To reduce the quantity of processing solution carried to an adjacent processing tank by arranging a blade for shaking down the processing solution attached to a squeeze roller.

The squeeze rollers 98a and 98b function so as to squeeze the processing solution attached to a photographic paper P and to prevent it from being carried to the adjacent processing tank. Besides, a processing rack arranged in a final washing tank functions so as to enhance drying efficiency in a next drying process by squeezing washing solution attached to the paper P. That means, the elastic blades 100a and 100b are arranged in a state where the tips thereof are brought into contact with the rollers 98a and 98b so that the processing solution moved from the paper P is shaken down in the processing tank. Then, the processing solution is prevented from being returned to the paper P again when the rollers 98a and 98b are rotated once.