Accurate preview of gradients in EPS objects

I hope I can explain this properly... our company has been using a primarily Quark-based workflow for as long as I've been here. We would take individual layouts, save them as EPS, and then import them into a master layout (which was the size of our plates), and those layouts were printed directly from Quark. This has been buggy, as you can imagine, but has worked for us for the most part.
We are now in the process of adding PDF to the workflow (master Quark layout now exported as PDF, then dropped to a hot folder), and I've had a number of issues crop up (mostly due to the limitations of our new plate processor). The biggest issue is that we cannot control the preview size on the RIP server, which makes it near impossible to find errors. Obviously, the answer to that is to preview it in Acrobat before releasing. Enter the major issue...
Some of our ads arrive (or are built) as Illustrator EPS files, and some of them have a black to white gradient over a darker background (typically- but not always- red). When those files are imported into Quark, they look fine. When they are output as EPS, JPG, or PDF files for proofing, they look fine. In short, they look fine at every step of the process except the final output- they simply do not RIP properly. The gradient completely drops out, and I am left with a gradient-shaped hole. The solution has always been to put a white box behind that object (since no combination of overprint, trapping, etc. seems to affect it), which I don't mind continuing except for the problem of not having the means to review the document and catch it before the file is sent to print. We have 30+ artists, and while they have been instructed to add that box and look for those problems themselves, issues are going to creep through.
What I need, I guess, is some way to either catch this problem in Quark before the layout is exported to EPS, or a way to see an accurate preview in Acrobat so that it is caught before the document is printed. I've tried Advanced > Print Production > Output Preview > toggle Simulate Overprinting, but no dice. Any other suggestions?
Please forgive me if this doesn't make sense. I'm blaming a sinus infection. :-/
Thanks in advance!
T
P.S. Please note that changing the software I use isn't an option. I'd love to go all-Adobe, but with 30+ artists, that's not happening any time soon. Any other suggestions on how to fix this process, however, I'm all ears.

Thanks - but that's NOT it. Somewhere - there's a setting that allows you to view the vector in 72. 150 or 300 dpi. And depending on which one you select the bitmapping gets more refined as you zoom in on the artwork (in my case a logo). I know its there because I did it a couple of months ago - but stupidly I did not note where that setting is or whose blog I saw the answer on.

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