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Method for image formation

US5254436A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 23, 1991
Grant dateOct 19, 1993
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03C1/061
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for image formation which is free from the problems such as uneven development and pepper fog and can give photographic characteristics of extremely high contrast negative tone using a stable developer and which comprises developing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material in the presence of a compound represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group of 1-8 carbon atoms or a cycloalkyl group having 4-8 carbon atoms in the ring, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 may be identical or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group with a proviso that they cannot be simultaneously hydrogen atoms, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may link to each other to form a ring structure, and at least one hydroxy group is present in the substituents R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4.

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