Paper medium: a medium for storing or presenting information in paper form; contrasted with electronic or optical media (e.g., paper documents, printed materials).
申請書は電子ファイルでも受け付けますが、紙媒体での提出も可能です。
We accept applications as electronic files, but submission in paper form is also possible.
重要な契約書は紙媒体で保管し、バックアップを電子化している。
Important contracts are kept in paper form, and backups are digitized.
新聞は長い間主要な紙媒体として社会に情報を伝えてきた。
Newspapers have long served as a major paper medium for conveying information to society.