Patent ID: 6350562
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: G03C

Abstract:
A method for processing a silver halide photographic material, which comprises the step of:developing an exposed silver halide photographic material, wherein the development time is 20 to 30 seconds; and then processing the developed photographic material with a fixing solution obtained by diluting a concentrated fixing solution to a prescribed concentration, wherein the concentrated fixing solution comprises at least a thiosulfate, a water-soluble aluminum salt, and a compound having an absorbance of from 0.25 to 1.15, and does not substantially contain a boron compound, wherein the absorbance is measured by an absorption meter of ultraviolet light/visible light in a solution having a pH of 4.85 and containing a buffer solution of 1.55 mol/liter of an acetic acid/sodium acetate, 2.5Ã—10âˆ’4 mol/liter of Al3+, 2.5Ã—10âˆ’5 mol/liter of the following compound A, and 5Ã—10âˆ’3 mol/liter of a compound for evaluation: and wherein the compound having an absorbance of from 0.25 to 1.15 is selected from the group consisting of an iminodiacetic acid, and salts thereof; a gluconic acid, and salts thereof; a 5-sulfosalicylic acid, and salts thereof, and a glucoheptanic acid, and salts thereof.