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PURPOSE:To shorten processing time by speeding up the flow of a bleach-fixing solution to be moved in contact with the surfaces of the emulsions of a silver halide color photographic sensitive material in a bleach-fixing bath at a speed higher than the circulating flow of said solution through the bath. CONSTITUTION:When an automatic developing machine is brought into operation and each roller 28, 30, 32 is rotated, a negative film 24 is successively fed to each processing bath. A pump 42 circulates the processing solution through the bleach-fixing bath 16 and pipes 44, 46; the processing solution fed through the feed pipe 40 circulates at a comparatively lower speed through the bath 16 upward and back through the suction pipe 44 to the pump 42. On the other hand, the processing solution fed through a feed pipe 40 is introduced into chambers 34, 36, and injected through slits 38 onto the surfaces of the film 24 at a higher speed, thus permitting exchange of the processing solution in contact with the emulsion surfaces to be activated, desilvering speed to be accelerated, and the processing time to be reduced.
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