What printer won't give me this ink hassle?

N O N E !

Most will not print if the ink (color or black) is low !

Refill the inks both colors and black, if needed, to get it to print.

If you don’t need color get a laser printer. They don’t treat you this bad.

@Blackwater_Park but she want SCANNER too !

What laser printer is a scanner too ? ?

Some laser printers have built-in scanners, for example:

I have and recommend a Brother HL-L2390DW printer/scanner, or whatever the current equivalent is. I bought it just a few years ago.

Brother has typically made good printers, and laser printers are better quality and massively less expensive per page than color printers, which are typically made to be disposable systems for getting people to buy expensive wasteful color ink cartridges.

HP are notorious for being especially awful with their ink cartridge schemes and shenanigans.

@Tropical_Willie Use a separate scanner

purchase the XL version of the cartridge. These will last longer. These printers are personal use printers that will give you a yield of about 1200 pages of normal density.
XL versions will give you 2–3 times as many pages.
I have recently invested in the HP Envy printers when my 10 year old HP 8600 stopped working.
So far so good.
Buy the real HP ink as off brand ones will cause issues.

Another vote for Brother lasers.

I see the DCP-L2640DW Printer, Copier, Scanner for $199 at Amazon and Best Buy. “Brother DCP-L2640DW Wireless Compact Monochrome Multi-Function Laser Printer with Copy and Scan, Duplex”

I bought the equivalent 8 years ago for my mother and inherited when she died. I don’t print much, it’s only needed one new toner cartridge.

I think it’s well worth $199, and they do frequently go on sale for less.

I have a Canon Pixma MG2522 and while it’s slow (8 pages per minute), it does have a copier and a scanner. Some printers have a selection to print even if color OR black has run out – I’m sorry, I don’t remember if this one does. The main thing that bugs me is when you tell it to print, it goes “click click, click click” several times before it actually prints. If you know it’s going to do that, no problem. But if you didn’t know, you’d probably try cancelling print, restart or something along those lines. I don’t love it, but I don’t hate it, either.

Canon PIXMA MG2522 Wired All-in-One Color Inkjet Printer with USB Cable
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Canon-PIXMA-MG2522-Wired-All-in-One-Color-Inkjet-Printer-with-USB-Cable/934680237

$149 in this ad, you may find it cheaper somewhere else.

p.s. I found this: “Yes, the Canon Pixma MG2522 printer can continue printing even if one ink cartridge is empty. You can specify the other FINE cartridge that still has ink and continue printing. However, it is recommended to use a new ink cartridge to obtain optimum print quality.” The only caveat is you need to leave the empty cartridge in place.

I wouldn’t use an inkjet printer even if I got it for free…..not with my computer. I did buy a $20 Canon inkjet just for copying that isn’t connected to a computer or anything other than power. And it stays unplugged when not in use. My suggestion is to kick it and get yourself a laser printer. You’ll feel like you died and went to Heaven. No jams, no ink issues. If you aren’t convinced I suggest cleaning the thing (can’t think of what it’s called) the ink cartridge goes into. Figure out how to remove it, soak in warm soapy water, rinse well, let dry 24 hours before putting it back in. That will probably take care of your issue. Dried ink clogs up things. Good luck.

Some HP printers have a “Use Black Ink Only” or “Grayscale” mode that allows you to print using only the black ink, even if the colour cartridges are low. This feature isn’t always guaranteed to work if the colour cartridges are completely empty, as the printer’s firmware might still block printing to avoid potential damage or print quality issues.

Just select print in black and white, might be called greyscale, and it should print for you.

Most printers that I have owned give hassles when ink starts to get low.

Changing settings to greyscale will do nothing about dried ink. If the ink dries you must remove the dried ink before it will flow again. As well as what I said about you can actually take the actual black ink cartridge out, turn it upside down and dribble a couple drop of water on it and then spread it out. After a couple of minutes dry it off and reinsert. Ten to one it will work just fine.

Sometimes if I shake the inks and put them back in the printer will perceive them as having ink again.

It’s a pain the low ink thing, I have that problem with my HP and my Brother printers.