Those were the messages of Professor Frank Romano of Rochester Institute of Technology, one of the industry's leading authorities on print processes, technology, and trends. But the industry is in fact much broader, and as a total industry it will continue to grow even though some categories will shrink or disappear over the coming decades.
People love paper.
But some time in the mid-21st century a generation will reach adulthood that has been reared on television and computers instead of paper. He also surveyed major societal and technological trends that will shape print in the next century. We'll be able to connect from anywhere we are, and that will create an entirely new kind of society. The only way electronic competitors can replace print is if the reader devices are prolific and everyone has one. Otherwise, some group of people will still need a printed version.