Patent ID: 7122299

Claim:
A silver halide photographic photosensitive material adapted for imagewise exposure followed by development processing, said photosensitive material prior to processing with a processing solution comprising at least one compound represented by the following formula (I): A 1 -(X 1 )n 1 -B 1 -(X 2 )n 2 -A 2 Mdmd Formula (I) wherein, in formula (I), A 1 and A 2 each are a naphthyl group having at least one carboxy group; B 1 represents an atomic group having a π electron; X 1 and X 2 each represent a linking group; n 1 and n 2 each represent 0 or 1; Md represents a counter ion for balancing a charge; and md represents a number of 0 or more required for neutralizing a charge on the molecule.