Roll On The Paperless Office?

The “Paperless Office” was a prediction from back in the 1970s or so
that, with the increasing use of electronic automation for business
data processing, the need for paper documents would diminish over time
and eventually go away. Then with the increasing popularity of PCs came
the demand for printers to print the documents created with them, and
it seemed the trend was the opposite--electronic automation was
producing even more paper documents than ever, rather than less.

Well, maybe we have seen “peak paper”, according to
<https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/13/wall_street_analyst_slashes_hp_inc_share_rating_amid_mounting_worries_over_the_printer_declines/>:

    The company is currently trying to dig itself out a hole of its own
    making: it mis-forecast toner cartridge revenues in EMEA for FY'19
    that started in October last year, not factoring in the burgeoning
    demand for cloned or remanufactured alternatives or - seemingly -
    that businesses are printing less than they used to.
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