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High contrast negative image-forming process

Assignee: Fujifilm Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1988-06-30
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Granted: 1990-05-29
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Expires: 2008-06-30
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Abstract

Abstract This invention is a process of quickly forming high contrast negative images, which are useful for photomechanical process, by development-processing a silver halide photographic material containing a hydrazine derivative in at least one of silver halide emulsion layer(s) and other hydrophilic colloid layer(s) after imagewise exposure in the existence of a compound represented by general formula (A); <IMAGE> (A) wherein R1, R2 and R3 each represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, or a heterocyclic ring residue, these groups may have a substituent; m represents an integer; L represents an m-valent organic group bonded to the P atom through a carbon atom; n represents an integer of 1 to 3; and X represents an n-valent anion; said X may be bonded to L; using a stable processing solution. Furthermore, the invention is a high contrast negative type silver halide photographic material containing the compound of the above-described general formula (A) in at least one of the silver halide emulsion layer(s) and other hydrophilic colloid layer(s) thereof.

Inventors

  • 👤 Toshiro Takahashi
  • 👤 Kimitaka Kameoka
  • 👤 Yoshio Inagaki

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03C; G03C1/00; G03C1/005; G03C1/06; G03C1/061; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/15

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 226 words
A high contrast negative image-forming process which comprises image-wise exposing and subsequently developing a silver halide photographic material having on a support at least one silver halide emulsion layer, said silver halide emulsion layer or at least one other hydrophilic colloid layer containing a high contrast imparting hydrazine derivative represented by general formula (I) R.sub.1 --NHNH--G--R.sub.2 (I) wherein R 1 represents an aliphatic group or an aromatic group; R 2 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group; and G represents a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfoxy group, a phosphoryl group, or an N-substituted or unsubstituted iminomethylene group, and said development occurring in the presence of a compound represented by the following general formula (A): ##STR6## wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 each represent an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, or a heterocyclic ring residue; these groups each may have a substituent; m represents an interger; L represents an m-valent organic group bonded to the P atom through a carbon atom; n represents an integer of 1 to 3; X represents an n-valent anion; said X may be bonded to L; and wherein development time is from 15 to 60 seconds.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 226 words
A high contrast negative image-forming process which comprises image-wise exposing and subsequently developing a silver halide photographic material having on a support at least one silver halide emulsion layer, said silver halide emulsion layer or at least one other hydrophilic colloid layer containing a high contrast imparting hydrazine derivative represented by general formula (I) R.sub.1 --NHNH--G--R.sub.2 (I) wherein R 1 represents an aliphatic group or an aromatic group; R 2 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group; and G represents a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfoxy group, a phosphoryl group, or an N-substituted or unsubstituted iminomethylene group, and said development occurring in the presence of a compound represented by the following general formula (A): ##STR6## wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 each represent an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, or a heterocyclic ring residue; these groups each may have a substituent; m represents an interger; L represents an m-valent organic group bonded to the P atom through a carbon atom; n represents an integer of 1 to 3; X represents an n-valent anion; said X may be bonded to L; and wherein development time is from 15 to 60 seconds.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 36 words
The high contrast negative image-forming process as claimed in claim 1, wherein a developer which is used for the development contains at least 0.15 mol/liter of a sulfite and has a pH of 9.5 to 12.3.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 63 words
The high contrast negative image-forming process as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the compound shown by general formula (A), m is 1, 2 or 3 and R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having at most 20 total carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having at most 30 total carbon atoms.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 39 words
The high contrast negative image-forming process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the compound of general formula (A) exists in the silver halide emulsion layer or at least one other hydrophilic colloid layer of the silver halide photographic material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 41 words
The high contrast negative image-forming process as claimed in claim 4, wherein the compound of general formula (A) exists in an amount of 1×10 -5 to 1×10 -2 mol per mol of the silver halide in the silver halide emulsion layer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 30 words
The high contrast negative image-forming process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing time from initiation of development to the obtainment of the processed film is from 90-120 seconds.

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