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If you just need a few pages b/w every now and then, a cheap laser is probably more hassle-free.

Higher-end inkjets have gotten better, and are often competitive price-per-page with similarly priced lasers. E.g. there's now various models with ink tanks you refill from a bottle instead of cartridges.

I'm not a fan for ideological reasons, but e.g. HP also sells some printers with a "20 pages per month for free" pay-per-page model where they'll send you ink. Also an option, especially if you want to the cheaply print the occasional large photo (which is also just "a page")