Claims
- 1. A method of processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer containing surface latent image-type silver halide grains, coated on a reflective support, in which said at least one emulsion layer contains regular crystal grains of silver chloride or silver chlorobromide having a mean silver chloride content of 80 mol % or more on the basis of the total silver halide grains present therein and substantially does not contain silver iodide, and in which a colloidal silver-containing layer is located adjacent to said emulsion layer, wherein at least one of said colloidal silver-containing layer, said emulsion layer and an interlayer therebetween contains at least one mercaptoazole compounds, comprising imagewise exposing said material and then processing said material, with a color developer which does not contain any bromide or sulfite, within 60 seconds.
- 2. The method of processing the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the developer substantially does not contain benzyl alcohol.
- 3. The method of processing the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least 50% by weight of silver halide grains (based on the total silver halide grains) present in said emulsion layer have at least one silver bromide localized phase inside of and/or on the surface of each of the grains.
- 4. The method of processing the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the content of the colloidal silver in the colloidal silver-containing layer is from 0.01 to 0.5 g/m.sup.2 silver.
- 5. The method of processing the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the colloidal silver is a yellow or black colloidal silver.
- 6. The method of processing the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mercaptoazole compound is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formulae (I), (II) or (III), or precursors thereof: ##STR34## wherein R and R.sup.3 each represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group or an aryl group;
- X represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom, an ammonium group or a precursor thereof;
- Y represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom;
- L represents a dilvalent linking group;
- R.sup.10 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group and an aryl group;
- and n represents 0 or 1.
- 7. The method of processing the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mercaptoazole compound is present in an amount of from 1.times.10.sup.-5 to 1.times.10.sup.-3 mol per ml of the total amount of silver in the colloidal silver-containing layer and in the adjacent light-sensitive layer, the silver halide being calculated as silver.
- 8. The method of processing the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the colloidal silver layer, the adjacent emulsion layer and an interlayer therebetween contains a compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formula (IV) or (V):
- Cp--X.sup.1 (IV)
- A.sub.1 --P--Ar--Q--A.sub.2 (V)
- wherein Cp represents a colorless coupler residue capable of forming a substantially colorless compound by coupling with an oxidation product of a color developing agent or a coupler residue capable of forming a compound, which is able to be dissolved or diffused out of the layer of the photographic material, by coupling in color development;
- X.sup.1 represents a coupling-releasing group;
- A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 each represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being cleaved by action of an alkali;
- P and Q each represents an oxygen atom or a sulfonylimino group; Ar represents an aromatic group; and
- A.sub.1 --P-- and --Q--A.sub.2 are bonded to the 1,2-positions or 1,4-positions of the aromatic group.
- 9. The method of processing the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 8, in which the compound of formula (IV) is one represented by formula (VI): ##STR35## wherein Sol represents an alkali-soluble group; b represents an integer of from 1 to 3;
- Cpp represents a group capable of releasing the group X.sup.2 in a coupling reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent; and
- X.sup.2 represents a non-diffusible group-containing coupling-releasing group.
- 10. The method of processing the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 9, in which the compound of formula (VI) is one selected from compounds of the general formulae (Cp-1), (Cp-2), (Cp-3), (Cp-4), (Cp-5), (Cp-6), (Cp-7) and (Cp-8) ##STR36## wherein R.sub.51, R.sub.52, R.sub.53, R.sub.54, R.sub.55, R.sub.56, R.sub.57, R.sub.58, R.sub.59, R.sub.60, R.sub.61 and R.sub.62 independently have a total carbon number of 15 or less;
- R.sub.51, R.sub.52, R.sub.53, R.sub.55, R.sub.58, R.sub.60 and R.sub.61 may optionally contain Sol group as a substituent;
- R.sub.54, R.sub.56, R.sub.57, R.sub.59 and R.sub.62 may optionally contain Sol as a substituent, or they may be Sol;
- R.sub.51 is the same as R.sub.41, which represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group;
- R.sub.52 and R.sub.53 each represents an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group;
- R.sub.54 has the same meaning as R.sub.41 and additionally represents ##STR37## R.sub.43, R.sub.44 and R.sub.45 each represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, and aromatic group or a heterocyclic group;
- R.sub.55 has the same meaning as R.sub.41 ;
- R.sub.56 and R.sub.57 have the same meaning as R.sub.43 and additionally represent R.sub.41 S--, R.sub.43 O--, a carboxyl group, ##STR38## R.sub.58 has the same meaning as R.sub.41 ; R.sub.59 has the same meaning as R.sub.41 and additionally represents ##STR39## a sulfonic acid group or a salt thereof, R.sub.41 O--, R.sub.41 S--, a halogen atom or ##STR40## p represents an integer of from 0 to 3; when p is a plural number, plural R.sub.59 's may be the same or different, or they may be bonded to each other in the form of a divalent group to form a cyclic structure;
- R.sub.60 and R.sub.61 each has the same meaning as R.sub.41 ;
- R.sub.62 has the same meaning as R.sub.41 and additionally represents R.sub.41 CONH--, R.sub.41 OCONH--, R.sub.41 SO.sub.2 NH--, a carboxyl group, a sulfonic acid group or a salt thereof, ##STR41## h represents an integer of from 0 to 4; when the formula has plural R.sub.62 's, they may be the same or different;
- LVG.sub.1 represents R.sub.65 O, an imido group to be bonded to the coupling position via the nitrogen atom, a 5-membered or 6-membered unsaturated nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group bonded to the coupling position via the nitrogen atom, or R.sub.66 S--;
- LVG.sub.2 represents R.sub.66 S--, R.sub.65 O, R.sub.65 --N.dbd.N-- or a 5-membered or 6-membered unsaturated nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group bonded to the coupling position via the nitrogen atom;
- LVG.sub.3 represents R.sub.66 S-- or a 5-membered or 6-membered unsaturated nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group bonded to the coupling position via the nitrogen atom;
- LVG.sub.4 represents R.sub.66 O--, R.sub.65 N.dbd.N-- or R.sub.66 S--;
- R.sub.65 represents an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group; and
- R.sub.66 represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group.
- 11. The method of processing the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 8, in which the compound of formula (V) is one represented by general formula (VII): ##STR42## wherein A.sub.1 and Q have the same meanings as those defined for formula (V);
- --Q--H is positioned in the 2- or 4-position to A.sub.1 --O-- in the benzene ring;
- R.sub.1 represents a group which may be substituted in the benzene ring; a represents an integer of from 1 to 4; when a is 2 or more, plural R.sub.1 's may be the same or different; when two R.sub.1 's are adjacent substituents on the benzine ring, they may be bonded to each other to form a cyclic structure.
- 12. The method of processing the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 8, wherein the amount of the compound represented by formula (IV) or (V) is from 0.01 to 0.2 g/m.sup.2.
- 13. The method of processing the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 12, wherein the colloidal silver is present in at least one of an antihalation layer provided between the support and said silver halide emulsion layer closest to the support, and a light-filter layer.
- 14. The method of processing the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the material has at least one of blue-, green- and red-sensitive layers.
- 15. The method of processing the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mean silver chloride content is 90 mol % or more.
- 16. The method of processing the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least 70% by weight of silver halide grains based on the total silver halide grains present in said emulsion layer have at least one silver bromide localized phase inside of and/or on the surface of each of the grains.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 07/326,861 filed Mar. 22, 1989, now abandoned.
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