Method for processing light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material

Claim 1

A method for processing a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material, which comprises processing the light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material subjected to imagewise exposure with a processing solution having developing ability, a processing solution having fixing ability, and thereafter sequentially processing said material with a first aqueous stabilizing solution comprising a first surfactant in an amount effective to give to the first aqueous solution a surface tension of 20 to 78 dyne/cm and then with a second aqueous stabilizing solution comprising a second surfactant in an amount effective to give to the second aqueous stabilizing solution a surface tension of 8 to 60 dyne/cm, substantially without performing a water washing step after the processing with the solution having fixing ability, said first surfactant and said second surfactant being the same or different; and wherein each of said first and second light-sensitive silver halide photographic materials contains at least one of the compounds represented by the formula (I) below: ##STR11## wherein each of Z 1 and Z 2 represents a group of atoms necessary for formation of a benzene ring or a naphthalene ring fused to the oxazole ring; each of R 1 and R 2 represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group or an aryl group; R 3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; X 1 .sup.⊖ represents an anion; and n is 0 or 1.

Claim 2

A method for processing a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material, which comprises processing the light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material subjected to imagewise exposure with a processing solution having developing ability, a processing solution having fixing ability, and thereafter sequentially processing said material with a first aqueous stabilizing solution comprising a first surfactant in an amount effective to give to the first aqueous solution a surface tension of 20 to 78 dyne/cm and then with a second aqueous stabilizing solution comprising a second surfactant in an amount effective to give to the second aqueous stabilizing solution a surface tension of 8 to 60 dyne/cm, substantially without performing a water washing step after the processing with the solution having fixing ability, said first surfactant and said second surfactant being the same or different; and wherein each of said first and second light-sensitive silver halide photographic materials contains at least one of the compounds represented by the formula (I) below: ##STR11## wherein each of Z 1 and Z 2 represents a group of atoms necessary for formation of a benzene ring or a naphthalene ring fused to the oxazole ring; each of R 1 and R 2 represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group or an aryl group; R 3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; X 1 .sup.⊖ represents an anion; and n is 0 or 1.