Export loss of quality

Hello,
I work in screen printing and I'm having trouble keeping image quality while exporting.
My art department is sending AI files to a xitron rip station. the ripped files then become a tiff.
the quality of the tiff. is high after the rip. I then load the tiff. into illustrator and then into a template.
this is done so I can position multiple files at certain distance. when I go to export, I select tiff, greyscale,
300ppi, no anti-aliasing, no lzw compression. after its exported is when the loss of quality happens. Is this
because the art is being rasterized and the very act of exporting is saving it as lower quality file? or should I be using
the un ripped/vector files to set up in the template and then save as AI file, then send that file to the rip?
I've only been using illustrator for about 2 days now and I'm lost. The art department doesn't know what the problem is.
thank you
- lost in Wisconsin

abandoned the plan because of how the work flow at my job would have changed. I downloaded Photoshop and was able to set my templates to 1000ppi.
I'm now able to use the ripped files and save them as a high quality tiff. which means I no longer have to add more steps to my process.
I might try a few more things in illustrator just because I feel like I cheated by switching programs. If the vector files work or I find
another solution I'll let you know.
thanks again.
-cheating in Wisconsin

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