Patent ID: 6656669
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: G03C

Abstract:
A photographic bleach-fixing composition for a color photographic processing system in which bleach-fixing is carried out in a bleach-fixing bath which is replenished with a bleach-fixing replenishing solution,wherein the photographic bleach-fixing composition comprises: (a) a Fe(III) complex of a compound represented by Formula (I); wherein each A1, A2, A3 and A4 represents independently â€”CH2OH, â€”PO3M2 or â€”COOM, in which M represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent cation; and X represents an alkylene group with 2 to 6 carbon atoms or â€”(B1O)nâ€”B2â€”, in which each B1 and B2 represents independently an alkylene group with 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 8, and (b) Fe(III) complex of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid or Fe(III) complex of diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid, provided that the mol concentration of (a) and (b) being A and B respectively satisfy the following formula: 0.9<A/B<5.0.