Method for the formation of high-contrast images

Claim 1

A method for forming an image comprising a step of development of a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having a silver halide emulsion layer with a developer, wherein said silver halide emulsion layer contains a compound selected from the group consisting of 3-pyrazolidone type compounds, dihydroxybenzene type compounds or trihydroxybenzene type compounds; said developer contains a compound selected from the group consisting of dihydroxybenzene type compounds and trihydroxybenzene type compounds; a sulfite and an amino compound; and said development is performed in the presence of a compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the following Formula 1, 2 and 3; wherein R 1 and R 2 each represents an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, R is a divalent organic group, n is an integer of zero to 6 and m is an integer of zero or 1, provided that when n is 2 to 6 the Rs are the same as or different from each other, wherein, R 21 is an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group; R 22 is a hydrogen atom, an alkoxy group, a heterocyclic oxy group, an amino group, or an aryloxy group; P 1 and P 2 each represents a hydroqen atom, an acyl qroup or a sulfinic acid group, wherein Ar is an aryl group containing a non-diffusible group or a silver halide adsorption accelerating group; and R 3 , is a substituted alkyl group.

Claim 2

A method for forming an image comprising a step of development of a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having a silver halide emulsion layer with a developer, wherein said silver halide emulsion layer contains a compound selected from the group consisting of 3-pyrazolidone type compounds, dihydroxybenzene type compounds or trihydroxybenzene type compounds; said developer contains a compound selected from the group consisting of dihydroxybenzene type compounds and trihydroxybenzene type compounds; a sulfite and an amino compound; and said development is performed in the presence of a compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the following Formula 1, 2 and 3; wherein R 1 and R 2 each represents an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, R is a divalent organic group, n is an integer of zero to 6 and m is an integer of zero or 1, provided that when n is 2 to 6 the Rs are the same as or different from each other, wherein, R 21 is an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group; R 22 is a hydrogen atom, an alkoxy group, a heterocyclic oxy group, an amino group, or an aryloxy group; P 1 and P 2 each represents a hydroqen atom, an acyl qroup or a sulfinic acid group, wherein Ar is an aryl group containing a non-diffusible group or a silver halide adsorption accelerating group; and R 3 , is a substituted alkyl group.

Claim 4

The method of calim 1, wherein said non-diffusible group of Formula 3 is an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a phenyl group, an alkylphenyl group, a phenoxy group or alkylphenoxy group, which have 8 or more carbon atoms.

Claim 5

The method of calim 1, wherein said non-diffusible group of Formula 3 is an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a phenyl group, an alkylphenyl group, a phenoxy group or alkylphenoxy group, which have 8 or more carbon atoms.

Claim 9

The method of calim 6, wherein said compound represented by Formula 1, 2 or 3 is contained in said photographic material in an amount of from 1 x 10- 4 to 1 ×10 -2 mole per mole of silver halide contained in said silver halide emulsion layer.

Claim 10

The method of calim 6, wherein said compound represented by Formula 1, 2 or 3 is contained in said photographic material in an amount of from 1 x 10- 4 to 1 ×10 -2 mole per mole of silver halide contained in said silver halide emulsion layer.

Claim 29

The method of claims 1,2 to 24 or 25, wherein said silver halide photographic material coantains a compound represented by the following Formula 5; wherein Y and Z each is a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom, provided that when either one of Z and Y is a nitrogen atom, the other is a carbon atom; R 51 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a halogen atom or a nitro group.

Claim 30

The method of claims 1, 2 to 24, 25 or 26, wherein said silver halide photographic material coantains a compound represented by the following Formula 6; wherein R 61 , R 62 and R 63 each is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, an amino group, a mercapto group, an alkyl group or an aryl group.

Claim 31

The method of claims 1, 2 to 24, 25, 26 or 27, wherein said silver halide photographic material coantains a compound represented by the following Formula 7; Formula 7 Y-[S-L 1 -(J 1 )k-(L 2 )l-(Z) m-(L 3 ) n-(J 2 L 4 ) p(G)q]r wherein L 1 through L4 each is a divalent hydrocarbon group, J 1 and J 2 each is an -O- atom, a -COO- group, a -CONR 71 - group, an -S0 2 NR 71 group, an -NR 71 -CO-NR 72 - group, an -S0 2 - group, an -N=N- group, an -NR 71 - group or -CO- group; Y is a hydrogen atom, a divalent group or a linkage, or an amidino group; Z is a heterocyclic group; G is a sulfonic acid group, a carboxyl group or a phosphoric acid group; R 71 and R 72 , each is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; k, I, m, and n each is an integer of 0 to 2; p is an integer of 0 to 4; g is an integer of 1 to 4 and r is an integer of 1 to 2; provided that when G is a carboxyl group, m is an integer of 1 to 2, and when Y is a divalent group or a linkage, r is 2.