I've had an HP CM1312nfi MFP for years that has never given any trouble at all, but then again I usually print maybe a page a month.

My parents have a Brother MFC that gets fairly heavy use (it's the home office printer for my mom, who is an analogue girl living in a digital world, as my dad says) and hasn't had any trouble in the 5+ years my parents have had it.

I'd avoid the inkjets for the reasons outlined above. We bought my mother in law an Epson inkjet a couple years ago and its ink jets are perpetually clogged.