Photographic process

Claim 1

A PROCESS WHICH COMPRISES: (A) EXPOSING, IMAGEWISE, THE OUTER LIGHT-SENSITIVE SILVER HALIDE EMULSION LAYER OF A PHOTOGRRAPHIC ELEMENT HAVING A CONTIGUOUS INNER NON-FOGGED SILVER HALIDE LAYER ON A SUPPORT, THE SILVER SALT IN SAID INNER LAYER BEING AT LEAST AS SOLUBLE IN AQUEOUS DEVELOPER SOLUTION AS THE SILVER SALT IN THE OUTER LAYER, (B) DEVELOPING SAID EXPOSED OUTER LAYER TO FORM A SILVER IMAGE IN SAID LAYER, BY A DEVELOPER COMPOSITION SUBSTANTALLY DEVOID OF SILVER DIFFUSION TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; (C) DEVELOPING THE OUTER LAYER WITH AN AQUEOUS DEVELOPER SOLUTION HAVING SILVER DIFFUSION CHARACTERISTICS CONTAINING: (I) A DEVELOPING AGENT TAKEN FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF A POLYHYDROXYBENZEND, P-AMINOPHENOL AND 2,4-DIAMINOPHENOL, (II) AT LEAST ONE DEVELOPING AGENT TAKEN FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF A POLYHDROXYBENZEND, PAMINOPHENOL, 2,4-DIAMINOPHENOL, P-METHYLAMINOPHENOL, 1-PHENYL-3-PYRAZOLIDONE, 1-PHENYL-4METHYL-3-PYAZOLIDONE, AND ASCORBIC ACID, AND (III) A SILVER HALLIDE SOLVENT, AND (D) REMOVING THE OUTER LAYER.