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I do think that most people would be happier with lasers, especially on the "clogged nozzle and requires regular use" front (though now there are also lasers that also do the "razor and blades" sales model, with a cheap printer and more-expensive toner).

However, there are legitimately some people who do need inkjets for one reason or another.

• Lasers, and especially inexpensive lasers where the manufacturer wants to shave down power supply costs, have a brief period of very high electrical draw when they are powered on. This is why you'll typically see UPSes with warnings saying "don't plug laser printers into this device". This probably isn't more than a minor irritation for most people, but I bet that it can overwhelm small inverters; there are probably people living full-time in RVs or something for whom this a problem.

• Even relatively-inexpensive inkjet printers today can produce what I'd call pretty impressive photograph prints if paired with fancy photo paper. Color lasers

and I've never bothered to even get a color laser

do not print photos that look remotely as nice as inkjets do. I don't print photos

I have screens that can display photos perfectly well

and if I really wanted to do so, I'd go to one of the many stores around that do have the ability to do really fancy photo prints. But if someone were into that, they can't really substitute a laser printer or most other types of printers for that. Maybe dye-sublimation printers, if those are still a thing. kagis Appears so.