One of the law firms sent me a link to this article to fuel the fire on the old paper debate. Will we ever give it up or will it remain our friend through thick and thin?
The law firm person commented
“We've been saying for some years that with the rise of electronic information that paper is dead. The announcement by Toshiba of reusable paper may well lead to one of us checking our pulse for a premature diagnosis.
Potentially, if it really works properly and takes off it could cause no end of ructions from a legal perspective. Imagine the scenario "You can't prove that I wrote the blackmail note because I've printed over it" You can't prove that you made manuscript notes on the contract that made it watertight because its been overprinted"
"No, we don't keep any records, the company policy is that we overprint our documents after 6 months"
Reading the article on the PC Pro site it seems this is akin to a prototype: nice idea but can it really work?
The jury is out and even Toshiba after negative press have gone for a low key launch and are phasing it into countries rather than going for a global launch.
One imagines it’s a ‘green’ idea but as our law firm commentator pointed out, it rather changes the direction of the paper/or not paper debate.
Interestingly, all the multi function peripheral manufacturers (photocopiers to you and me) and cost recovery people are going the ‘paper will never end’ route. They believe everyone has been saying it for so long that the desire to print will remain and is set for serious growth.
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