No it doesn't mean printing technology pathway is heading down a dead-end path because this is post modern age and each and every things are working scientifically and automatically .Through printing technology pathway we can continue the career like printing press operator, print binding and finishing worker and prepress etc...
I wouldn't think it's going down a dead- end path.
However, if paper is no longer being printed as much as it used to, this could definitely help our environment. I see schools now are trying to get kids to use computers more. At my highschool, kids are allowed to take their computers home with them. I think this a great way to cut down on paper use.
Think about how many sheets of paper one student has at the end of the year, given that he/she did not throw away anything. Usually their binders are jammed packed with papers. Now think about that student times a couple of hundred in the school, times millions across the country, times billions all across the world.
If touch screen computers are brought into use, or just about any touch screen device, students wouldn't even need to use pencils, which are made from the wood of trees. Instead they would use stylist.
This may not related fully to the question provided, but it may give an idea.
