we bought one when my wife was teaching. we don't use it often, but we are frequently grateful we have it! theatre tickets, random forms, making homemade cards and lables...
i would never have bought one if it weren't for my wife, but i have never once regretted the purchase
I have a trusty old HP B&W laser printer (1020), which I typically use a few times a month, have owned it for over 10 years. Also have a HP Officejet 6000 which I've owned for 5 years, also still going strong, use it a bit less than the Laser printer on average.
Oh and I also have a 3D printer.. .. which I hardly ever use.
Not a great investment for the home in 2017. I occasionally print articles just to see if it works and to check whether my eyes can still read from paper.
Got an HP1515 (print/scan/copy). About 4 years old. Never use colour, but black is used fairly often for printing recipes (I don't have a computer or tablet in the kitchen?). Every time I try to print a popup message tells me the print carriage has jammed. I just click the "OK" button and it prints perfectly thereafter. The printer cost about R900 when I bought it. I consider it a very good investment. I don't buy paper - I use the back of scrap or discarded paper from office.
We have two, one for my wife and one for me. Used for printing, scanning, copying. At least a few times a month. My wife prints out patterns for her files and for quick reference.
I use a printer at work and a printer to scan at home. It is still very much relevant because in South Africa there are still a vast amount of ignorant and naive people and corporations. I was one of them, why? Because me was afraid of DA, sorry I mean change.
I don't have a printer at home and have seldom needed one. I have to print proposal documents at work every now and again when we submit tenders since government departments are almost entirely still paper based. The only time I needed a printer at home last year was to print a menu for a party I held and to print Christmas gift tags I designed.
I own a multifunction printer at home, used for scanning and limited printing.
I use a monochrome desktop printer in the office and also access a shared colour printer.