I wouldn’t know - I buy the cheap printers. When it starts to run low on ink I get a new one, since replacement ink is more expensive than the printer itself.
...and then you discover that the new printer didn't include ink.
Applies to inkjets, and i hear you. For years i reinked my carts (since i was printing hundreds of pages), which came out to be about 1.00 per refill using bulk ink, but often the color failed, plus it was messy. Then i finally i did what i should have done, which was to research and buy the lowest cost printer using the largest cartridges.
I found that the cheapest printers require the most expensive carts overall, and among extra large capacity carts the HP 950XL Black Ink Cartridge (CN045W) cartridge was the largest i found, at 53.0 ml ((the standard cartridge holds 11 ml of ink ), and a 4 pack (3 color and 1 black) is as low as 9.00 + free shipping. The color cap. are Cyan =24ml; 950 Magenta=17ml; 950 Yellow=17ml)
And the cheapest printer i found that used those was the HP8100 (made for offices), which was 60.00 lightly used (had a paper jam) from Amazon (normally over 200,00 , but i see it used for 115.00).
HP says the black 951xl 53.0 ml prints 2300 pages, but which est. page yields are absurd for they mean 5% coverage, or about 6 lines of text .
But these 951 are large carts and print many pages, and the cheap Ebay carts have worked fine (hold down the top button/amber light for first print after installing, and after the first warning of low ink), and at about 2.00 per cart there is little warrant to reink.
Should have done this years ago, but thank God for good buys.
I also have a Brother Laser printer, since pastor Walter was at a place that was throwing two out. One had a bad drum, the other was out of toner, but together i got one working laser jet, and use 10.00 toner carts off Ebay fine. Praise the Lord for His mercy and grace. Matthew 6:31.