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PCT No. PCT/JP91/00915 Sec. 371 Date May 5, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date May 5, 1992 PCT Filed Jul. 9, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO92/01244 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 23, 1992.Photographic silver halide photosensitive material is processed through a series of juxtaposed processing tanks charged with processing solutions while feeding respective replenishers in accordance with the quantity of photosensitive material processed. A crossover roller is located between each pair of processing tanks for carrying the photosensitive material and a rinsing tank is filled with cleaning water in which the crossover roller is at least partially immersed. At least a portion of the cleaning water fed to each rinsing tank is used as at least a portion of diluent water necessary to dilute a replenisher concentrate for the processing solution in the processing tank located forward of each rinsing tank. This arrangement can reduce the amount of developer and fixer replenishers fed and hence, the amount of spent solutions. The crossover rollers are cleaned fully without any extra cleaning operation, leading to ease of maintenance. The overall amount of water used is reduced. Further, photographic performance is excellent as evidenced by the elimination of physical development irregularities while the apparatus is of compact size and solution preparation is easy.
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