Abstract: A colour photographic silver halide material with a support, at last one silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one yellow coupler and at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan coupler applied thereon, in which material the silver halide emulsion layer, of which there is at least one, containing at least one yellow coupler and/or the silver halide emulsion layer, of which there is at least one, containing at least one cyan coupler contains a compound of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 mean alkyl, alkenyl or acyl andn means 6, 7 or 8,is distinguished by improved stability of the image dyes produced by processing.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The processing method comprises the step of (1) developing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which comprises a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer and a hydrophilic colloid layer adjoining with the silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one of the silver halide emulsion layer and the hydrophilic colloid layer contains a phosphazene compound and a compound represented by the following Formula 1 or 2 by a developing solution and (2) fixing the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material by a fixing solution, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently a hydroxyl group, a mercapto group, an amino group, an acylamino group, an alkylsulfonylamino group, an arylsulfonylamino group, an alkoxycarbonyl group or an alkylthio group, and Z is a group of atoms necessary to form a 5- or 6-member ring, ##STR2## wherein R is an aryl group, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.

Abstract: There is disclosed novel color-developing agents of the formula (I). There is also disclosed silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials and image-forming methods, using the color-developing agent. The color-developing agent is excellent in color-forming property, and the image obtained from the color-developing agent is good in hue. ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 each represent a group of nonmetal atoms required to form, together with the carbon atom, a monocyclic 5-membered aromatic ring or a 5-membered aromatic ring condensed with another ring, with the proviso that at least two of R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 are nitrogen atoms; and Z represents an acyl group, a carbamoyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfamoyl group, an amidino group, or an imidoyl group.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, on a support, and comprising a reducing agent for color formation of carbamoyl-substituted hydrazine, a dye-forming coupler and at least one photographic stabilizer selected from five groups of compounds.

Abstract: There is disclosed novel color-developing agents of the formula (I). There is also disclosed silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials and image-forming methods, using the color-developing agent. The color-developing agent is excellent in color-forming property, and the image obtained from the color-developing agent is good in stability of hue and image. ##STR1## wherein Z.sup.1 represents an acyl group, a carbamoyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, or a carbonimidoyl group, Q.sup.1 represents a group of atoms required to form a 5- or 6-membered aromatic ring together with the C, Q.sup.2 represents a heterocyclic residue, Y.sup.1 represents a group capable of substitution onto the aromatic ring, m is 1 or 2, and n is an integer of 0 to 3.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a novel method for developing silver halide photographic products. This method involves processing photographic products that have an incorporated developing agent, and a nucleation agent, by surface application of an activator solution. This method intended for processing graphic arts films having high contrast.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for forming a color image comprising exposing a silver halide light-sensitive material comprising at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a base, to light, and then development-processing the light-sensitive material, to form a color image, wherein the step of development-processing the light-sensitive material that contains a dye-forming coupler, a color-forming reducing agent of formula (D-1), and an auxiliary developing agent, with an alkaline activator solution of pH 9 to 14 substantially free from any color-developing agent, comprises the step of adsorbing anionic organic substances dissolved out into the activator solution, to remove the substances:(L).sub.n --D formula (D-1)wherein, L is an electron-attracting group capable of coupling split-off during the development processing, D is a residue formed by removing n hydrogen atoms from a compound HnD having a development activity, and n is an integer of 1 to 3.

Abstract: Photographic elements are disclosed in which exposure to at least one portion of the spectrum is recorded by a silver halide emulsion layer unit as an image having its optical density provided by silver. The layer unit is comprised of a plurality of radiation sensitive silver halide emulsion layers that are responsive to the same region of the spectrum, but differ in sensitivity, including a non-wandering silver halide reducing agent. A molar ratio of reducing agent to silver halide in one of the emulsion layers is less than that stoichiometrically required for complete silver halide reduction to silver. A higher molar ratio of reducing agent to silver halide is contained in a remaining of the two emulsion layers.

Abstract: A black and white photographic element comprising as a photosensitive medium a layer of a silver halide emulsion characterised in that the photosensitive medium comprises in the same layer or in an adjacent layer thereto a developer comprising a substantially non-diffusing polymeric compound having as a component part of its structure a plurality of units having a nucleus of general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein; each Z independently is a member selected from the group consisting of --OH and a group which leaves an --OH residue when contacted with an alkali (pH .gtoreq.10) at temperatures of .ltoreq.50.degree. C.

Abstract: Provided is a color photographic material excellent in discrimination and color reproducibility, which has a support and at least a light-sensitive silver halide, a binder, a coupler and a coupling developing agent provided thereon, and at least three light-sensitive emulsion layers having spectral sensitivities in different wavelength regions, respectively, in which at least two different coupling development agents are contained in different light-sensitive emulsion layers.

Abstract: A hydrazide compound represented by the following formula (I), and a silver halide photographic photonsensitive material comprising the hydrazide compound:A--(B).sub.b (I)wherein A represents a heterocyclic group, a condensed polycyclic aromatic group or a group formed by connecting at least two aromatic groups to each other, B represents a group represented by the following formula (I-B) or (II-B), and b represents an integer from 2 to 6;--L.sub.1 --Ar.sub.1 --NHNH--G.sub.1 --R.sub.1 (I-B)--L.sub.3 --Ar.sub.3 --L.sub.2 --Ar.sub.2 --NHNH --G.sub.2 --R.sub.2(II-B)wherein each of G.sub.1 and G.sub.2 represents a carbonyl group, an oxalyl group, a sulfonyl group or a phosphoryl group; each of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom or a blocking group; each of Ar.sub.1, Ar.sub.2 and Ar.sub.3 represents an aromatic group or an aromatic heterocyclic group; and each of L.sub.1, L.sub.2 and L.sub.3 represents a linkage group.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for developing a photographic product containing incorporated developers, and a layer of a novel activator. This method consists of applying to an exposed photographic product a thin layer of an aqueous homogeneous development activator solution which comprises (a) an alkanolamine in an amount higher or equal to 0.6 mol/l, (b) at least one stable wetting agent that is stable at a high pH and is miscible in the activator solution, and (c) a quaternary ammonium salt.

Abstract: This invention relates to a silver halide color photographic element comprising a support, a silver halide emulsion and poly(thioether)s wherein greater than 50 percent of the poly(thioether)s have acidic functional end groups with an aqueous pKa.ltoreq.10, or end groups which will react to form acidic functional end groups with an aqueous pKa.ltoreq.10 during development, on both termini and wherein the poly(thioether)s have a molecular weight greater than 800.

Abstract: There is disclosed a light-sensitive material comprising, in a hydrophilic colloid provided on a base, a color-developing agent represented by formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein Z.sup.1 represents an acyl group, a carbamoyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, or an aryloxycarbonyl group; Z.sup.2 represents a carbamoyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, or an aryloxycarbonyl group; X.sup.1, X.sup.2, X.sup.3, X.sup.4, and X.sup.5 each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, provided that the sum of the Hammett substituent constant .sigma.p values of X.sup.1, X.sup.3, and X.sup.5 and the Hammett substituent constant .sigma.m values of X.sup.2 and X.sup.4 is 0.80 or more but 3.80 or below; and R.sup.3 represents a heterocyclic group. There is also disclosed a novel color-developing agent that can be built in. By using the color-developing agent, the light-sensitive material can attain a rapid and simple formation of an image.

Abstract: The invention relates to an emulsion comprising silver halide grains, said grains being tabular and comprising sensitizing dye(s) and silver salt epitaxial deposits, and addenda that includea tetraazaindene and a hexose reductone represented by Formula I: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different, and may represent H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, or an alkyl group with a solubilizing group such as --OH, sulfonamide, sulfamoyl, or carbamoyl. Alternatively, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be joined to complete a heterocyclic ring such as aziridinyl, azetidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, morpholinyl, piperazinyl, or pyridinyl, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are H, OH, alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, or may together represent an alkylidene group, n is 0,1, or 2 and R.sub.3 is H, alkyl, aryl, or CO.sub.2 R.sub.6 where R.sub.6 is alkyl.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic activation material is disclosed comprising a film support, on one or both sides thereof at least one gelatino silver halide emulsion layer and between said emulsion layer and said support a hydrophilic undercoat layer comprising as a binder at least 50% of a loaded latex polymer, said latex polymer being loaded with at least one developing agent, further characterised in that water absorption during activation processing is not higher than 2.5 g per gram of binder present in said material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a silver halide photographic emulsion comprising silver halide grains and the reductone of Formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different, and may represent H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, or an alkyl group with a solubilizing group such as --OH, sulfonamide, sulfamoyl, or carbamoyl, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be joined to complete a heterocyclic ring such as aziridinyl, azetidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, morpholinyl, piperazinyl, or pyridinyl, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are H, OH, alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, or may together represent an alkylidene group, n is 1 or 2 and R.sub.3 is H, alkyl, aryl, or CO.sub.2 R.sub.6 where R.sub.6 is alkyl, andwherein the logarithm of the partition coefficient for the reductone when equilibrated as a solute between n-octanol and water (logP) is less than 0.293.

Abstract: The invention provides a multicolor photographic element comprising a support bearing at least two silver halide emulsion layers having different sensitivities to blue light, a silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to green light, and a silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to red light, wherein:(1) the element comprises a compound of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, independently represent H, an alkyl group or an aryl group, provided that R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be joined to form a ring;R.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, aryl, and acyl groups;R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, OH, alkyl, and aryl groups;n is 1 or 2;and(2) the silver halide emulsion layer of the element that is most sensitive to blue light contains a silver halide grain population such that from 3 to 20 wt % of the total silver halide grains in the emulsion layer have a size (equivalent circular diameter) less than 0.2 micrometers.

Abstract: The storage stability of photographic color images obtained by chromogenic development may be improved by compounds of the formula I, which are capable of reacting with primary amines, in particular color developer compounds (reagent for primary amines). The compounds of the formula may be added to the color photographic recording material or to a treatment bath downstream from color development. Compounds of the formula I are moreover suitable as an additive to a spent photographic processing bath or its overflow in order to reduce therein the content of color developer compounds before the processing bath or the overflow is disposed of or regenerated for further use. ##STR1## In formula I: A means --OR.sup.2, --SR.sup.2 or --NR.sup.2 R.sup.3 ;R.sup.1 means H, alkyl, aryl, acyl, sulphonyl or a residue as in A or a residue which, together with A or together with Z.sup.1, completes a ring;R.sup.2 means H, alkyl, aryl, acyl, sulphonyl;R.sup.3 means a residue as in R.sup.

Abstract: A method of developing an exposed black and white silver halide photographic light-sensitive material with developer using an automatic processor is disclosed, the developing comprising supplying replenisher for developer in an amount of not more than 200 ml per m.sup.2 of the material, the material containing a hydrazine derivative and an infectious development nucleation agent, and the developer having a pH value of 10.0 to 11.2 and containing a dihydroxy benzene compound, a 3-pyrazolidone compound or an aminophenol compound, a sulfite of 0.3 to 1.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I are suitable as release compounds for photographically useful groups (photographic units). On reacting with nucleophilic reagents, preferably with dinucleophiles, the photographically useful group is released. ##STR1## In formula I: PUG means a photographically useful group;A means a strong electron acceptor;V means a vinylene group or two or more successive vinylene groups, wherein the vinylene group or two successive vinylene groups may form part of an aromatic ring system;L means one or more timing groups;m means 0 (zero) 1 or 2;n means 0 (zero), 1 or 2;R.sup.1 means H or methyl;R.sup.2 means H, alkyl with 1-18 C atoms or aryl;R.sup.3, R.sup.4 mean H or an organic group,wherein R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may also together mean the residue necessary to complete a ring.

Abstract: A process for the formation of a color image which comprises the steps of: exposing to light a silver halide light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer, and developing said light-sensitive material to form a color image, wherein said light-sensitive material comprises at least one dye-forming coupler and at least one coloring reducing agent represented by formula (I) and is intensified with a solution containing hydrogen peroxide or a compound releasing hydrogen peroxide to form an intensified image:R.sup.11 --NH--NH--X--R.sup.12 (I)wherein R.sup.11 represents an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R.sup.12 represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group; and X represents --SO.sub.2 --, --CO--, --COCO--, --CO--O--, --CO--N(R.sup.13)--, --COCO--O--, --COCO--N(R.sup.13)--, or --SO.sub.2 --N(R.sup.13)--, in which R.sup.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material for industrial radiography is disclosed comprising a film support and on one or both sides thereof at least one silver halide emulsion layer which is characterized in that each gelatino silver halide emulsion layer comprises as silver halide silver chloride or silver chlorobromide wherein the amount of bromide is not more than 10 mole %; has a gelatin to silver halide (expressed as silver nitrate) ratio from 0.2 to 0.6 and a total amount of silver halide corresponding to from 11 g to 35 g of silver/m.sup.2 and in that the photographic material has been fore-hardened to such an extent that when it is immersed in demineralized water of 25.degree. C. for 3 minutes there is not absorbed more than 3.0 g of water per gram of gelatin, and wherein said material further comprises a dihydroxybenzene compound and a 3-pyrazolidine-1-one compound as developing agents.

Abstract: Radiographic films can be processed using conventional developing agents, either in the films or in solution. The films also include from about 0.02 to about 1 mg/dm.sup.2 of thialkylene bis(ammonium salt). The solution used for development is replenished at a low rate with a chemical base as the sole developer replenishing agent. The chemical base maintains developer composition pH at from about 9 to about 11 and enables processing of films without the use of conventional developer replenishing solutions or replenishment rates.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a transparent support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer provided on at least one side of said transparent support, said at least one silver halide emulsion layer comprising silver halide grains, wherein at least 50% of the total projected area of said silver halide grains accounts for silver chloride-containing tabular grains having a silver chloride content of 20 mol % or more, and the tabular grains have an average aspect ratio of 2 or more, and the silver halide photographic material contains at least one compound represented by formula [I] or (A): ##STR1## The photographic material can reduce pollution caused by developing solutions and fixing solutions, and reduce the replenishment rate thereof.

Abstract: Negative images of super-high contrast can be formed by developing an exposed silver halide photographic photosensitive material in the presence of at least one compound selected from the compound of formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.3, together with nitrogen atom to which they are attached, may form a ring; L.sup.1 and L.sup.2 independently represent an alkylene group, an arylene group or a repeated alkyleneoxy group having at least two repeated alkyleneoxy units, which groups may be optionally substituted; A represents an atom selected from hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur or a divalent linkage group constituted from these atoms; and m and n represent 0 or 1, and the compound of formula (2) ##STR2## wherein R.sup.7, R.sup.8 and R.sup.

Abstract: Disclosed are silver halide elements that contain an arylhydrazine compound useful in producing high contrast images. The elements can be handled in bright light room conditions for extended periods of time without increasing minimum density of the element.

Abstract: A method for processing a black-and-white silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising the steps of(1) developing an imagewise exposed black-and-white silver halide photographic light-sensitive material with a developing solution in the presence of a complex forming compound,(2) fixing with a fixing solution,(3) washing or stabilizing with water or a stabilizing solution, respectively, and(4) drying the washed or stabilized light-sensitive material,wherein the light-sensitive material comprises a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer and optionally one or more non-light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layers provided on a first side of the support, and a layer provided on the second side opposite to the fist side of the support, and at least one of the silver halide emulsion layer and the non-light sensitive hydrophilic layer adjacent to the silver halide emulsion layer provided on the first side of the support contains a hydrazine compound, at least one of the silver halide em

Abstract: A method of processing a photographic light-sensitive material comprising a backing layer on a support opposite an emulsion layer comprises the steps of exposing the material, developing the exposed material with developer, the developer being replenished with developer replenisher in an amount of not more than 200 ml per m.sup.2 of the material, and fixing the developed material,wherein the backing layer contains in an amount of 5 to 200 mg/m.sup.

Abstract: A medical X-ray film comprising a transparent base coated on at least one side with (a) a laminar grain silver halide emulsion and (b) a separate hydrophillic colloid layer containing a developing agent for silver halide in an amount corresponding to at least 0.5 moles per mole of the silver coated on that side of the base.

Abstract: Provided is a silver halide photographic photosensitive material excellent in rapid processability and having high processing stability which contains at least one compound represented by the following formula (I) and (II): ##STR1## wherein L.sup.1 and L.sup.2 each represent a divalent linkage group, G.sup.1 and G.sup.2 each represent a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfinyl group, an oxalyl group or a phosphoryl group, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, an alkenyl group or an aryl group, R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 each represent an alkyl group, an aralkyl group or an alkenyl group, R.sup.4 and R.sup.6 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an aryl group or an amino group, Z represents a group of atoms necessary to form a nitrogen-containing 5- to 18-membered ring, X represents a counter ion, and m and n each represent 0 or 1, and the isothioureido group may be a salt of a protonic acid.

Abstract: This invention provides an accelerator for peracid bleaches used for bleaching silver halide photographic elements. The accelerator is a complex of ferric (Fe III) ion and a 2-pyridinecarboxylic acid or a 2,6-pyridinecarboxylic acid. The accelerator may be contained in the bleaching solution, a solution preceding the bleaching solution or in the photographic elements themselves.

Abstract: To eliminate the "pi-line" artefact after processing a silver halide industrial photographic X-ray material is disclosed comprising on at least one side of a support, at least one gelatino silver halide emulsion layer and a total amount of silver halide, corresponding to from 6 to 20 g of silver nitrate per square meter and per side, and at least one non-sensitive protective antistress coating, wherein said photographic material comprises at least one vinyl sulphone compound as a hardening agent and at least one polyoxyalkylene compound as a surfactant in at least one of its hydrophilic layers.

Abstract: A polymeric material is provided comprising a blocked photographically useful group (PUG). The incorporated blocked photographically useful group includes a PUG and a blocking group that is capable of releasing the PUG upon processing the photographic element, wherein the blocking group(a) is capable of reacting with a dinucleophile reagent, and(b) comprises two electrophilic groups that are separated from each other by a substituted atom that enables a nucleophilic displacement reaction to occur with release of PUG upon processing the photographic element in the presence of a dinucleophile reagent, wherein the group that is less electrophilic is bonded directly or through at least one releasable timing group to the PUG.Photographic elements and emulsions including the inventive polymers, and processes for developing an image in the elements, are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photographic material comprising on a support photosensitive silver halide particles, and substantially light insensitive silver salt particles having a speed at least a factor 10 less under the same conditions of exposure and development of said photosensitive silver halide particles than said photosensitive silver halide particles and a releasing compound of formula (I) or (II) as specified in the claims capable of image-wise releasing sulphide or a sulphide under conditions for image-wise development of said photosensitive silver halide particles to silver. The present invention further provides a method for obtaining an image and a lithographic printing plate with said photographic material.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photographic material comprising on a support (i) photosensitive silver halide particles, (ii) substantially light insensitive silver salt particles having a speed at least a factor 10 less than said photosensitive silver halide particles under the same conditions of exposure and development of said photosensitive silver halide particles and (iii) a releasing compound capable of image-wise releasing under the conditions for image-wise development of said photosensitive silver halide to silver a chemical sensitizer, said chemical sensitizer rendering said substantially light insensitive silver salt particles developable. The present invention also provides a method for making an image therewith and a method for making a lithographic printing plate.

Abstract: A photographic element including a support bearing at least one photographic silver halide emulsion layer and bearing on the opposite side of the support a layer containing at least one blocked developing agent or precursor thereof provides automatic developing agent replenishment of the developing bath upon processing.

Abstract: When color reversal materials are developed by a process that comprises prolonged contact with the first, or black-and-white developer, images with a color mismatch or speed deficiency can occur. Such undesirable results can be reduced or eliminated by including in the reversal material, a layer of colloidal elemental silver. The layer can be adjacent to a light sensitive, silver halide-containing layer, which is present within a color record who's speed is to be increased in order to reduce the color mismatch. The amount of colloidal elemental silver employed is less than that used in the art to protect an underlying light sensitive, silver halide layer from exposure by unwanted light.

Abstract: A method of forming a color image which comprises providing a silver halide color photographic material including a support having thereon at least one photosensitive layer containing at least one coupler which forms a dye upon a coupling reaction with an oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent and a substantially silver iodide-free silver halide emulsion containing at least 90 mol. % of silver chloride, which silver halide color photographic material further contains at least one compound of the following formula (I) or (II), and subjecting said silver halide color photographic material to imagewise exposure and then to development with a substantially benzyl alcohol-free developer for not less than 90 seconds.

Abstract: There are described photographic elements containing novel release compounds which release a blocked photographically useful group, such as a blocked development inhibitor. The blocking group is removed during processing as a result of reaction with sulfite ion contained in one of the processing baths.

Abstract: A novel silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having at least one silver halide photographic emulsion layer coated on at least one side of a support, wherein said photographic emulsion layer comprises a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion and said photographic emulsion or other layer(s) comprises a substantially light-insensitive, unfogged silver halide fine grain emulsion, with a heterocyclic mercapto compound represented by the following general formula (I) being adsorbed on the fine grains in said emulsion: general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein X represents --O--, --NH--, or --S--; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are a hydrogen atom or a substituent group; at least one of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group having up to 13 carbon atoms, such alkyl or aryl being bonded directly or through a divalent linkage group to the aromatic nucleus; X.sub.

Abstract: A new class of photographic masked stabilizers is disclosed showing following general chemical formula (Ia) or (Ib): ##STR1## wherein X and Y each independently represent N or CR, R being hydrogen or lower alkyl,Z represents a lower alkyl group, a nitro group, a halogen atom or hydrogen, andM represents a positive counterion, preferably an alkali cation, ammonium or substituted ammonium.The compounds are demasked by hydrolysis under alkaline conditions. They can be incorporated in a developing solution or in a photographic material, preferably in the backing layer. They show an enhanced solvability in water compared to the corresponding unmasked stabilizers.A preferred compound is 1-(2-sulphonatobenzoyl)-5-nitroindazole trimethylamine, sodium or potassium salt.

Abstract: A polymeric material is provided comprising a blocked photographically useful group (PUG). The incorporated blocked photographically useful group includes a PUG and a blocking group that is capable of releasing the PUG upon processing the photographic element, wherein the blocking group(a) is capable of reacting with a dinucleophile reagent, and(b) comprises two electrophilic groups that are separated from each other by a substituted atom that enables a nucleophilic displacement reaction to occur with release of PUG upon processing the photographic element in the presence of a dinucleophile reagent, wherein the group that is less electrophilic is bonded directly or through at least one releasable timing group to the PUG.Photographic elements and emulsions including the inventive polymers, and processes for developing an image in the elements, are also provided.

Abstract: A process of forming superhigh-contrast negative images is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of imagewise exposing a substantially surface latent image-type silver halide photographic material which is spectrally sensitized with a sensitizing dye and then developing said photographic material with a developer, wherein said photographic material contains a heterocyclic thione compound and said developer comprises (a) an aminophenol derivative developing agent, (b) a reductone compound, (c) a quaternary ammonium salt, and (d) a compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, a nitro group, a halogen atom, or a cyano group, and wherein said development processing is carried out in the existence of at least one kind of a polyalkylene oxide or a derivative thereof. The process provides negative images of superhigh contrast having gamma over 10 substantially free from appearance of pepper.

Abstract: Process for developing photographic silver halide recording elements containing nonionic fluorinated surfactants using a developer containing at least 15 g/L of dihydroxy benzene compound, 0.15 mole/L of alkali metal sulfate and a wetting agent as described in a concentration of at least 0.1 g/L at a pH of no greater than 11.5. Silver halide recording elements that can be developed are those particularly useful in medical diagnostics with X-rays and in reprography.

Abstract: A method for the production of a silver image by the silver complex diffusion transfer reversal process, said method comprising the following steps:(I) image-wise photo-exposing a silver halide emulsion layer of a photographic silver halide emulsion having in waterpermeable relationship with the silver halide at least one developing agent,(II) wetting with a practically neutral aqueous liquid the said photo-exposed silver halide emulsion layer and/or wetting with said liquid a development nuclei containing layer of an image-receiving material as defined hereinafter and contacting said materials thereby bringing said layers into waterpermeable relationship with each other, and(III) separating the contacted materials after formation in the image-receiving material of a silver image,wherein said image-receiving material contains in co-operable relationship: (i) physical development nuclei, (ii) a silver halide solvent being a silver complexing agent or precursor thereof, (iii) a watersoluble sulfite or sulfite p

Abstract: A method for development processing of a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material comprising a support having provided thereon at least one surface latent image type silver halide emusion layer, in the presence of a compound represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein Q, X, A, B, M, m and n are as defined above. The method prevents generation of developer fog without reducing sensitivity.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for processing a silver halide photographic material comprising processing the silver halide color photographic material containing a prescribed amount of titanium oxide in an water-resistant resin layer on the silver halide color photographic material, with a color developer containing a prescribed amount of chloride ions. The disclosure described provides a method of developing processing wherein edge stain due to penetration of a developing solution from the cut end of the base is prevented and the sharpness of image is excellent.

Abstract: Method for the production of direct-positive images by image-wise exposing a light-sensitive silver halide material comprising a support and an internal latent image-type silver halide emulsion layer and developing said exposed material in the presence of at least one development nucleator and density-increasing amounts of a compound chosen from the class consisting of formic acid, oxalic acid, glyoxylic acid, or salts of these and/or of a compound chosen from the class consisting of polyethylene glycols, with a hydroquinone-type developing solution having a pH not higher than 12.0 and comprising less than 25 g per liter of a hydroquinone and 5 to 100 g per liter of at least one alkanolamine.

Abstract: A method of processing with a developer a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed, the material comprising a support and provided thereon, a silver halide emulsion layer comprising silver halide grains having not less than 90 mol % chloride, the emulsion layer or a hydrophilic colloid layer adjacent to the emulsion layer containing a tetrazolium compound, or a hydrazine derivative, and replenisher for developer being supplied to the developer in an amount of not more than 200 ml per m.sup.2 of the material processed, wherein the developer contains a carbonate salt in an amount of not less than 0.2 mol/liter.