Silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, and image-forming method

• US 20040157175A1
• Filed: 11/07/2003
• Published: 08/12/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Matsumoto, Jun, Sakai, Hidekazu, Nakahira, Shinichi
• Granted Patent: US 7,332,265 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 430/605
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 1/08 Sensitivity-increasing substances
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 2001/03517 Chloride content
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 2007/3024 Ratio silver to coupler
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 5/04 Photo-taking processes
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 7/3022 Materials with specific emulsion characteristics, e.g. thickness of the layers, silver content, shape of AgX grains
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 7/3041 Materials with specific sensitometric characteristics, e.g. gamma, density

Abstract

A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, having at least one yellow dye image-forming layer, at least one magenta dye image-forming layer, and at least one cyan dye image-forming layer, each provided on a transparent support,

which shows 3.0 or more maximum transmission densities for the respective layers upon area exposure with an exposure time of 10⁻⁴ sec, and shows a transmission density in a range of 0.95 to 1.05 when color development is started in 30 minutes after exposure with an exposure amount that gives a density of 1.0, when the light-sensitive material is subjected to color development started in 5 minutes after exposure; and an image-forming-method using the same.

Claims

1. A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, having at least one yellow dye image-forming layer, at least one magenta dye image-forming layer, and at least one cyan dye image-forming layer, each of which is provided on a transparent support,

which shows 3.0 or more of maximum transmission densities for the respective layers upon area exposure with an exposure time of 10⁻

4 sec, and shows a transmission density in a range of 0.95 to 1.05 when color development is started in 30 minutes after exposure with an exposure amount that gives a transmission density of 1.0 when the light-sensitive material is subjected to color development started in 5 minutes after exposure.

2. An image-forming method, comprising:

subjecting the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material claimed in claim 1 to scanning exposure to a light beam; and

processing the exposed light-sensitive material to color-development,

wherein an apparatus to be used in the scanning exposure outputs an image for calibration that is used for calibrating exposure conditions for obtaining both a preset maximum transmission density by densitometric measurement of the image for calibration, and a gray gradation up to the maximum density,

the preset maximum transmission density being 2.8 or more.

3. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one silver halide emulsion layer contains silver halide emulsion grains having a silver chloride content of 95 mol % or more, and having incorporated therein at least one metal complex represented by formula (A):

[MX^I_nL^I<sub>(6−

n)</sub>]^m 

 

Formula (A)

wherein M represents Cr, Mo, Re, Fe, Ru, Os, Co, Rh, Pd, or Pt;

X^I represents a halogen ion;

L^I represents an arbitrary ligand differing from X^I;

n represents 3, 4, 5, or 6; and

m represents 4−

, 3−

, 2−

, 1−

, 0, or 1+.

4. An image-forming method, comprising:

subjecting the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material claimed in claim 3 to scanning exposure to a light beam; and

processing the exposed light-sensitive material to color-development,

wherein an apparatus to be used in the scanning exposure outputs an image for calibration that is used for calibrating exposure conditions for obtaining both a preset maximum transmission density by densitometric measurement of the image for calibration, and a gray gradation up to the maximum density,

the preset maximum transmission density being 2.8 or more.

5. A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, which is suitable for scanning exposure, and is capable of forming an image by color development after scanning exposure according to image-information,

wherein the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material has a transmission support, and at least one yellow color developable light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one magenta color developable light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one cyan color developable light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layer that develops no color, each of which is provided on the transmission support, and

wherein the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material satisfies condition (A), and at least one of conditions (B) and (C):

Condition (A)

0.30<

Δ

EY(3.0)<

0.65,

0.30<

Δ

EM(3.0)<

0.65 and

0.30<

Δ

EC(3.0)<

0.65

Condition (B)

0.50<

Δ

EY(0.05)<

0.80,

0.50<

Δ

EM(0.06)<

0.80 and

0.50<

Δ

EC(0.05)<

0.80

Condition (C)

94≦

L*, −

0.2≦

a*≦

0.3, and −

0.2≦

b*≦

0.8

wherein, as to condition (A), Δ

EY(3.0), Δ

EM(3.0), and Δ

EC(3.0) each represent a difference between an exposure amount necessary to give a transmission density of 1.0, and an exposure amount necessary to give a transmission density of 3.0, regarding yellow, magenta, and cyan, respectively, on characteristic curves that are obtained by color development of the light-sensitive material after exposure with an exposure time of 10<sup>−

4</sup> seconds;

as to condition (B), Δ

EY(0.05) and Δ

EC(0.05) each represent a difference between an exposure amount necessary to give a transmission density of 1.0, and an exposure amount necessary to give a transmission density of 0.05, regarding yellow and cyan, respectively, on the characteristic curves that are obtained by color development of the light-sensitive material after exposure with an exposure time of 10<sup>−

4</sup> seconds; and

, Δ

EM(0.06) represents a difference between an exposure amount necessary to give a transmission magenta density of 1.0, and an exposure amount necessary to give a transmission magenta density of 0.06, on the characteristic curve that is obtained by color development of the light-sensitive material after exposure with an exposure time of 10<sup>−

4</sup> seconds; and

as to condition (C), L*, a* and b* each represent chromaticity of the light-sensitive material that is obtained by color development of said light-sensitive material after exposure with an exposure amount lower by 0.8 than the exposure amount necessary to give a transmission density of 1.0 regarding yellow, magenta and cyan, respectively, on the characteristic curves that are obtained by color development of said light-sensitive material after exposure with an exposure time of 10<sup>−

4</sup> seconds.

6. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 5, which satisfies the condition (A) and the condition (B).

7. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 5, which satisfies the condition (A) and the condition (C).

8. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 5, which satisfies the condition (A), and the condition (B) and the condition (C).

9. An image-forming method, comprising:

scan-exposing, according to image information, a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having a transmission support, and at least one yellow color developable light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one magenta color developable light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one cyan color developable light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layer that develops no color, each of which is provided on the transmission support; and

processing the exposed light-sensitive material to color-development, thereby obtaining an image,

wherein said silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material satisfies the condition (A) described in claim 5, and at least one of the conditions (B) and (C) described in claim 5.

10. The image-forming method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material satisfies the condition (A) and the condition (B).

11. The image-forming method as claimed in claim 9., wherein the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material satisfies the condition (A) and the condition (C).

12. The image-forming method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material satisfies the condition (A), the condition (B), and the condition (C).

13. A silver halide color display material, having, on a transparent or semitransparent support, at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer,

wherein, when a neutral gray image is formed by area exposure with an exposure time of 10⁻

4 sec to the display material, through an optical wedge using a xenon flash light source, a difference in density between the maximum color developed area and a non-color developed area of a respective dye image of cyan, magenta, or yellow, is 3.0 or more; and

wherein, on a point gamma of the respective dye image at a density of 90% as much as the lowest density among the maximum developed color densities of the respective dye image, the relation between Pγ

max and Pγ

min is represented by formula (B);

Pγ

min/Pγ

max≧

0.60 

 

Formula (B)

in which Pγ

max represents the maximum point gamma, and Pγ

min represents the minimum point gamma.

14. The silver halide color display material as claimed in claim 13, wherein a molar ratio of silver halide to a dye-forming coupler in each of silver halide emulsion layers, except for the silver halide emulsion layer closest to the support, that is expressed by a ratio of an amount of substance silver halide/an amount of substance dye-forming coupler per unit area, is 4.7 or less.

15. An image-forming method, comprising:

subjecting the silver halide color display material claimed in claim 13 to scanning exposure to a light beam; and

processing the exposed display material to color-development,

wherein an apparatus to be used in the scanning exposure outputs an image for calibration that is used for calibrating exposure conditions for obtaining both a preset maximum transmission density by densitometric measurement of the image for calibration, and a gray gradation up to the maximum density,

the preset density being 3.0 or more.

16. An image-forming method, comprising:

subjecting the silver halide color display material claimed in claim 14 to scanning exposure to a light beam; and

processing the exposed display material to color-development,

wherein an apparatus to be used in the scanning exposure outputs an image for calibration that is used for calibrating exposure conditions for obtaining both a preset maximum transmission density by densitometric measurement of the image for calibration, and a gray gradation up to the maximum density,

the preset density being 3.0 or more.

17. The silver halide color display material as claimed in claim 13, wherein, on the point gamma of the respective dye image of cyan, magenta, or yellow at the maximum developed color density area of an image for calibration in the silver halide color display material, the relation between Pγ

max and Pγ

min is represented by formula (B);

Pγ

min/Pγ

max≧

0.60 

 

Formula (B)

in which Pγ

max represents the maximum point gamma and Pγ

min represents the minimum point gamma,

wherein the image for calibration is obtained, by carrying out calibration using a scanning exposure apparatus for outputting said image for calibration that is used for calibrating exposure conditions for obtaining both a preset transmission density by densitometric measurement of the image for calibration, and a gray gradation up to the density, the preset density being 3.0 or more.

18. The silver halide color display material as claimed in claim 17, wherein a molar ratio of silver halide to a dye-forming coupler in each of silver halide emulsion layers, except for the silver halide emulsion layer closest to the support, that is expressed by a ratio of an amount of substance silver halide/an amount of substance dye-forming coupler per unit area, is 4.7 or less.

19. An image-forming method, comprising:

subjecting the silver halide color display material claimed in claim 18 to scanning exposure to a light beam; and

processing the exposed display material to color-development,

wherein an apparatus to be used in the scanning exposure outputs an image for calibration that is used for calibrating exposure conditions for obtaining both a preset maximum transmission density by densitometric measurement of the image for calibration, and a gray gradation up to the maximum density,

the preset density being 3.0 or more.