(19)
(11) EP 0 654 705 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
04.12.1996 Bulletin 1996/49

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.05.1995 Bulletin 1995/21

(21) Application number: 94118434.3

(22) Date of filing: 23.11.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: G03C 5/26, G03C 7/407
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR GB NL

(30) Priority: 24.11.1993 JP 315769/93
24.11.1993 JP 315790/93

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

(72) Inventors:
  • Suzuki, Ryo
    Minami Ashigara-shi, Kanagawa (JP)
  • Okada, Hisashi
    Minami Ashigara-shi, Kanagawa (JP)

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

   


(54) Photographic processing composition and method of photographic processing using the same


(57) A photographic processing solution for silver halide light-sensitive materials containing a compound of formula (I):


wherein R1 represents an aliphatic group, etc.; R2, R3, and R4 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; L1, W1, W2 each represents an alkylene group, etc.; and A1 and A2 each represents a carboxyl group, etc., or a chelate of this compound with Fe (III), etc. The processing solution can be prevented from deterioration due to incorporated and accumulated metal ions or growth of mold or bacteria. Both the compound (I) and its metal chelate are biodegradable.





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