1. A method of preparing a document for printing, comprising, determining a preferred image resolution; receiving an electronic file comprising data representing a first embedded image having a nominal resolution; receiving a job comprising one or more operations to be performed on the electronic file; determining, by a computing device, an effective resolution for the first embedded image based on the nominal resolution and the one or more operations; determining whether the effective resolution for the first embedded image is greater than the preferred image resolution; downsampling the first embedded image based on a scaling factor; and processing the job, by a printing device, using the downsampled first embedded image.