According to one embodiment, a method for configuring a print job in a print shop workflow can comprise defining, by a print job processing system of the print shop, one or more available print configurations for the print shop and one or more recommendation rules for applying the available print configurations. A file for a print job submitted to the print shop can be received and evaluated based on the defined one or more available print configurations and the defined one or more rules. One or more recommendations for configuring the submitted print job can be generated based on the evaluating of the received file. The submitted print job can be processed according to one of the generated recommendations and the print shop workflow.