BuzzWack.com gave this newly-minted definition for
paper-form factors: Geek-speak for printed matter, particularly distasteful, old-fashioned things, such as newspapers and books.
It was real fun to see that entry for the BUZZWORD of the DAY "paper-form factors". However, proper geek speak is "DEAD TREES" to make disparaging remarks about printed material.
Here are the results of googlefights between "paper-form factors" (13 examples) and "dead trees" (127,000 examples) in the computer field:
paper-form factors" vs "dead trees"
paper-form factors" + computers vs "dead trees" + computers
TRUST THE CORPUS.