摘要 |
PURPOSE:To stop use of rinse water, and to reduce energy cost and cost for controlling environmental pollution by incorporating at least one kind of a polymer coupler in a photosensitive material. CONSTITUTION:It is desirable to add an antimold agent, a chelating agent, or a metal salt to a bath or each bath of a stabilization processing step for the purpose of enhancing image retentivity, preventing putrefaction of the solution, etc., and in accordance with the component of the preceding bath to be brought to this step, only the antimold agent, a combination of the antimold agent and the chelating agent, or a combination of said 3 are used, and, especially preferably, the antimold agent is incoporated in the stabilization soln. in order to enhance the storage stability and durability of a color developing dye made of a coupler. As the antimold agent, e.g., those of isothiazoline type, benzimidazole type, benzoic acid and its derivs., can be used, and it is preferable to use those of an isothiazoline type, a benzisothiazoline type, benzoic acid, etc. |