摘要 |
<p>A process and composition for processing a silver halide photographic material. The photographic material may be a black and white photographic material or a color photographic material. The photographic material is processed in a photographic processing bath containing at least one compound represented by the following formula (I) and substantially not containing a thiosulfate ion: <CHEM> wherein Q represents an atomic group necessary for forming a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring, which heterocyclic ring may be condensed with a carbon aromatic ring or a hetero-aromatic ring; R represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, each group represented by R being substituted by at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group or salt thereof, a sulfonic acid group or salt thereof, a phosphonic acid group or salt thereof, an amino group and an ammonium group, or R represents a single bond; n represents an integer or from 1 to 3; and M represents a cation group.</p> |