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(11) EP 0 584 665 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.07.1994 Bulletin 1994/30

(43) Date of publication A2:
02.03.1994 Bulletin 1994/09

(21) Application number: 93112951.4

(22) Date of filing: 12.08.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: G03C 7/30, G03C 5/305, G03C 5/38, G03C 7/42
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB NL

(30) Priority: 21.08.1992 JP 222865/92

(71) Applicant: KONICA CORPORATION
Tokyo 163 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kuwae, Kenji
    Hino-shi, Tokyo (JP)
  • Ueda, Yutaka
    Hino-shi, Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Henkel, Feiler, Hänzel & Partner 
Möhlstrasse 37
81675 München
81675 München (DE)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Processing solution for silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials


    (57) A processing solution for processing an exposed silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprises a compound represented by the following Formula (A):


    wherein A1, A2, A3 and A4 each represent -COOM1, -OH, -PO3M1M2 or -CONH2 in which M1 and M2 each represent a hydrogen ion, an alkali metal ion or another cation; R1, R2, R3 and R4 each represent a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a hydroxyl group; ni, n2, n3 and n4 each represent an integer of 0, 1 or 2, provided that none of Ri, R2, R3 and R4 are hydrogen atoms when n1 + n2 = 1 and n3 + n4 = 1; and X represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms or -(B1O)m-B2- in which B1 and B2 each represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and m is an integer of from 1 to 4.





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