After years of dodgy HP printers and their very expensive inks, I brought an Epson EcoTank. It cost a lot more but it prints are amazing and the Ink lasts forever. It took 2 years to get through the included ink.
Printer ink has always been hilariously overpriced. A gallon of IBM check sorting machine ink was $25. And that's magnetic ink.
Extract as much value from your users as possible I guess. If some subset of users figure out how to at least lube up, first, disable their hardware.
I also actually have a Brother color laserjet too (HL-L8360CDW).
Between those two, I get a LOT of projects done. They are both reliable workhorses.
I have HP Smart tank budget printer and it sometimes drives me mad that it stops printing, you have to restart it and whatnot.
The colors are not great either.
However the tank lasts few years before it dries out and we do print with it quite a lot. For kids, for school, for coloring - usually I set low quality prints. But the printing is cheap.
But when I change the printer, I want hassle free print experience. And a tank based printer.