Method for processing silver halide photographic materials, and developer and silver halide photographic material used therein.

摘要

A method for processing silver halide photographic materials comprising the step of: processing imagewise exposed silver halide photographic material using a developer containing at least one compound represented by general formula (X): <CHEM> wherein R1 and R2 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group containing from 2 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group containing from 3 to 8 carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group containing from 7 to 12 carbon atoms; or R1 and R2 are combined to form a ring; R3, R4, R5, and R6 each represents a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms: and n represents an integer from 3 to 20. A developer for processing silver halide photographic materials comprising at least one compound represented by general formula (X), described above. A silver halide photographic material comprising: at least one compound represented by general formula (X min ): <CHEM> wherein R min 1 and R min 2 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group containing from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group containing from 3 to 30 carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group containing from 7 to 30 carbon atoms; or R min 1 and R min 2 are combined to form a ring; R3, R4, R5, and R6 are the same as described above; and n min represents an integer from 2 to 50. A method for processing silver halide photographic materials comprising the step of: processing imagewise exposed silver halide photographic material comprising at least one compound represented by general formula (X min ), described above.