Processing method for silver halide photographic material

Claim 1

A processing method for a silver halide photographic material which comprises developing an exposed silver halide photographic material with a developing solution comprising: (a) an ascorbic acid developing agent, (b) an auxiliary developing agent exhibiting superadditivity, (c) an alkali agent necessary to maintain the pH from 9.2 to 9.8, (d) a carbonate in a concentration from 0.30 mol/liter to 0.60 mol/liter, and (e) a compound represented by formula (I) or (II): ##STR18## wherein R 1 and R 2 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms or a phenyl group; R 3 and R 4 each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; m represents 0, 1 or 2; R 5 represents a hydroxyl group, an amino group or an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; M represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom or an ammonium group; and X represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a sulfonyl group, an amino group, an acylamino group, a dimethylamino group, an alkylsulfonylamino group or an arylsulfonylamino group, said compound represented by formula (I) or (II) being present in a concentration of from 0.01 mmol to 50 mmol per liter of the developing solution; wherein the composition of the developing solution is maintained by feeding the developing solution with a replenisher for the developing solution at a replenishment rate of 50 to 250 ml per m 2 of the photographic material.