Yolfer!
Have an answer: Laserjet. Brother. Anything that takes TN-420 and TN-450 toner cartridges, and TN-420 drum assemblies. Now's the time of year to purchase as the older models go on clearance. Newegg has the
HL-2240D on sale currently for $80, but equal or marginally better deals might be had in March.
There's no such thing as an inkjet printer that isn't a ripoff. Most people mostly only need to print in monochrome anyway, and
AdoramaPix or FedEx Office closes the gap on the remaining color print needs. As for my reasoning for that particular subset of printers? Toner's cheap, the toner cartridges are easy to refill on your own, as is swapping out fuser rollers with or without the accompanying cartridge, it's lean on toner use without looking it on toner saver, and it's easy to override the low-toner cut-off for printing. Also has reasonably decent support across all major operating systems and has a short warm-up time. Given the price, it's not catastrophic if it fails, either.... well, outside of the e-waste issue, anyway. Brother designed them to be a consumer cash-cow where they recoup money on the consumables end, but the design of the equipment's sufficiently sturdy and well designed enough to make this a good DIY maintenance unit for the money. If you buy new toner cartridges, spring for the genuine Brother parts as they'll fit better and leak less. Stick with the same toner refill brands, too, unless you empty out the cartridge entirely with the older stuff as toner mixing usually leads to streaky prints. Excellent choice for light printing that's frequent enough to demand a home printer but not enough to buy a high-end quality unit with a massive duty cycle.
There's used laser printers, too... most of them will be ancient HP Laserjet models which suck a lot of electricity running and are getting harder to find parts for, but can serve well if you find one. There's just not much available on the used laser printer market as most people like to waste money on color inkjet and the people who know about the cost savings of laser usually run the machine until it dies. The most important thing to look for with a laser printer is to ensure that the fuser assembly isn't integrated into the toner cartridge... that's where you really get soaked with the consumer models as you're replacing a part that should be good for about 25k prints after around 5k worth of toner.
Anyway, I haven't forgotten about you, man... though I do feel like a yutz for not writing you back sooner. I should make an effort to remedy that.