diff --git a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
index e20cbc596e..fc1a8d2074 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
@@ -232,6 +232,10 @@ pub struct DocId(pub u64);
 /// Undo/redo depth. Snapshots share unchanged data, so this is memory-cheap.
 const MAX_UNDO: usize = 100;
 
+/// The highest resolution a document that allows only low-resolution printing (Table 22, bit 12
+/// clear) is printed at.
+const LOW_RESOLUTION_PRINT_DPI: f64 = 150.0;
+
 /// The passwords that go with one state of a document (protection can change them).
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq)]
 struct Keys {
@@ -4522,9 +4526,15 @@ impl Session {
         if !doc.allows_printing() {
             return Err(EditError::NotPermitted("printing"));
         }
+        // Table 22, bit 12 clear: only a low-level representation may be printed, so the pages
+        // always go as pictures, at no more than the low resolution.
+        let low_res = doc.permissions().is_some_and(|p| !p.print_high_quality()).then(|| print::Raster {
+            dpi: settings.raster.map_or(LOW_RESOLUTION_PRINT_DPI, |r| r.dpi.min(LOW_RESOLUTION_PRINT_DPI)),
+            grayscale: settings.raster.is_some_and(|r| r.grayscale),
+        });
         // Print as image: the pages used become pictures first, then the picture document is
         // imposed in their place (its page k is the k-th distinct source page used).
-        if let Some(raster) = &settings.raster {
+        if let Some(raster) = low_res.as_ref().or(settings.raster.as_ref()) {
             let mut distinct: Vec<usize> = Vec::new();
             for &p in &settings.pages {
                 if !distinct.contains(&p) {
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
index f93e765260..2d67305445 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
@@ -1340,6 +1340,38 @@ fn print_restricted_documents_disable_print_unless_opened_by_the_owner() {
     assert!(enabled(&s, low, "print.dialog"), "low-resolution printing is printing");
 }
 
+/// Table 22, bit 12 clear: printing is limited to a low-level representation. Whatever the
+/// settings ask for, the print-ready PDF carries each page as a picture of at most 150 dpi, with
+/// no text or vector artwork left; the owner password lifts the limit.
+#[test]
+fn low_resolution_printing_prints_pictures_of_at_most_150_dpi() {
+    let bytes = protected("", "owner", -1 ^ (1 << 11));
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    let low = s.open("low.pdf", None, bytes.clone(), None).unwrap();
+    let width = f64::from(s.get(low).unwrap().info.pages[0].width);
+    let actual = print::Settings { pages: vec![0], layout: print::Layout::Size(print::SizeMode::Actual), ..Default::default() };
+    for raster in [None, Some(print::Raster { dpi: 600.0, grayscale: false })] {
+        let printed = s.print_pdf(low, &print::Settings { raster, ..actual.clone() }).unwrap();
+        let mut s2 = Session::new();
+        let id2 = s2.open("print.pdf", None, Arc::new(printed.clone()), None).unwrap();
+        assert!(page_texts(&s2, id2).iter().all(|t| t.trim().is_empty()), "{raster:?}: no text is left");
+        let doc = pdfcraft_cos::Document::open(Arc::new(printed)).unwrap();
+        let widths: Vec<i64> = doc
+            .scan_objects()
+            .filter_map(|(_, o)| match &*o {
+                pdfcraft_cos::Object::Stream(st) if st.dict.name(b"Subtype") == Some(b"Image") => st.dict.int(b"Width"),
+                _ => None,
+            })
+            .collect();
+        assert!(!widths.is_empty() && widths.iter().all(|&w| w as f64 <= width * 150.0 / 72.0 + 1.0), "{raster:?}: {widths:?} px for {width} pt");
+    }
+    let owner = s.open("low.pdf", None, bytes, Some("owner")).unwrap();
+    let printed = s.print_pdf(owner, &actual).unwrap();
+    let mut s2 = Session::new();
+    let id2 = s2.open("print.pdf", None, Arc::new(printed), None).unwrap();
+    assert!(page_texts(&s2, id2).iter().any(|t| !t.trim().is_empty()), "the owner prints the pages themselves");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn the_permissions_password_unlocks_an_open_document() {
     // Only a permissions password (#995, #1077): opens without asking. Changes are allowed,