Problem with print output - gradient fade blocking

Hi, I am new to InDesign, working on first brochure using CS4.
Problem occurs with 2 photos and a fade - one photo on left, one photo on right, blank white space in between, I've laid a box over the edge of each pic (jpgs) and used a fade so the photos fade into the white, rather than having a flat straight line.
Problem is when I print a proof (PDF export, which is perfect on-screen) some of the boxes appear perfect, but some print as a solid box!
First time I exported as very lo-res, so re-tried at much higher resolution - this fixed the first page, but others still have the problem.
Tried it even higher res, but still some pages are perfect, and some are not. It seems to be very random.
I'm also getting this blocking problem with a drop shadow I've placed on basic white text - in the main area of page, and in the footnote.
Weird thing is that on several pages one box will be perfect, but 2 drop shadows won't be, but another drop shadow is fine!
I'm printing out a colour proof on a large format solvent-ink (Roland SolJet) printer, (which obviously isn't necessarily compatible, but it's the only colour printer we have with which to proof the brochure).
I'm hoping that it is simply an issue between the printer software (Roland Colour-Rip) and the file - is this likely?
Any help/advice is very much appreciated!

Thanks Peter, I have tried this effect, but it appears very blocky, and leaves a noticeable hardline between the edge of the white space and the edge of the photo.
I've stuck with the overlaying box with gradient because it seems to be the only way to have a very smooth fade-out, with no hard edge.

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