My suggestion is for you to just go with a monochrome laser for home, and do color prints on actual business stores (walmart, staples, etc) for your occasional photo needs. The reason is that photo paper has so many material and size considerations, sometimes it isn’t so economical. Of course this depends on your use case (i.e. kids wishing to print color stuff for fun/homework.) Should you choose the monochrome laser route - We just purchased our printer several weeks ago and based on my research, Brother l2370dw comes out to be the best bang for the buck. Laser Toner doesn’t dry as ink, fast printing, airprint for convenience. Get the one w/scanner (199 CAD + bulk) if you need it (just use smartphones). Note that as with any laser printer, it is slightly bulky compared to inkjet counterparts, but it’s basic form factor in black isn’t too obtrusive, w/ paper storage to boot. Model is quite popular, you will see this come regularly out of stock in most stores, just be diligent and check for restocks (go for curbside pickup.) Staples, best buy, or amazon have it. Last note: “laser printer paper” isn’t a need, just use regular copy/multiuse paper. Hth!