Method for processing silver halide color photographic materials using developer substantially free of bromide and benzyl alcohol

Claim 3

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material as in claim 1, wherein said silver chlorobromide contains silver chloride in an amount of 60 mol% or more.

Claim 4

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material as in claim 2, wherein said silver chlorobromide contains silver chloride in an amount of 90 mol% or more.

Claim 5

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material as in claim 1, wherein said silver halide color photographic material contains a magenta coupler of formula (I) ##STR51## in which R 0 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; Y 1 represents a group capable of being released by the coupling reaction with the oxidation product form of an aromatic primary amine developing agent; Za, Zb, and Zc each represents a substituted or unsubstituted methine group, ═N--, or --NH--; and at least one of said Za--Zb bond and said Zb--Zc bond is a double bond and the other is a single bond.

Claim 6

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material as in claim 4, wherein said magenta coupler is selected from 1H-imidazo[1,2-b]pyrazoles, 1H-pyrazolo[1,5-b]pyrazoles, 1H-pyrazolo[5,1-c][1,2,4]triazoles, 1H-pyrazolo[1,5-b][1,2,4]triazoles, 1H-pyrazolo[1,5-d]tetrazoles and 1H-pyrazolo[1,5-a]benzimidazoles which are represented by formulae (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), and (VII), respectively ##STR52## wherein R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, a cyano group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, a heterocyclic oxy group, an acyloxy group, a carbamoyloxy group, a silyloxy group, a sulfonyloxy group, an acylamino group, an anilino group, a ureido group, an imido group, a sulfamoylamino group, a carbamoylamino group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, a heterocyclic thio group, an alkoxycarbonylamino group, an aryloxycarbonylamino group, a sulfonamido group, a carbamoyl group, an acyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfinyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, or an aryloxycabonyl group; Y 1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a carboxyl group, or a coupling releasable group capable of being released upon coupling by being bonded with the carbon atom at the coupling position of the coupler through an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom or a sulfur atom; or R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , or Y 1 is a divalent group forming a bis-structural compound; when a moiety represented by one of formulae (II) through (VII) exists in a vinyl-structural monomer, R 1 , R 2 , or R 3 may be a simple bond or a connecting group and the moiety shown by formulae (II) through (VII) is bonded to the vinyl group through said bond or connecting group.

Claim 7

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material as in claim 5, wherein said magenta coupler is represented by formula (V).

Claim 8

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material as in claim 2, wherein said silver halide color photographic material contains a magenta coupler represented by formula (IV) or (V) wherein at least one of R 1 and R 2 is a branched substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group that is an alkyl group or a substituted alkyl group which is connected to a pyrazoloazole skeleton through a secondary or tertiary carbon atom.

Claim 9

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material as in claim 7, wherein the secondary or tertiary carbon atom has at least two group selected from an alkyl group or a substituted alkyl group.

Claim 10

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material as in claim 8, wherein the secondary or tertiary carbon atom has at least one of a sulfonamido alkyl group, a sulfonamidoaryl alkyl group, or a sulfonylalkyl group.

Claim 11

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material as in claim 2, wherein said silver halide color photographic material contains a magenta couplers represented by formula (VIII) or (IX): ##STR53## wherein R 11 and R 12 each represents a substituent as defined by R 1 and R 2 , at least one of said R 11 and R 12 representing a group bonding to the pyrazoloazole nucleus by a nitrogen atom, oxygen atom, or sulfur atom thereof as exemplified before; X represents --CH 2 --O--, --CH 2 O--CH 2 CH 2 O--, --CH 2 SO 2 --, --CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 SO 2 NH--, --CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 SO 2 NHCH 2 CH 2 O--, --CH 2 CH 2 CONH--, --CH 2 --COO--, --CH 2 CONH--, --CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CONH--, --CH 2 CH 2 SO 2 --, --CH 2 CH 2 SO 2 NH--, --CH 2 CH 2 NHSO 2 --, --CH 2 NHSO 2 --, --CH 2 NHCO--, ##STR54## R 13 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group; R 14 represents a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, an N-alkylamino group, an N,N-dialkylamino group, an N-anilino group, an acylamino group, a ureido group, an alkoxycarbonylamino group, an imido group, a sulfonamido group, a sulfamoylamino group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, an acyl group, a cyano group, or an alkylthio group; n represents 0 or 1; m represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 4; and when m is 2 or more, said R 14 groups may be the same or different.

Claim 12

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material as in claim 10, wherein the magenta coupler is represented by formula (VIII) wherein R 11 is an alkoxy group, a ureido group, or an aryloxy group, and R 12 is an alkyl group.

Claim 13

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material as in claim 10, wherein the magenta coupler is represented by formula (IX) wherein R 11 is an alkyl group or an alkoxy group, and R 12 is an alkylthio group.

Claim 14

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material as in claim 1, wherein said color developer does not contain benzyl alcohol at all.

Claim 15

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material as in claim 1, wherein said color developer contains an aromatic primary amine color developing agent.

Claim 16

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material as in claim 1, wherein said aromatic primary amine color developing agent is N-ethyl-N-(β-methanesulfonamidoethyl)-3-methyl-4-aminoaniline or N-ethyl-N-(β-hydroxyethyl)-3-methyl-4-aminoaniline.

Claim 17

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material as in claim 1, wherein the color developer contains hydroxylamines.

Claim 18

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material as in claim 16, wherein the hydroxyl amines are those having an alkyl group bonded to a nitrogen atom thereof.

Claim 19

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material as in claim 1, wherein the color developer contains at least one of aromatic polyhydroxyl compounds and alkanolamines.

Claim 20

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material as in claim 1, wherein the color developer contains 4,4'-diamino-2,2'-disulfostylbene type compounds.

Claim 21

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material as in claim 1, wherein the color development is carried out for a period of time of from 30 seconds to 1 minute.

Claim 22

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material as in claim 1, wherein the color developer contains a bromide ion in an amount of 3×10 -3 mol/liter or less.

Claim 23

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material as in claim 1, wherein the color developer contains an inorganic or organic antifoggant.

Claim 24

A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material as in claim 1, wherein the organic antifoggant is selected from antifoggants (1), (3), (10), (13), (22), (146), (147) and (148): ##STR55##