Patent ID: 7634775

Claim:
One or more storage media comprising processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform actions comprising: Ascertaining current resources for a current job container of a current job has been previously downloaded into a shared resources container at a production device; if the current resources for the current job container has been previously downloaded into the shared resources container, inserting a plurality of resource references into the current job container, each resource reference pointing to one corresponding resource previously downloaded into the shared resources container; If at least one of the current resources for the current job container has not been previously downloaded into the shared resources container, determining if the at least one current resource is to be reused in a subsequent job container based on at least one user-stipulated input, and embed the at least one current resource in the current job container if the at least one current resource is not to be reused in a subsequent job container; downloading the shared resources container that includes previously downloaded resources for a plurality of jobs from the production device to a utilization device, the utilization device including one or more of a resource displaying device, a resource archiving device, a resource distribution device, or a resource printing device, the plurality of jobs including the current job; downloading the current job container from the production device to the utilization device; and if the current job container includes resource references to the previously downloaded resources included in the shared resources container, processing the current job container at the utilization device using at least the shared resources container, If the current job container does not include resource references to the previously downloaded resources included in the shared resources container, processing current job container at the utilization device using one or more embedded resources included in the current job container, wherein the processing includes at least one of printing, distributing, displaying, or archiving the current job container, and the one or more embedded resources include one or more of an image, a color table, a background, a clip art, a font, a letterhead, a catalog item, a company logo, a header, a footer, at least a portion of a graphic, a color separation, a document page, or a watermark.