For our home use, I buy cheap Brother laser printers (used to buy HP, but way too expensive and poor value) and an Epson scanner. Keep the devices separate to optimize both functions. I put the scanner on a shelf in the closet because I use it so infrequently. It’s so easy to pull it out when I need it, plug it into the USB port and start scanning. These days, probably 75% of my “scans” are quick snaps with the phone.
No such issues on my 8 year old Brother AIO and my one year old Canon AIO. But I NEVER update the firmware beyond what it comes with. And I never buy OEM ink beyond the starter cartridges that it comes with. No issues.....period.
“I buy cheap Brother laser printers”
ditto ... and brother color laser printers are pretty decent if you need high volume color ...
I am a big fan of Brother monochrome laser printers. No, they are not especially fast. But mine is at least 15 years old, Has been through the dust of 2 construction projects, and still works pretty darn well. $100 printer and uses cheap cartidges. They are still under $150 without looking too hard.
I used to do something similar. Cheap Brother B&W laser, separate scanner and a color inkjet for photos. Then I moved and space was at a premium so I got a higher end HP small office printer/scanner/fax. So far no issues.
I tired a Color Laser but the quality was fine for simple graphics, but not images I needed to print on occasion.