Silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material

Claim 2

A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least three photosensitive layers containing a silver chloride emulsion or a silver chlorobromide emulsion having an average silver chloride content of at least 96 mol% and containing substantially no silver iodide, said at least three photosensitive layers comprising a cyan coupler-containing layer, a magenta coupler-containing layer and a yellow coupler-containing layer, wherein said at least three photosensitive layers each has a different spectral sensitivity peak in the photosensitive wave-length regions of 650 to 690 nm, 720 to 790 nm and 770 to 850 nm, respectively, and the total coating weight of silver halide is not more than 0.78 g/m 2 in terms of silver.

Claim 3

A silver halide color photographic material as in claim 1, wherein said at least three sensitive layers each has different spectral sensitivity peak in the photosensitive wavelength regions of 660 to 680 nm, 730 to 770 nm and 790 to 830 nm, respectively.

Claim 4

A silver halide color photographic material as in claim 1, wherein said at least three photosensitive layers each has different spectral sensitivity peak in the photosensitive wavelength regions of 660 to 680 nm, 760 to 790 nm and 810 to 850 nm, respectively.

Claim 5

A silver halide color photographic material as in claim 1, wherein the total coating weight of silver halide is not more than 0.64 g/m 2 in terms of silver.

Claim 6

A silver halide color photographic material as in claim 1, wherein the silver chlorobromide grains have localized silver bromide phase.

Claim 7

A silver halide color photographic material as in claim 1, wherein the silver chloride grains have localized phase of at least one different metal ion other than silver ion.

Claim 8

A silver halide color photographic material as in claim 1, wherein said silver chlorobromide grains or silver chloride grains contain one or more metal ions selected from the group consisting of ions of Group VIII metals of the Periodic Table or one or more complex salts thereof.

Claim 9

A silver halide color photographic material as in claim 1, wherein at least one photosensitive layer of said at least three photosensitive layers is selectively spectrally sensitized with at least one compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by (I), (II) and (III): wherein Z 11 and Z 1 2 each represents a group of atoms which forms a heterocyclic ring of five or six membered ring and may contain at least one of a nitrogen atom, a sulfur atom, an oxygen atom, a selenium atom and a tellurium atom as hetero-atom, said ring may be a condensed ring, and may be substituted with at least one substituent, R 11 and R 12 each represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group or an aralkyl group, m 11 represents a positive integer of 2 or 3, R 13 represents a hydrogen atom, and R 14 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or an aralkyl group, or it may be joined with R 12 to form a five or six membered ring, and when R 14 represents a hydrogen atom, R 13 may be joined with another R 13 group to form a hydrocarbonyl or heterocyclic ring, j 11 and k 11 each represents 0 or 1, X⊖ 11 represents an acid anion, and n 11 represents 0 or 1; wherein Z 21 and Z 22 are the same as Z 11 and Z 12 in general formula (I), respectively, R 21 and R 22 are the same as R 11 and R 12 in general formula (I), respectively, and R 23 represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group or an aryl group, m 21 represents an integer of 2 or 3, R 24 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or an aryl group, or R 24 may be joined with another R 24 group to form a hydrocarbonyl or heterocyclic ring, Q 21 represents a sulfur atom, an oxygen atom, a selenium atom or an N-R 25 group, and R 25 is the same as R 23 , j 21 , k 21 , X⊖ 21 and n 2 1 are the same as j 11 , k 11 , X⊖ 11 and n 11 in general formula (I), respectively, R 24 and m 21 are the same as R 24 and m 21 , respectively; wherein Z 3 , represents a group of atoms which forms a heterocyclic ring, Q 31 is the same as Q 21 in general formula (II), R 31 is the same as R 11 or R 12 in general formula (I), respectively, R 32 is the same as R 23 in general formula (II), m31 represents an integer of 2 or 3, R 33 is the same as R 24 in general formula (II) or it may be joined with another R 33 group to form a hydrocarbonyl or heterocyclic ring, and j 31 is the same as j 11 in general formula (I).

Claim 10

A silver halide color photographic material as in claim 1, wherein said support is a reflective support comprising (1) a base paper impregnated with a synthetic polymer through the surface of at least one side of the base paper and (2) a white pigment-containing water-resistant resin layer coated on the base paper.

Claim 11

A silver halide color photographic material as in claim 9, wherein the amount of the impregnated synthetic polymer is from 30 to 90% by weight based on the total amount of the synthetic polymer in the base.

Claim 12

A silver halide color photographic material as in claim 9, wherein the amount of the impregnated synthetic polymer is from 0.5 to 2% by weight based on the amount of pulp in the base paper.

Claim 13

A silver halide color photographic material as in claim 9, wherein the total coating weight of silver halide is not mroe than 0.64 g/m 2 in terms of silver.

Claim 14

A silver halide color photographic material as in claim 9, wherein the impregnated synthetic polymer is selected from the group consisting of anionic polyacrylamides, cationic polyacrylamides, amphoteric polyacrylamides, polyvinyl alcohols, carboxy-modified polyvinyl alcohols, and silica-modified polyvinyl alcohols.

Claim 15

A silver halide color photographic material as in claim 9, wherein the amount of the white pigment is from 12 to 60% by weight based on the amount of the water-resistant resin and the white pigment.

Claim 16

A silver halide color photographic material as in claim 1, wherein the magenta coupler is selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formula (M-I) or (M-II): wherein R 7 and R 9 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, R 3 represents a hydrogen atom, aliphatic or aromatic acyl group or aliphatic or aromatic sulfonyl group, and Y 3 represents a hydrogen atom or a splitting group, R 10 represents a hydrogen atom or splitting group, Y 4 represents a hydrogen atom or splitting group, Za, Zb and Zc each represents a methine group, a substituted methine group, = Nor -NH-, wherein one of the Za-Zb bond or Zb-Zc bond is a double bond and the other is a single bond, when the Zb-Zc bond is a carbon-carbon double bond, this group may be part of an aromatic ring, said coupler may be in the form of a dimer or higher polymer formed at Rio, Y 4 or a substituted methine group represented by Za, Zb or Zc.

Claim 19

A method for forming a color image as in claim 16, wherein the silver halide color photographic material is conveyed for the scanning in the rectangular direction to the scanning exposure at the conveying rate of from 0.8 to 1.25 times that in the color development.

Claim 20

A method for forming a color image as in claim 16, wherein the entire processing time excluding drying time is not longer than 50 seconds.

Claim 21

A method for forming a color image as in claim 16, wherein the entire processing time excluding drying time is not longer than 30 seconds.

Claim 22

A method for forming a color image as in claim 16, wherein the drying time is not longer than 20 seconds.

Claim 23

A method for forming a color image as in claim 16, wherein the drying time is not longer than 10 seconds.

Claim 24

A method for forming a color image as in claim 16, wherein the average exposure time per one picture element in the exposure to laser beams is not longer than 10- 6 seconds.

Claim 25

A method for forming a color image as in claim 16, wherein the color development time is not longer than 20 seconds.

Claim 26

A method for forming a color image as in claim 16, wherein the processing stage comprises at least a color development stage, a bleaching-fixing stage, a rinsing and/or stabilizing stage, and a drying stage.

Claim 27

A method for forming a color image as in claim 16, wherein the processing stage comprises at least a color development stage, a rinsing and/or stabilizing stage, and a drying stage.

Claim 28

A method for forming a color image as in claim 16, wherein the photographic material is introduced into the processing stage within 5 seconds after the scanning exposure with laser beams.