paperless

One of the clues to ‘electronify’ is a comparison to ‘printing’ and ‘paperless’.
Printing is a mechanical action whereby some form of ink or dust is pressed or burnt onto the surface of paper. Anything that is printed is not electronic. However, the means to printing the paper may include the use of electronics.
‘Paperless’ is an example of ‘not that’. It speaks about something new in terms of what it is no longer. For example, the idea of a ‘paperless office’ is one that has no ‘paper’.
There are various transitionary inventions between ‘printing’ and ‘paperless’. The fax or facsimile machine is a good example. It delivers the message digitally over the phone lines only to convert it to paper when it arrives at the other end.