Abstract: A method for developing a substrate includes spinning the substrate with a spin holder and discharging a developer to the substrate from a plurality of exhaust ports arranged in a row on a developer feeder. The method also includes causing a moving mechanism to move said developer feeder in one direction extending to a center of the substrate in plan view while maintaining a direction of arrangement of said exhaust ports in said one direction, thereby to move said developer feeder between substantially the center and an edge of the substrate. The method further includes causing the developer discharged from said exhaust ports to impinge in separate streams on the substrate, and causing each of the separate streams to impinge spirally on the substrate, thereby to develop the substrate. At least two of loci of positions of impingement of the developer corresponding to said exhaust ports overlap each other.

Abstract: A photosensitive resin structure having an ablation layer for a photosensitive resin for a relief printing that is capable of being processed by infrared radiation and containing an anionic polymer, a relief printing plate is produced by drawing a pattern by irradiating the ablation layer with infrared radiation; exposing the pattern by irradiating the photosensitive resin layer with ultraviolet radiation; and removing the ablation layer and unexposed photosensitive resin layer with a developer.

Abstract: A method for developing a substrate includes spinning the substrate with a spin holder and discharging a developer to the substrate from a plurality of exhaust ports arranged in a row on a developer feeder. The method also includes causing a moving mechanism to move said developer feeder in one direction extending to a center of the substrate in plan view while maintaining a direction of arrangement of said exhaust ports in said one direction, thereby to move said developer feeder between substantially the center and an edge of the substrate. The method further includes causing the developer discharged from said exhaust ports to impinge in separate streams on the substrate, and causing each of the separate streams to impinge spirally on the substrate, thereby to develop the substrate. At least two of loci of positions of impingement of the developer corresponding to said exhaust ports overlap each other.

Abstract: Radiographic silver halide materials coated onto a support contain a portion of the developer chemistry incorporated within the radiographic film. The remainder of the developer chemistry is contained in a developer solution. Use of a reflective support permits the developed materials to be viewed without a light box.

Abstract: This invention relates to an imaging element comprising an imaging layer having associated therewith a compound of Structure I: wherein: the substituents are as defined in the application.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for thermal development having a receiver for receiving an imagewise exposed thermal film, an accumulator for gathering the film, a drive for advancing the film from the receiver to the accumulator, a heater located between the receiver and the accumulator for developing the film, a compound image scanner for scanning the film after it has been thermally developed, the scanner having a first light source and a first sensor placed for forming a first electronic record of the image formed on the developed film by reflection, a second light source and a second sensor placed for forming a second electronic record of the image by an opposing reflection, and a third sensor and a third light source placed for forming a third electronic record of the image formed by transmission, and a lighttight container for the receiver and the heater.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a photothermographic element comprising at least one imaging layer with a pyrrolotriazole coupler and a developing agent, or precursor thereof, the combination of which is capable of forming an image record in the infrared region of the light spectrum in response to a selected hue of visible light. This expedient leads to the formation of high quality images, especially when scanning photothermographic elements in which the silver halide, metallic silver, and/or any organic silver salts have not been removed. Also disclosed is a method for photothermographically forming a developed image comprising an infrared image record.

Abstract: This invention comprises an imaging element comprising an imaging layer having associated therewith a compound of Structure I: wherein PUG is a photographically useful group; LINK 1 and LINK 2 are linking groups; TIME is a timing group; T represents t independently selected substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl groups, t is 0, 1, or 2 and if t is 2, the T groups can form a ring; HET is a heterocyclic group which optionally can form a ring with a T group; R12 is hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or R12 can form a ring with a T group or with HET; 1 is 0 or 1; m is 0, 1, or 2; and n is 0 or 1.

Abstract: Disclosed are an improved silver halide color photographic photosensitive material comprising a support having thereon a photosensitive layer containing at least one kind of photosensitive silver halide grain, a color developing agent, a coupler and a binder, and a non-photosensitive layer, wherein a one dye is contained as a dispersion of solid fine particles at least one of the layers the dye being represented by general formula (I) as follows: D−(X)y  General formula (I) wherein D represents a compound having a chromophore; X represents a dissociative proton or a group having a dissociative proton which is linked to D directly or via a divalent linking group; and y represents an integer of 1 to 7.

Abstract: A method of processing an imagewise exposed color photographic film, said film having at least three light-sensitive units which have their individual sensitivities in different wavelength regions, each of the units comprising at least one light sensitive silver halide emulsion and image dye coupler, which method comprises contacting the imagewise exposed color photographic film with an aqueous solution containing a non-blocked developing agent, at a temperature of between 30 to 60° C.; and wherein said film further comprises an incorporated reducing agent, at least one organic silver salt and an amido compound wherein the reducing agent is substantially unreactive in the aqueous color development step described above, but wherein color development of the same imagewise exposed film is capable of being alternatively obtained, without any externally applied developing agent, by heating said film to a temperature above about 80° C.

Abstract: An image forming assembly and method utilizes a laminate processing sheet. The laminate processing sheet is applied on an emulsion side of an exposed photosensitive film which includes sprocket holes along opposing edges. In a first feature of the present invention, a width of the laminate processing sheet is confined to an image area between the opposing sprocket holes, so as to reduce or eliminate the possibility of processing marks in or around an area of the opposing sprocket holes In a further feature of the present invention, an absorbing sheet can be applied to the backside of the photosensitive film, to absorb any excess processing or wetting solution that is applied to the photosensitive film. This also aids in reducing or eliminating unwanted processing marks at the sprocket holes or an area in the vicinity of the sprocket holes.

Abstract: A method of processing a silver halide color photographic lightsensitive material. The material comprises a support and at least one lightsensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a binder and lightsensitive silver halide grains comprising tabular grains on the support. The material further comprises a developing agent or its precursor, and a compound capable of forming a dye by a coupling reaction with the developing agent in an oxidized form. The method comprises (a) exposing the material under natural light of 2000-9000 K color temperature or artificial light corresponding thereto, for 1/10-1/1000 sec, in an exposure amount such that 80-90% (numerical ratio) of the grains contained in the lightsensitive layer have at least one development initiating point per grain, and (b) color developing the exposed material so that the tabular grains have 3.0 or more (average) development initiating points per grain at the completion of the development.

Abstract: A photographic material processing apparatus and method provides for a homogeneous application of processing solution which leads to homogeneous development. The apparatus utilizes a spreader member in the form of, for example, a spreader bar that applies a limited quantity of developer solution to photographic material such as imagewise exposed film. A pressure member in the form of, for example, a weighted roller or spring-loaded roller acts a squeegee roller and improves contact of the film with a support and/or a heating source. A roller arrangement which includes at least the spreader member and pressure member is configured to enable multiple contacts of the spreader member and pressure member with the photographic material to aid in the agitation of the applied developer solution. In a further embodiment, an additional member in the form of, for example, a mixer member can be utilized to further agitate the applied solution.

Abstract: An image information recording method is disclosed.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of forming a color image that comprises processing a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having at least one photographic constitutional layer on a support, wherein the processing substantially comprises a developing step and subsequent thereto a step of supplying an acidic solution having a pH of 4 or less, in the form of a thin layer, onto the light-sensitive material, so as to have a coverage of 30 ml/m2 or less, omitting both the washing and desilvering steps, and wherein the total of the coating silver amount in each of the coating layers of the light-sensitive material is in the range of 0.003 to 0.3 g/m2 in terms of silver.

Abstract: A heat developing color photosensitive material including a substrate carrying thereon a photosensitive silver halide, binder, a developing agent having specific structure classified into an aminophenol derivative or a phenylenediamine derivative and a compound which forms or releases a diffusive dye by reaction with an oxidized product of the developing agent, in which the material further comprises at least one of the specific naphtol derivatives, phenol derivatives, pyrazolone derivatives, aminophenol derivatives, and the like. These compounds each preferably contain an organic ballasting group which allows the compound. There is also disclosed a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which includes at least a compound of the formula (1) or (2): This light-sensitive material is excellent in discrimination and raw stock storability.

Abstract: An image formation method for forming a color image by imagewise exposing a color negative type silver halide photographic material comprising a transparent support having provided thereon at least three kinds of light-sensitive layers, followed by development processing at a temperature of 50° C. or more, which comprises the steps of reading with an imaging apparatus an image obtained from the color negative type silver halide photographic material whose sensitivity and gradient satisfy the following relationship, applying digital image processing thereto, and then, obtaining output signals of three or more colors: 1.0≦(log10S)·&ggr;≦2.5 S≧800 wherein S represents an ISO sensitivity, and &ggr; represents an average gradient of the three kinds of light-sensitive layers, thereby inviting no failure in shooting due to insufficient exposure in a compact camera or a film with lens, and forming a color image of high quality.

Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which contains, on a support, a specific nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound, and a divalent metal cation that is an acid with intermediate hardness/softness classified in accordance with the HSAB principle, in an amount 1 to 300 times the number of moles of the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound. The light-sensitive material can form an image with high sensitivity and low fogging, both in heat-development processing characterized by its ease and rapidness, and in usual liquid-developing processing that is widely used.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for forming a color-image, which method comprises 1 containing, in a light-sensitive material, a dye-forming coupler, and a compound or its precursor, that is oxidized by a silver halide, to form an oxidation product thereof, that is coupled with the coupler, to form a dye having an absorption in a visible wavelength region; 2 having a given coating silver amount; and 3 applying a peroxide-containing solution onto the light-sensitive material, by a coating method by droplet-spraying. The method can achieve both "a lowered amount of a waste solution" and "reduction in a change of the processing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photosensitive material comprising a support and a photosensitive layer formed thereon. The photosensitive layer comprises at least a photosensitive silver halide emulsion, a developing agent, a compound which forms a dye by a coupling reaction with an oxidized form of the developing agent, and a binder.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for forming a color-image, which method comprises 1 containing, in a light-sensitive material, a dye-forming coupler, and a compound or its precursor, that is oxidized by a silver halide, to form an oxidation product thereof, that is coupled with the coupler, to form a dye having an absorption in a visible wavelength region; 2 having a given coating silver amount; and 3 applying a peroxide-containing solution onto the light-sensitive material, by a coating method by droplet-spraying. The method can achieve both "a lowered amount of a waste solution" and "reduction in a change of the processing.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon photographic constituent layers containing at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein any one of the photographic constituent layers contains at least one coupler for dye formation, at least one reducing agent for color formation represented by the following formula (I) and an auxiliary developing agent and/or a precursor thereof:R.sup.11 --NH--NH--X--R.sup.12 (I)wherein R.sup.11 represents an aryl or heterocyclic group, R.sup.12 represents an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl or 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)-- (wherein R.sup.13 represents a hydrogen atom or a group described for R.sup.12).

Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming method in which a light-sensitive element having at least three light-sensitive layers on a support is imagewisely exposed and the light-sensitive element is superposed on a processing element in the presence of water in an amount of from 0.1 to 1.0 times of the amount necessary for maximally swelling the total coated layers of the light-sensitive element and the processing element, and the both elements are heated to develop an image on the light-sensitive element. The formed image is outputted to a separate recording material. The developed light-sensitive element is superposed on a dye forming reaction inhibiting sheet and heated to stabilize the light-sensitive element.

Abstract: The present invention provides a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material including a substrate having a photographic constituent layer coated thereon including at least one light-sensitive layer which includes a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, a developing agent, a compound capable of forming a dye by a coupling reaction with the oxidation product of the developing agent, and a binder, the light-sensitive material after the exposure thereof being put together with a processing material including a substrate having a constituent layer coated thereon including a processing layer comprising a base and/or a base precursor, in the presence of water supplied to the light-sensitive layer of the light-sensitive material or to the processing layer of the processing material in an amount ranging from 1/10 to the equivalent of an amount which is required for the maximum swelling of the entire coating layers of these materials, so that the light-sensitive layer and the processing layer face each

Abstract: A chromogenic process for the production of color images using, a color photographic recording material with at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer to which are assigned a thermosolvent, a color coupler and a color developer compound, and optionally further non light-sensitive layers, by exposure and development in an aqueous alkaline treatment bath (activator bath), characterised by the following features (a) and (b):(a) the color developer compound is assigned to the silver halide emulsion layer in the form of an inactive precursor compound corresponding to formula I (capped color developer compound): ##STR1## wherein: R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 (the same or different) mean alkyl with up to 6 carbon atoms;R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 (independently of one another) mean H, halogen, --OH, alkyl, alkoxy, acylamino or sulphonamido;M.sup.+ means an alkali metal ion, NH.sub.4.sup.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for forming a color image which comprises color development processing a silver halide color photographic material with an alkaline processing solution substantially free of a color-forming developing agent by using a coating apparatus comprising a plurality of nozzle pores for coating by jetting droplets of the processing solution, wherein three droplets in contiguous to each other jetted from the nozzle pores are coated so as not to leave space among the three droplets coated on said photographic material, wherein said photographic material comprises a support having provided thereon at least one photographic constituting layer, said at least one photographic constituting layer containing at least one dye-forming coupler and at least one color-forming reducing agent selected from the group consisting of color-forming reducing agents represented by formulas (I), (II) and (III) defined in the specification.

Abstract: A heat-developable light-sensitive material including a support and at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer provided on the support, the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing light-sensitive silver halide grains, a compound to form a dye through coupling reaction with an oxidized product of a developing agent, and a binder, characterized in that the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer includes an emulsion containing a developing agent and tabular silver halide grains having a mean grain thickness of 0.01-0.07 .mu.m. The light-sensitive material enables to provide a convenient and quick method of forming color images.

Abstract: The invention relates to a silver halide photographic process carried out using a developing agent incorporated in particles. The developing agent is present in the particles along with a phospholipid-type surfactant. These particles are placed, upon development, in contact with the exposed silver halide photographic material, in the presence of an alkaline activator.

Abstract: The invention relates to a silver halide photographic image forming process in which a developing agent incorporated into microvesicles is used. The developing agent is encapsulated in multilamellar microvesicles, and these microvesicles are then brought into contact with the exposed silver halides in the presence of an alkaline activator upon development. Application to the design of a simplified processing of silver halide photographic materials.

Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material comprises a support provided thereon with a photosensitive silver halide, a developing agent, a coupler, and a binder. After exposure, the photosensitive material is placed, onto a processing material comprising a support provided with a processing layer thereon which contains a base and/or a precursor of a base, with water being present between the photosensitive material and the processing material in an amount of 1/10through 1 times that required to maximally swell the layers of the materials. The resultant assembly is heated to form an image on the photosensitive material. The photosensitive material includes an emulsion in which tabular silver halide grains having an aspect ratio of 2 to 30 account for 50% to 100% of the total projected area of all silver halide grains and in which 50% to 100% of all silver halide grains in number include 10 or more dislocation lines per grain. A method of forming images using this photosensitive material is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for forming an image which comprises imagewise-exposing a silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the emulsion layer or other hydrophilic colloid layer contains a hydrazine derivative as a nucleating agent and contains at least one compound represented by formula (A); and then developing the exposed photographic material with a developer having a pH of 9.0 to 11.0 which contains an ascorbic acid type developing agent and does not substantially contain a dihydroxybenzene type developing agent: ##STR1## wherein X represents a hydrogen atom, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, or a group represented by formula (B): ##STR2## wherein each of R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may be the same or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom or a group other than a hydroxyl group.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a novel method of developing a silver halide photographic product by the surface application of a developing solution. The photographic product comprises an incorporated developing agent in an amount of 0.5 mol/mol of silver, or less. The applied developing solution comprises an alkanolamine (at least 0.6 mol/l), a solution miscible wetting agent, and a developing agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material which has on a substrate at least one photographic light-sensitive layer comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion containing epitaxial silver halide grains having at least one kind of silver salt epitaxy formed on the surface of silver halide tabular grains acting as a host, a developing agent, a compound capable of forming a dye by a coupling reaction with the oxidation product of said developing agent, and a binder. The present invention provides a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material which few adverse effects on the environment, and which is well suited for the simple and rapid process, and which provides graininess of good and high-sensitivity, and which is especially excellent in storage life.

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: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon at least two light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, the lowermost light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and/or a light-insensitive layer adjacent thereto containing a compound represented by formula (D): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a substituent connecting to the benzene ring through a carbon atom, an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom or a sulfur atom, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, R.sup.1 and R.sup.3, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, R.sup.2 and R.sup.5 or R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 may be combined to form a ring, R.sup.7 represents a hydrogen atom or forms=(T).sub.m S together with -(T).sub.m S, T represents a timing group, m represents an integer of 0 to 3 and S represents a protective group eliminated at the development.

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: A silver halide photographic material comprising: (a) a silver chloride-containing emulsion comprising a dispersion medium and a silver halide grain, wherein the silver halide grain contains a tabular grain having an average aspect ratio of not less than 2 accounting for at least 50% of the entire projected area thereof and has a silver chloride content of not less than 20 mol%; (b) a developing agent; and (c) a compound capable of forming a dye image upon development.

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: 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 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 photographic light-sensitive silver halide material is disclosed comprising a support and one or more hydrophylic colloid layers including at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer characterized in that in said emulsion layer is a gold and sulphur sensitized silver bromide or silver bromoiodide emulsion having cubic crystal habit and in that said emulsion and/or a hydrophylic colloid layer in water-permeable relationship therewith comprises a 3-pyrazolidinone compound.

Abstract: There are disclosed thermally processable, image-recording materials including both thermographic and photothermographic materials. The image-recording materials disclosed herein include silver halide and a specified class of reductone developing agents, and are capable of being thermally processed in the absence of water and/or base.

Abstract: A method of forming chromogenic photographic image comprising the steps of:providing an aqueous developable photographic element coated on a single dimensionally stable support, wherein said element comprises in reactive association (1) a developing agent, where said developing agent is a primary amine or a precursor of a primary amine, (2) radiation sensitive silver halide, (3) a color coupler compound that forms or releases a dye upon reaction with the oxidation product of a primary amine developing agent, and (4) a hydrophilic binder;exposing said element to actinic radiation; anddeveloping said image by contacting said element with an applied volume of an aqueous processing solution, wherein said applied volume is limited to less than 800% of the swell volume of said element in equilibrium-mechanical contact with said processing solution or the temporal duration of said contacting is limited to a time less than 500% of the time necessary for said element to swell to 90% of said swell volume.

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: A developer for light-sensitive material capable of processing in common a negative-working light-sensitive lithographic printing plate and a positive-working light-sensitive printing plate as well as a developing agent-containing type silver halide photographic material, is disclosed. The developer comprises an alkali agent, an anionic surface active agent, an antifoggant for a silver halide photographic material, and an alkylene oxide addition product (molecular weight of from 130 to 1200) of an aromatic amine or an aralkyl amine, and has pH of the range of from 11.5 to 13.5.

Abstract: A photographic element is disclosed including a support bearing at least one photographic silver halide emulsion layer and at least one non-photosensitive layer between the emulsion layer and the support, wherein the non-photosensitive layer comprises at least one blocked developing agent.

Abstract: A dispersion comprising solid particles of a developer precursor having the structureCD--(T).sub.m --Sin whichCD is a silver halide color developer,T is a timing group,m is an integer from 0 to 6, andS is a blocking group,and a vehicle in which the solid particles are insoluble, is disclosed. The dispersion can be incorporated in a photographic element.

Abstract: A color photographic element for use with a latent or silver image intensification or amplification method which incorporates a blocked color developing agent. The color photographic element includes at least one silver halide emulsion layer which includes at least about 70 mole percent chloride and has a concentration of silver within the range of about 0.1 mg/m.sup.2 to 2000 mg/m.sup.2. The blocked color developing agent is capable of being unblocked during photographic processing by means of reaction with a dinucleophile reagent. A preferred dinucleophile reagent is hydrogen peroxide, which also acts as an oxidant in the latent or silver image intensification method.

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 method for forming a direct positive image having a high Dmax and a low Dmin, which comprises image-wise exposing a photographic light-sensitive material having on a support at least one photographic emulsion layer containing unprefogged internal latent image-type silver halide grains and developing the photographic light-sensitive material after or while fogging to form direct positive image, wherein the aforesaid development is performed in the existence of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formula (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V) or (VI), acid salts of compounds represented by formula (I) to (IV) provided substituents thereof contain an amino group, and acid salts of compound represented by formula (V) or (VI); ##STR1## wherein symbols are defined as in claim 1.