In college I bought an HP LaserJet 5. It was old then, well past EOL, but was fully functional and previous owners had added a network card, so Icould add it to my appartment’s network and we all shared it. It printed thousands of pages with no trouble at all.
Recently after starting to WFH I realized how much I like reading contracts or longer docs on actual paper, and how much the kids ask to print work out. I’ve never had an inkjet last more than a year. I found a Canon C743 online second hand, and it’s printed flawlessly and quickly for several years now. It was $175 down from $450, not much more than a high end ink jet. I scan a lot more than I print too, so the AIO is great.
Lasers have quick print times, even better in volume, much more serviceable, don’t dry out, ink lasts ages, etc. the biggest issue with inkjets is that you need to use them often or they dry out, and the cartridges don’t hold much either. To infrequent printers they’re effectively single-use.
Inkjets typically sell themselves on photo quality, but photos are far more economically printed at better quality and consistency at a CVS or Walgreens. Typically our local stores do same day printing of basic photos for very very little, far less than inkjet ink.