A few years ago I got a Fuji Xerox DocuPrint P115 monochrome laser printer. It's small/compact, looks elegant, fits nicely in a corner of a top shelf in a closet, works fine over Wi-Fi, and it always works perfectly about the 3-4 times a year I need to print something. It cost about $150 and didn't hook you into any toner subscriptions or other strings attached. It's been perfect.
Fuji Xerox doesn't make it or anything like it anymore. HP has one that looks similar [1] – could that be as good? The equivalent Brother models all seem much bigger and uglier.
I'm not looking forward to having to replace it, whenever that day comes.
[1] https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/pdp/hp-laserjet-m110we-printer