Patent ID: 6670108
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: G03C

Abstract:
A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material comprising the steps of loading the material into a chamber adapted to hold the material therein; introducing a measured amount of a color developer solution into the chamber; developing the photographic material with the color developer solution; introducing into the chamber a measured amount of a processing solution which arrests development, without removing the color developer solution, to form a developer/stop solution mixture; processing the photographic material with the developer/stop solution mixture, substantially removing all of the developer/stop mixture solution from the chamber; then providing in the chamber a bleach/fixer solution mixture comprising a bleaching agent and a fixing agent; and processing the photographic material with the bleach/fixer solution mixture; wherein the color developer solution is utilized in the amount of greater than or equal to 375 ml/m2 of the photographic material that is processed; and wherein the total volume of solution or solution mixture for each processing stage is spread over the whole area of the photographic material in a repetitive manner to enable uniform processing.