X represents a ##STR2## group (wherein R.sub.a, R.sub.b and R.sub.c each represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group or an aromatic group, and R.sub.d represents an aliphatic group or an aromatic group); and Y represents a carboxy group, a hydroxy group, a phosphono group, a sulfo group or a salt thereof. The processing composition does not produce precipitate or sludge even when contaminated by metallic ions. A processing method using the processing composition is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of processing a silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having provided thereon at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer, which comprises the steps of color developing the material with a developer to which a replenisher is added and bleaching the developed material, wherein the material contains a coupler represented by the following general formula (I) and the amount of replenisher added to the color developer is 600 ml or less per m.sup.2 of the material: ##STR1## wherein A represents a coupler group, and when A is a phenol or naphthol coupler group, n is 1, and when A is any other coupler group, n is 0; and R represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a pyridyl group. Images having excellent photographic characteristics are obtained by the method even though the amount of the replenisher is reduced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method in which water for preventing the concentration of processing solution in a processing tank from being increased due to evaporation and a replenisher for avoiding a lowering of the effectiveness of the processing solution are added to the processing tank of a photographic processing apparatus. Before the processing tank is replenished with a replenisher, the processing tank is replenished with water by an amount corresponding to the amount of water evaporated therefrom until the liquid surface level reaches the original liquid surface level i.e. replacing evaporated water, and then, the processing tank is replenished with replenisher. Thereafter, the processing solution is discharged by an amount equal to the amount of replenisher added in order to return the liquid surface level to the original liquid surface level. Thus, the performance of the processing solution can be restored while the concentration of the processing solution is kept constant.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of processing a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material subjected to imagewise exposure, substantially through a color developing step, a bleach-fixing step and a stabilizing step in this order, wherein at least one layer of the light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material comprises a silver halide containing not less than 80 mol % of silver chloride, the washing-substitutive stabilizing step is carried out in a processing time of not more than 45 seconds, and a washing-substitutive stabilizing solution used in the washing-substitutive stabilizing step has a salt concentration of at least 1,000 ppm. Disclosed are also a washing-substitutive stabilizing solution and a kit of a stabilizer used for the method of this invention.

Abstract: A method of processing a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having a silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halie grains having a silver chloride content of not less than 80 mol %, wherein said silver halide color photographic material, after being subjected to color-development, is continuously processed with a bleaching solution comprising at least one of ferric complex salts of compounds represented by the following formula [A] or [B]: ##STR1##

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide photographic material is described, comprising the steps of:(a) developing a silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one hydrophilic colloidal layer, including at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer containing tabular silver halide grains having an aspect ratio of at least about 4, the total number of hydrophilic colloidal layers having a degree of swelling of about 250% or less; and(b) after developing a predetermined amount of said silver halide photographic material, adding a single replenisher of the developer comprising a 3-pyrazolidone developing agent represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.o represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group; and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.

Abstract: A method for rapidly processing a silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow coupler, wherein the photographic material contains a yellow colored cyan coupler, the total processing time for the photographic material is 8 minutes or less, and the processing solution having a bleaching ability for the photographic material contains an oxidizing agent having a redox potential of 150 mV or more. The rapid processing method yields excellent color reproducibility and the photographic material processed by the method has excellent resistance to fading.

Abstract: A bleaching starter which contains an imidazole or a primary or secondary amine having a hydroxyalkyl radical as an alkaline agent which exhibits an improved desilvering function without odor and safety problems, the alkaline agent is selected from compounds represented by formulae (I) and (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl radical, and an alkenyl radical, R.sub.5 is a hydroxyalkyl radical having up to 6 carbon atoms, and R.sub.6 is selected from group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl radical having up to 6 carbon atoms, and a hydroxyalkyl radical having up to 6 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A method for continuously processing an imagewise exposed silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, comprising the steps of developing with a color developer, bleaching with a processing bath having a bleaching ability comprising a bleaching agent in a concentration of at least 0.15 mol/liter, water washing and/or stabilizing with at least two sequential processing tanks, and drying the thus processed photographic material, wherein the equilibrium iron concentration of the processing solution in the tank immediately preceding the final tank of the water washing and/or stabilizing step is from 100 to 500 ppm and the equilibrium iron concentration is at least seven times that of the processing solution in the final tank of the water washing and/or stabilizing step, and the time from the start of the bleaching step to the completion of the water washing and/or stabilizing step is not more than 65 seconds.

Abstract: The process for bleach fixing an exposed and developed color photographic material whose silver halide emulsion layers contain silver chlorobromide emulsions having a silver bromide content of from 0.3 to 2.0 mol%, in which the bleach fixing bath (1) contains, as bleaching agent, an iron(III) complex at least 50 mol% of whose complex former corresponds to the following formula ##STR1## (2) is adjusted to a pH of x where 7.0>.times.>4.5 and (3) contains a thiosulphateis distinguished by a powerful bleaching action and great environmental compatibility.

Abstract: A reducer and a method for conducting dot etching processing using the reducer, the reducer comprising (1) an amino polycarboxylic acid ferric chelate compound having an oxidation-reduction potential of -100 mV or above, (2) a complexing agent, and (3) at least one member of the compounds represented by the following general formulae (IA) to (VIIA). ##STR1## All symbols are defined in the specification.

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: The present invention relates to a method in which water for preventing the concentration of processing solution in a processing tank from being increased due to evaporation and a replenisher for avoiding a lowering of the effectiveness of the processing solution are added to the processing tank of a photographic processing apparatus. Before the processing tank is replenished with a replenisher, the processing tank is replenished with water by an amount corresponding to the amount of water evaporated therefrom until the liquid surface level reaches the original liquid surface level i.e. replacing evaporated water, and then, the processing tank is replenished with replenisher. Thereafter, the processing solution is discharged by an amount equal to the amount of replenisher added in order to return the liquid surface level to the original liquid surface level. Thus, the performance of the processing solution can be restored while the concentration of the processing solution is kept constant.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, which contains at least one compound represented by formula (I) in the silver halide emulsion layer or in a light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layer: ##STR1## wherein X represents a divalent linking group connected to the carbon atom through a hetero atom in X;Z represents a bleach accelerating agent moiety connected to X through a hetero atom in Z;W represents .dbd.N-- or ##STR2## (wherein Y represents a hydrogen atom or another substituent); A represents an atomic group necessary to form an aromatic heterocyclic ring containing 3 or more hetero atoms, provided that when W represents ##STR3## the group adjacent to W is a group except for ##STR4## (wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.

Abstract: A process for processing an imagewise exposed silver halide color photographic material with a processing solution having a bleaching ability after color development is disclosed, in which the silver halide color photographic material contains at least one compound capable of reacting with an oxidation product of a developing agent upon development to release a bleaching accelerator, and the processing solution having a bleaching ability contains (1) at least one ferric complex salt of a compound selected from the compound group (A) and (2) ferric complex salt of 1,3-diaminopropanetetraacetic acid as bleaching agents in such proportion that the molar ratio of the (1) to the (2) is 3 or less: compound group (A):A-1; ethylenediaminetetraacetic acidA-2; diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acidA-3; cyclohexanediaminetetraacetic acidA-4; 1,2-propylenediaminetetraacetic acid.

Abstract: A silver halide photosensitive material after exposure can be efficiently processed in a multi-compartment apparatus comprising a series of processing compartments interconnected through narrow channels to define a continuous processing path, by passing the photosensitive material through the series of compartments along the path. Two or more processing solutions of different compositions are supplied to the path at different positions to fill the compartment with the solutions, while the solution is discharged from the path through an outlet port at an intermediate position. During a quiescent period, the solution is discharged such that the compartment which the photosensitive material first enters and the compartment from which the photosensitive material exits become empty. Operation is restarted by refilling the entrance and exit compartments with fresh solutions.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide light-sensitive material comprising subjecting an imagewise exposed silver halide color light-sensitive material having a silver chloride content substantially of 90 mol % or more to color developement in a color developing solution containing a hydrophilic p-phenylenediamine derivative and substantially no benzyl alcohol at a temperature of 30.degree. C. or higher for a period of 15 seconds or less and then subjecting the color developed material to bleach or bleach-fix, wherein the color development processed silver halide color light-sensitive material is introduced into a bleaching or bleach-fix bath with the amount of a color developing agent in the film of the light-sensitive material being controlled to 0.8 mmol/m.sup.2 or less, and wherein the desilvering is completed within 30 seconds.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comprising the step of:(a) developing an imagewise exposed silver halide color photographic material,(b) processing the developed silver halide color photographic material with a bath having a bleaching ability, and(c) processing the bleached silver halide color photographic material with a bath having a fixing ability, wherein said bath having a bleaching ability comprises 0.2 mol/liter or more of a (1,3-diaminopropanetetraacetato)iron (III) complex salt and has a pH of from 2.5 to 5.5, and said bath having a fixing ability comprises at least one aminopolycarboxylic acid and an organic phosphonic acid.

Abstract: A bleaching starter which contains an imidazole or a primary or secondary amine having a hydroxyalkyl radical as an alkaline agent exhibits an improved desilvering function without odor and safety problems.

Abstract: A method for processing an imagewise exposed silver halide color photographic material for photography which comprises the steps of:color-developing a silver halide color photographic material with a color developing solution,processing said developed silver halide color photographic material with a bleaching solution, and thenprocessing said bleached silver halide color photographic material with a processing solution having a fixing ability, wherein the replenishment rate of said color developing solution is 600 ml or less per m.sup.2 of the photographic material; said bleaching solution contains a bleaching agent having an oxidation reduction potential of 150 mV or more and further an organic acid having a pKa of from 2 to 5.0, provided that an aminopolycarboxylic acid or a salt thereof and an iron complex salt of the aminopolycarboxylic acid are excluded, in an amount of 1.2 mol or more per liter of the bleaching solution; said bleaching solution has a pH value of 3.0 to 5.

Abstract: A processing tank is partitioned into a plurality of compartments which are serially connected to define a continuous processing path having an entrance and an exit for photosensitive material. The path is filled with a processing solution having a desilvering function such that the processing solution in at least one compartment has a different composition from the processing solution in at least one of the remaining compartments. Silver halide photosensitive material is successively passed through the compartments without contact with the ambient air. Desilvering the photosensitive material after exposure and development in this way reduces the amount of processing solution used, especially replenished, while achieving improved photographic properties.

Abstract: The invention discloses an improved method for processing a silver halide color photographic material wherein said material is imagewise exposed and then processed. The improvement comprises the use of a particular naphthol amido coupler together with a bleaching bath containing (diaminopropanetetraacetatoiron) (III) complex salt at a particular pH.

Abstract: A method for forming color photographic images is disclosed. The method comprises steps ofimagewise exposing to light a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive materialdeveloping the light-sensitive material with a color developer,bleaching, immediately after the step of developing, the light-sensitive material with a bleacing solution, andtreating the bleached light-sensitive material with a solution having fixing capablility, whereinthe light-sensitive material comprises a support and hydrophilic colloid layers including a silver halide emulsion layer provided on a side of the support, and a total dry thickness of the hydrophilic colloid layers is not more than 17 .mu.m, andthe bleaching solution contains a ferric complex salt of a compound represented by the following formula in an amount of within the range of from 0.002 mole to 9.4 mole per liter of the bleaching solution; ##STR1## wherein A.sub.1, through A.sub.4 are each a --CH.sub.2 OH group, a --COOM, or a --PO.sub.3 M.sup.1 M.sup.2.

Abstract: An environmentally advantageous photographic bleaching solution for use in the color processing of photographic elements comprises (1) as a bleaching agent, a potassium salt of a ferric complex of an aminopolycarobxylic acid, (2) as an agent which functions to convert silver to silver halide, a potassium halide, and (3) as an agent which functions to inhibit bleach induced dye formation, a water-soluble aliphatic carboxylic acid. The bleaching solution is especially useful in the processing of photographic elements containing a low pKa, high-activity, yellow-dye-forming coupler in that it serves to effectively avoid the undesirable increase in blue D.sub.min that can occur in such elements as a result of bleach induced dye formation.

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 silver halide photosensitive materials comprising developing an exposed silver halide photosensitive material, fixing the developed material and washing it with a washing water, the amount of calcium and magnesium compounds present in the replenishing washing water is reduced to not more than 5 mg/l on the basis of the weight of elemental calcium or magnesium and washing water is replenished in an amount of 1 to 50 times the volume of liquid carried over by the photosensitive material from a bath preceding the washing bath per unit area thereof or that the replenishing washing water is introduced into a washing bath after reducing the amount of calcium and magnesium compounds to the range mentioned above and sterilizing the same. The method makes it possible to substantially reduce the amount of washing water while reliably suppressing turbidity and proliferation of microorganisms in the washing water during and after completion of processing.

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 processing a silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comprising imagewise exposing the material and continuously processing the material in an automatic processor wherein the bleach-fixing bath contains(i) at least one organic acid ferric complex salt, and(ii) at least one sulfinic acid, and the open area value (X) of said bleach-fixing bath and the water washing bath during the processing is not more than 0.05 cm.sup.-1.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material for reversal processing is disclosed, which comprises a support having provided thereon at least one hydrophilic colloidal layer, the hydrophilic colloidal layer being a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, silver halide grains of the silver halide emulsion being of a core/shell structure comprising a core portion substantially composed of silver bromide and said shell portion substantially composed of silver bromoiodide.

Abstract: A method for processing silver halide photosensitive materials comprising developing an exposed silver halide photosensitive material, fixing the developed photosensitive material and then washing it with a washing water, the washing water used in the water washing process being replenished in an amount of 2 to 50 times the volume of liquid carried over by the photosensitive material from a bath preceding the water washing bath per unit area thereof, the amount of calcium and magnesium compounds present in the water washing bath being reduced to not more than 5 mg/l, respectively, on the basis of elemental calcium and magnesium and the washing water containing at least one chelating agent having a stability constant of a chelate, which is formed between the chelating agent and calcium or magnesium, of at least 6 is herein disclosed.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comprising after development, bleaching or bleach-fixing an imagewise exposed silver halide color photographic material in the presence of at least one compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may combine with each other to form a heterocyclic ring; A.sup.1 and A.sup.2, which may be the same or different, each represents an alkylene group having from 2 to 5 carbon atoms which may be substituted; and n represents an integer from 2 to 6.In accordance with the method of the present invention, as a result of accelerated bleaching function, the processing time is shortened while sufficient bleaching is performed, thus providing color photographic images of excellent image quality.

Abstract: Iron(III)-complexes of compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 denotes a substituent,m denotes 1 or 2 andn denotes 0, 1 or 2are valuable and biodegradable bleaching agents for photographic elements.

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 novel process for processing a silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, which comprises color-developing a silver halide color photographic material which has been imagewise exposed to light, and then processing the silver halide color photographic material with a processing solution having a bleaching ability, wherein the silver halide color photographic material comprises at least one magenta coupler represented by formula (M-1) and the processing solution having a bleaching ability comprises as a bleaching agent (1) at least one of ferric complex salts of compounds selected from Compound Group (A) and (2) a ferric 1,3-diaminopropanetetraacetate complex salt in a molar proportion of the (1) to the (2) of 3 or less:Compound Group (A)A-1: Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acidA-2: Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acidA-3: Cyclohexanediaminetetraacetic acidA-4: 1,2-Propylenediaminetetraacetic acid ##STR1## wherein Za and Zb each represents --CH.dbd., ##STR2## or .dbd.N--; R.sub.1 and R.sub.

Abstract: A method for forming photographic color images is disecond closed, in which a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is rapidly processed with low replenishment of processing solutions. The images improved in lowered yellow stain can be obtained. The processing comprises steps of color developing, bleaching immediately after the developing step, and treating with a bath having a fixing capability following the bleaching step. The steps of bleaching and treating with a solution having a fixing capability are carried out for a time of not more than 3 minutes 45 seconds at a temperature of from 20.degree. to 45.degree. C. The light-sensitive material comprises silver halide emulsion layers each containing silver bromide and/or silver boromoiodide grains and satsifies at least one of the following requirements (1) and (2); (1) a blue light-sensitive emulsion layer included in the silver halide emulsion layers has a silver density d of not less than 4.0.times.10.sup.-1 g/cm.sup.3.

Abstract: There is described a method of processing exposed holographic material to obtain holograms having a broader band replay a hologram which is of the silver halide in gelatin binder type which method comprises holographically exposing the holographic material by use of coherent light, developing the holographic image by a chemical process and then treating the material sequentially either firstly with a solution of an anionic surfactant which comprises at least one alkyl group having at least four carbon atoms and then with a solution of a quaternary ammonium compound which comprises at least one alkyl group having from 10 to 18 carbon atoms or a polymeric compound which comprises at least one quaternary ammonium group in the repeating unit or firstly with a solution of said quaternary ammonium compound or polymeric compound and then with a solution of an anionic surfactant, the material being subjected to a silver bleaching step at one stage after development.

Abstract: A processing method without washing gives good photographic properties, without a precipitate being deposited in the stabilizing bath, when the bleach-fixing bath contains a compound of the formulaFe(X).sub.2 DTPA,whereinX denotes alkali or ammonium,as bleaching agent, and the stabilizing bath contains a fungicide, HEDP and a hexametaphosphate.

Abstract: A method for processing silver halide color photographic material is disclosed which comprises processing a silver halide color photographic material with a color developer containing substantially no sulfite ion and then processing the color photographic material with a solution having bleaching capability containing an aminopolycarboxylic acid having a molecular weight of at least 300.

Abstract: Improved bleach-accelerating compositions that are especially useful in the reversal color processing of photographic elements are comprised of a bleach-accelerating agent and a dye-stabilizing agent. Formaldehyde precursors function as particularly effective dye-stabilizing agents in such compositions. The bleach-accelerating composition is utilized subsequent to the color developing step and prior to the bleaching step and serves to enhance the effectiveness of the bleaching step and to provide improved dye stability.

Abstract: To mold artificial leather provided with real leather like feeling or touch on the surface thereof, a leather wrinkle pattern is formed on the artificial leather in such a way that the ridge portions are glazed and the furrow portions are matted. For the purpose of molding the above-mentioned artificial leather, the inner surface of the metallic mold is contrary formed in such a way that the ridge portions are matted but the furrow portions are glazed.

Abstract: Improved photographic bleaching compositions for use in the color processing of photographic elements comprise an aqueous solution containing a photographic bleaching agent, such as, for example, an ammonium or alkali metal salt of a ferric complex of an aminopolycarboxylic acid, and a dye-stabilizing amount of a formaldehyde percursor.

Abstract: Silver halide color photographic materials, and processes for processing photographic materials, are described, involving the use of at least one of a compound represented by formula (I) and a compound represented by formula (II) ##STR1## wherein A represents an n-valent aliphatic linkage group, an aromatic linkage group or a heterocyclic group (when n is 1, A represents an aliphatic group, aromatic group, heterocyclic group, or hydrogen atom); X represents --O--, --S--, or ##STR2## (wherein, R.sup.4 represents a lower alkyl group); R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group; R.sup.3 represents a lower alkylene group; said R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, said R.sup.1 and A, said R.sup.1 and R.sup.3, said R.sup.2 and A, or said R.sup.2 and R.sup.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material which comprises the steps of, after color-developing, processing the silver halide color photographic material with a bleaching bath, and then processing with a fixing bath, wherein the bleaching bath has a pH value of from 2.5 to 5.5 and contains a (1,3-diaminopropane-tetraacetato)iron(III) complex salt in an amount of at least 0.2 mol/liter and an organic acid in an amount of at least 0.5 mil/liter, and the fixing bath contains at least one compound selected from formulae (I), (II), (III), (IV), and (V):R.sup.1 --(X--R.sup.3).sub.m --X--R.sup.2 (I)wherein m represents 0 or an integer of from 1 to 4; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; R.sup.3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group, provided that when m is 2 or more, the R.sup.3 groups in each of the (X--R.sup.3) segments may be the same or different; and X represents sulfur, oxygen, ##STR1## wherein Z represents ##STR2## --OR.