Claims
- 1. A method of processing an exposed originating color silver halide photographic element and its counterpart exposed display color silver halide photographic element comprising:
- the steps of developing using a first developing solution and desilvering, by blixing with a first blixing solution or bleaching and fixing using first bleaching and first fixing solutions, the originating silver halide photographic element, and
- the steps of developing using a second developing solution and desilvering, by blixing with a second blixing solution or bleaching and fixing with second bleaching and second fixing solutions, the display silver halide photographic element;
- wherein the originating silver halide photographic element comprises a radiation sensitive emulsion containing a silver halide grain population comprised of at least 50 mole percent silver chloride, based on total silver forming the grain population projected area, wherein at least 50 percent of total grain projected area is accounted for by intrinsically stable tabular silver halide grains
- (1) bounded by {100} major faces having adjacent edge ratios of less than 10 and
- (2) having an aspect ratio of at least 2, and wherein the silver halide content of the photographic element comprises at least 50 mole % silver chloride and no more than 2 mole % silver iodide;
- wherein the silver halide content of the display silver halide photographic element comprises at least 50 mole % silver chloride and no more than 2 mole % silver iodide;
- wherein said originating silver halide photographic element comprises a development inhibitor or development inhibitor releasing compound that forms a development inhibitor upon release, said development inhibitor or released development inhibitor comprising a heterocyclic nitrogen as a silver binding group; or said originating element comprises a bleach accelerator releasing compound; and
- wherein one or more of the corresponding first and second developing, blixing, or bleaching and fixing solutions used for the originating and display photographic elements have substantially the same chemical compositions.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the originating and display photographic elements are desilvered in common solutions.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein the originating and display photographic elements are developed in common solutions.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein said first and second developing solutions used to develop the originating and display photographic elements have substantially the same chemical composition.
- 5. The method of claim 1 wherein said first and second blixing solutions used to blix the originating and display photographic elements have substantially the same chemical composition.
- 6. The method of claim 5 wherein the originating element is desilvered in less than 4 minutes.
- 7. The method of claim 1 wherein said first and second bleaching solutions used to bleach the originating and display photographic elements have substantially the same chemical composition.
- 8. The method of claim 1 wherein said first and second fixing solutions used to fix the originating and display photographic elements have substantially the same chemical composition.
- 9. The method of claim 1 wherein said first and second corresponding bleaching and fixing solutions used to bleach and fix the originating and display photographic elements have substantially the same chemical composition, wherein the originating photographic element contains less than 5 grams of silver per square meter, and wherein the originating element is desilvered in less than 8 minutes.
- 10. The method of claim 5 wherein each of said first and second blixing solutions comprises less than 0.75 moles/liter of thiosulfate, and less than 0.25 moles/liter of a ferric aminopolycarboxylic acid complex.
- 11. The method of claim 10 wherein the aminopolycarboxylic acid complex is ferric ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid.
- 12. The method of claim 7 wherein each of said first and second bleaching solutions comprises less than 0.075 moles/liter of a ferric aminopolycarboxylic acid complex.
- 13. The method of claim 12 wherein the aminopolycarboxylic acid complex is ferric 1,3-propylenediamine tetraacetic acid.
- 14. The method of claim 7 wherein each of said first and second solutions comprises less than 0.25 moles/liter of thiosulfate.
- 15. The method of claim 4 wherein the developing solution is substantially free of bromide and comprises
- (1) 4-(N-ethyl-N-2-methanesulfonylaminoethyl)-2-methylphenylenediamine sesquisulfate monohydrate as the color developing agent,
- (2) N,N-dialkylhydroxylamine, and
- (3) from 0 to 0.2 moles of sulfite per mole of said color developing agent.
- 16. The method of claim 1 wherein the originating photographic element is developed in less than 4 minutes and desilvered in less than 8 minutes.
- 17. The method of claim 1 wherein the tabular silver halide grains have an aspect ratio of at least 8.
- 18. The method of claim 1 wherein the tabular silver halide grains have thicknesses of less than 0.3 microns.
- 19. The method of claim 1 wherein the tabular silver halide grains contain at least 70 mole percent silver chloride.
- 20. A method of processing an exposed originating color silver halide photographic element and its counterpart exposed display color silver halide photographic element comprising:
- the steps of developing using a first developing solution, and blixing using a first blixing solution, the originating silver halide photographic element, and
- the steps of developing using a second developing solution and blixing using a second blixing solution, the display silver halide photographic element;
- wherein the originating silver halide photographic element comprises a radiation sensitive emulsion containing a silver halide grain population comprised of at least 70 mole percent silver chloride, based on total silver forming the grain population projected area, wherein at least 50 percent of total grain projected area is accounted for by intrinsically stable tabular silver halide grains
- (1) bounded by {100} major faces having adjacent edge ratios of less than 10 and
- (2) having an aspect ratio of at least 2, and wherein the silver halide content of the photographic element comprises at least 50 mole % silver chloride and no more than 2 mole % silver iodide,
- wherein the silver halide content of the display silver halide photographic element comprises at least 50 mole % silver chloride and no more than 2 mole % silver iodide;
- wherein said originating silver halide photographic element comprises a development inhibitor or development inhibitor releasing compound that forms a development inhibitor upon release, said development inhibitor or released development inhibitor comprising a heterocyclic nitrogen as a silver binding group; or said originating element comprises a bleach accelerator releasing compound;
- wherein the corresponding first and second blixing solutions used for the originating and display photographic elements have substantially the same chemical compositions and respectively comprise less than 0.75 moles/liter of thiosulfate, and less than 0.25 moles/liter of a ferric ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid complex; and
- wherein the originating element is desilvered in less than 4 minutes.
- 21. The method of claim 20 wherein the corresponding first and second developing solutions have substantially the same chemical composition and are substantially free of bromide and comprise
- (1) 4-(N-ethyl-N-2-methanesulfonylaminoethyl)-2-methylphenylenediamine sesquisulfate monohydrate as the color developing agent,
- (2) N,N-dialkylhydroxylamine, and
- (3) from 0 to 0.2 moles of sulfite per mole of said color developing agent.
- 22. The method of claim 20 wherein the tabular silver halide grains have thicknesses of less than 0.3 microns.
- 23. The method of claim 20 wherein the tabular silver halide grains have an aspect ratio of at least 8.
- 24. A method of processing an exposed originating color silver halide photographic element and its counterpart exposed display color silver halide photographic element comprising:
- the steps of developing using a first developing solution, bleaching and fixing using first bleaching and fixing solutions, the originating silver halide photographic element, and
- the steps of developing using a second developing solution, bleaching and fixing using second bleaching and fixing solutions, the display silver halide photographic element;
- wherein the originating silver halide photographic element comprises a radiation sensitive emulsion containing a silver halide grain population comprised of at least 70 mole percent silver chloride, based on total silver forming the grain population projected area, wherein at least 50 percent of total grain projected area is accounted for by intrinsically stable tabular silver halide grains
- (1) bounded by {100} major faces having adjacent edge ratios of less than 10 and
- (2) having an aspect ratio of at least 2, and wherein the silver halide content of the photographic element comprises at least 50 mole % silver chloride and no more than 2 mole % silver iodide,
- wherein the silver halide content of the display silver halide photographic element comprises at least 50 mole % silver chloride and no more than 2 mole % silver iodide;
- wherein said originating silver halide photographic element comprises a development inhibitor or development inhibitor releasing compound that forms a development inhibitor upon release, said development inhibitor or released development inhibitor comprising a heterocyclic nitrogen as a silver binding group; or said originating element comprises a bleach accelerator releasing compound;
- wherein the corresponding first and second bleaching and fixing solutions used for the originating and display photographic elements have substantially the same chemical compositions; and
- wherein the bleaching solutions respectively comprise less than 0.075 moles/liter of a ferric 1,3-propylenediamine tetraacetic acid complex and the fixing solutions respectively comprise less than 0.25 moles/liter of thiosulfate.
- 25. The method of claim 24 wherein the originating photographic element contains less than 5 grams of silver per square meter, and wherein the originating element is desilvered in less than 8 minutes.
- 26. The method of claim 24 wherein the corresponding first and second developing solutions have substantially the same chemical composition and are substantially free of bromide and comprise
- (1) 4-(N-ethyl-N-2-methanesulfonylaminoethyl)-2-methylphenylenediamine sesquisulfate monohydrate as the color developing agent,
- (2) N,N-dialkylhydroxylamine, and
- (3) from 0 to 0.2 moles of sulfite per mole of said color developing agent.
- 27. The method of claim 24 wherein the tabular silver halide grains have thicknesses of less than 0.3 microns.
- 28. The method of claim 24 wherein the tabular silver halide grains have an aspect ratio of at least 8.
- 29. A method of processing an exposed originating color silver halide photographic element and its counterpart exposed display color silver halide photographic element comprising:
- the steps of developing using a first developing solution and desilvering, by blixing using a first blixing solution or bleaching and fixing using first bleaching and fixing solutions, the originating silver halide photographic element, and
- the steps of developing using a second developing solution and desilvering, by blixing using a second blixing solution or bleaching and fixing using second bleaching and fixing solutions, the display silver halide photographic element;
- wherein the originating silver halide photographic element comprises a radiation sensitive emulsion containing a silver halide grain population comprised of at least 50 mole percent silver chloride, based on total silver forming the grain population projected area, wherein at least 50 percent of total grain projected area is accounted for by intrinsically stable tabular silver halide grains
- (1) bounded by {100} major faces having adjacent edge ratios of less than 10 and
- (2) having an aspect ratio of at least 2, and wherein the silver halide content of the photographic element comprises at least 50 mole % silver chloride and no more than 2 mole % silver iodide,
- wherein the silver halide content of the display silver halide photographic element comprises at least 50 mole % silver chloride and no more than 2 mole % silver iodide,
- wherein said originating silver halide photographic element comprises a development inhibitor or development inhibitor releasing compound that forms a development inhibitor upon release, said development inhibitor or released development inhibitor comprising a heterocyclic nitrogen as a silver binding group; or said originating element comprises a bleach accelerator releasing compound; and
- wherein one or more of the first and second corresponding developing, blixing, or bleaching and fixing solutions used for the originating and display photographic elements have substantially the same chemical components.
- 30. The method of claim 29 wherein said first and second developing solutions used to develop the originating and display photographic elements have substantially the same chemical components.
- 31. The method of claim 29 wherein said first and second blixing solutions used to blix the originating and display photographic elements have substantially the same chemical components.
- 32. The method of claim 29 wherein said first and second bleaching solutions used to bleach the originating and display photographic elements have substantially the same chemical composition.
- 33. The method of claim 29 wherein said first and second fixing solutions used to fix the originating and display photographic elements have substantially the same chemical composition.
- 34. The method of claim 31 wherein said first and second blixing solutions comprise ammonium thiosulfate, and ferric ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid.
- 35. The method of claim 32 wherein said first and second bleaching solutions comprise ferric 1,3-propylenediamine tetraacetic acid and substantially no ammonium ion.
- 36. The method of claim 33 wherein said first and second fixing solutions comprise sodium thiosulfate and substantially no ammonium ion.
- 37. The method of claim 30 wherein the developing solutions are substantially free of bromide and comprise
- (1) 4-(N-ethyl-N-2-methanesulfonylaminoethyl)-2-methylphenylenediamine sesquisulfate monohydrate as the color developing agent,
- (2) N,N-dialkylhydroxylamine, and
- (3) from 0 to 0.2 moles of sulfite per mole of said color developing agent.
- 38. The method of claim 29 wherein the tabular silver halide grains have an aspect ratio of at least 8.
- 39. The method of claim 29 wherein the tabular silver halide grains have thicknesses of less than 0.3 microns.
- 40. The method of claim 29 wherein the tabular silver halide grains contain at least 70 mole percent silver chloride.
- 41. A method of processing an exposed originating color silver halide photographic element and its counterpart exposed display color silver halide photographic element comprising:
- the steps of developing using a first developing solution and desilvering, by blixing with a first blixing solution or bleaching and fixing using first bleaching and first fixing solutions, the originating silver halide photographic element, and
- the steps of developing using a second developing solution and desilvering, by blixing with a second blixing solution or bleaching and fixing with second bleaching and second fixing solutions, the display silver halide photographic element;
- wherein the originating silver halide photographic element comprises a radiation sensitive emulsion containing a silver halide grain population comprised of at least 50 mole percent silver chloride, based on total silver forming the grain population projected area, wherein at least 50 percent of total grain projected area is accounted for by intrinsically stable tabular silver halide grains
- (1) bounded by {100} major faces having adjacent edge ratios of less than 10 and
- (2) having an aspect ratio of at least 2, and wherein the silver halide content of the photographic element comprises at least 50 mole % silver chloride and no more than 1 mole % silver iodide;
- wherein the silver halide content of the display silver halide photographic element comprises at least 50 mole % silver chloride and no more than 1 mole % silver iodide, wherein said originating silver halide photographic element comprises a development inhibitor or development inhibitor releasing compound that forms a development inhibitor upon release, said development inhibitor or released development inhibitor comprising a heterocyclic nitrogen as a silver binding group; or said originating element comprises a bleach accelerator releasing compound; and
- wherein one or more of the corresponding first and second developing, blixing, or bleaching and fixing solutions used for the originating and display photographic elements have substantially the same chemical compositions.
- 42. The method of claim 1 wherein the silver iodide content of the originating color silver halide photographic element is less than 1 mole % silver iodide.
- 43. The method of claim 20 wherein the silver iodide content of the originating color silver halide photographic element is less than 1 mole % silver iodide.
- 44. The method of claim 24 wherein the silver iodide content of the originating color silver halide photographic element is less than 1 mole % silver iodide.
- 45. The method of claim 29 wherein the silver iodide content of the originating color silver halide photographic element is less than 1 mole % silver iodide.
- 46. The method of claim 1 wherein the originating silver halide photographic element comprises a development inhibitor, or development inhibitor releasing compound which forms a development inhibitor upon release, said development inhibitor being selected from the group consisting of oxadiazoles, benzotriazoles, benzodiazoles, oxazoles, thiazoles, diazoles, triazoles, thiadiazoles, oxadiazoles, thiatriazoles, tetrazoles, benzimidazoles, indazoles, isoindazoles and benzisodiazoles.
- 47. The method of claim 1 wherein said originating silver halide photographic element comprises a support having thereon a red-sensitized silver halide emulsion unit having associated therewith a cyan dye image-forming compound, a green-sensitized silver halide emulsion unit having associated therewith a magenta dye image-forming unit, and a blue-sensitized silver halide emulsion unit having associated therewith a yellow dye image-forming unit, and wherein said originating silver halide photographic element exhibits an ISO speed rating of 25 or more.
- 48. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of optically printing the image formed in said originating color silver halide photographic element onto said display color silver halide photographic element.
- 49. The method of claim 20 wherein the originating silver halide photographic element comprises a development inhibitor, or development inhibitor releasing compound which forms a development inhibitor upon release, said development inhibitor being selected from the group consisting of oxadiazoles, benzotriazoles, benzodiazoles, oxazoles, thiazoles, diazoles, triazoles, thiadiazoles, oxadiazoles, thiatriazoles, tetrazoles, benzimidazoles, indazoles, isoindazoles and benzisodiazoles.
- 50. The method of claim 20 wherein said originating silver halide photographic element comprises a support having thereon a red-sensitized silver halide emulsion unit having associated therewith a cyan dye image-forming compound, a green-sensitized silver halide emulsion unit having associated therewith a magenta dye image-forming unit, and a blue-sensitized silver halide emulsion unit having associated therewith a yellow dye image-forming unit, and wherein said originating silver halide photographic element exhibits an ISO speed rating of 25 or more.
- 51. The method of claim 20 further comprising the step of optically printing the image formed in said originating color silver halide photographic element onto said display color silver halide photographic element.
- 52. The method of claim 24 wherein the originating silver halide photographic element comprises a development inhibitor, or development inhibitor releasing compound which forms a development inhibitor upon release, said development inhibitor being selected from the group consisting of oxadiazoles, benzotriazoles, benzodiazoles, oxazoles, thiazoles, diazoles, triazoles, thiadiazoles, oxadiazoles, thiatriazoles, tetrazoles, benzimidazoles, indazoles, isoindazoles and benzisodiazoles.
- 53. The method of claim 24 wherein said originating silver halide photographic element comprises a support having thereon a red-sensitized silver halide emulsion unit having associated therewith a cyan dye image-forming compound, a green-sensitized silver halide emulsion unit having associated therewith a magenta dye image-forming unit, and a blue-sensitized silver halide emulsion unit having associated therewith a yellow dye image-forming unit, and wherein said originating silver halide photographic element exhibits an ISO speed rating of 25 or more.
- 54. The method of claim 24 further comprising the step of optically printing the image formed in said originating color silver halide photographic element onto said display color silver halide photographic element.
- 55. The method of claim 29 wherein the originating silver halide photographic element comprises a development inhibitor, or development inhibitor releasing compound which forms a development inhibitor upon release, said development inhibitor being selected from the group consisting of oxadiazoles, benzotriazoles, benzodiazoles, oxazoles, thiazoles, diazoles, triazoles, thiadiazoles, oxadiazoles, thiatriazoles, tetrazoles, benzimidazoles, indazoles, isoindazoles and benzisodiazoles.
- 56. The method of claim 29 wherein said originating silver halide photographic element comprises a support having thereon a red-sensitized silver halide emulsion unit having associated therewith a cyan dye image-forming compound, a green-sensitized silver halide emulsion unit having associated therewith a magenta dye image-forming unit, and a blue-sensitized silver halide emulsion unit having associated therewith a yellow dye image-forming unit, and wherein said originating silver halide photographic element exhibits an ISO speed rating of 25 or more.
- 57. The method of claim 29 further comprising the step of optically printing the image formed in said originating color silver halide photographic element onto said display color silver halide photographic element.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 08/035,347, filed Mar. 22, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,443,943.
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