Patent ID: 6746832
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: G03C,Y10S

Abstract:
A color image forming method, comprising:subjecting a silver halide color photosensitive material to exposure, and processing the silver halide color photosensitive material with a processing solution; wherein the silver halide color photosensitive material comprises, on a support, at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow dye-forming coupler, at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta dye-forming coupler, at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan dye-forming coupler, a color mixing prevention layer, and a protective layer; wherein a silver halide emulsion in at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers contains at least one kind of silver halide grains selected from the group consisting of silver chlorobromide grains, silver chloroiodide grains, and silver chloroiodobromide grains, each having a silver chloride content of 95 mol % or more, and each having a region where at least one of a silver bromide content and a silver iodide content is higher than those in other regions of the silver halide grain; and wherein the exposure is performed based on digital image data that has been modulated into data for area modulation and converted into exposure-device-dependent digital data for exposure, and wherein the processing solution contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by formula (I) and a compound represented by formula (II): wherein R11 and R12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; R13 and R14 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; R15 represents an alkyl group having at least one asymmetric carbon or a group represented by formula (I-a); R16 represents an alkyl group having at least one asymmetric carbon or a group represented by formula (I-b); M1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom, an alkaline earth metal atom, an ammonium group, or a pyridinium group; and R13 and R15, and R14 and R16 may combine each other to form a ring; â€ƒâ€”CH2O(CH2CH2O)n11H â€ƒâ€ƒformula (I-a)wherein n11 is an integer of 1 to 3; â€”(CH2CH2O)n12H â€ƒâ€ƒformula (I-b) wherein n12 is an integer of 2 to 4; wherein R21, R22, R23, and R24 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group; R25 and R26 each independently represent an alkyl group having at least one asymmetric carbon or a group represented by formula (II-a); R27 and R28 each independently represent an alkyl group having at least one asymmetric carbon; M2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom, an alkaline earth metal atom, an ammonium group, or a pyridinium group; and R21 and R25, R22 and R26, R23 and R27, and R24 and R28 may combine each other to form a ring; â€”(CH2CH2O)n21H â€ƒâ€ƒformula (II-a) wherein n21 is an integer of 2 to 4.