Printers are the worst scam - printer companies just try to come up with a new trap every year to outrace (planned) obsolescence, generally screwing you over in some way. Over the 20+ years of intermittently owning a printer, when I have to print something once or twice a year, it seems the printer dies before the 3rd print. The ink dies, the machine dies, or somewhere in between. You can buy a cheap printer for 30 dollars, but it'll cost you 60 dollars in ink, if the whole thing even lasts more than a year or two. You can buy a nice laser printer, but it'll generally mechanically fail before you ever even use your toner. It's a race to the bottom at this point with nothing but chinese garbage being sold.
I agree with the rest - if I really need something printed, I'll go to a print store for the once or twice a year I need to have it printed, and say fsck printers and the garbage companies that make them.
-mb