摘要 |
PURPOSE:To enable rapid processing of a sensitive material while replenishing the sensitive material at a small rate, and to decrease generation of bleach fog by specifying total processing time of a bleaching stage and a fixing stage and a processing temp. respectively. CONSTITUTION:After image-exposing and color developing a color photographic sensitive material, the developed material is bleached immediately and processed succeedingly in a bleaching bath having fixing capacity. A total processing time from the bleaching to (bleach) fixing is regulated to <=3min 45sec, and a processing temp. in these stages is held at 20-45 deg.C. A ferric complex salt of an aminocarboxylic acid or aminosulfonic acid may be used for the bleaching agent, and an imidazole (deriv.) compd. or a compd. expressed by the formula may be used for the bleaching accelerator. In the formula, Q is an atomic group necessary for forming an N-contg. heterocyclic ring; R1 is H or 1-6C alkyl group. |