IDCS3 Gradient Feather tool postscript problems

I have noticed that when a customer or myself uses the Gradient Feather effect in a page, the rip I work with at my company (Kodak Prinergy> adobe PS3) will not rip the page and fails. or as my customers have found, it will not create a PDF?
Can any help on this subject, as I have to find workarounds on most jobs, but some it is impossible?

Derek,
I don't have access to a Prinergy RIP, but I've definitely successfully made PDF files when an IDCS3 Gradient Feather was incorporated in a page.
You'll need either to provide an example file, or give more information about when this happens for you for us to help you.
Does the Prinergy RIP have the latest patches and updates to its software applied? Bugs can occur in RIP software, I'm sure you realize. It may be patched in a later software version.

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