I've got a Xerox 700 with an external Fiery RIP, and when I print gradients there's seems to be a pronounced banding/stepping on the gradient. it's noticeable enough that it looks like two different colors were applied, instead of a gradient to white. i've also tried the gradient set to 0% opacity in InDesign; same result. I've adjusted the print quality settings up -- turned on image smoothing, set image quality to best, text/graphics quality to best and adjusted the printer screen mode with no luck.
we're about to our wit's end with this machine.
