Flowed text doesn't mean that it won't be printed. It means that it could be printed the way you want it, not the way the author wanted. This comes in handy wh

Flowed text doesn't mean that it won't be printed. It means that it could be printed the way you want it, not the way the author wanted. This comes in handy when the author decided that 50% of the surface of paper should remain blank, or using a tiny font. They may find it helpful, others not. Same goes for the decision to have pages at all. The only aspect where I see in which someone else making an unappealable decision for you is superior, is convenience. Conditional on that other person being an expert in the field [of printing].