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(11) EP 0 410 450 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
15.05.1991 Bulletin 1991/20

(43) Date of publication A2:
30.01.1991 Bulletin 1991/05

(21) Application number: 90114363.6

(22) Date of filing: 26.07.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: G03C 7/413, G03C 7/30, G03C 7/38
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 28.07.1989 JP 196026/89
03.04.1990 JP 88825/90

(71) Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
Kanagawa (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Nakamura, Koichi, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Minami Ashigara-shi, Kanagawa (JP)
  • Ohki, Nobutaka, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Minami Ashigara-shi, Kanagawa (JP)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)


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    (54) Method for processing silver halide color photographic materials


    (57) A method for processing an imagewise exposed color photographic material using fast developing time while maintaining stable processing conditions, reduced developer replenishing, and light fastness of developed color images. The method comprises developing a color photographic material containing silver halide grains comprising (i) substantially no silver iodide and (ii) at least about 80 mol% silver chloride with a developer comprising (i) substantially no benzyl alcohol and (ii) a p-phenylenediamine derivative represented by the formula (I):

    wherein R1 and R2 each represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R2 represents a straight chain or branched alkylene group having 3 or 4 carbon atoms and wherein the developing is for a period of time of less than 30 seconds.





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