I would simply go to an office supply store, like Staples, and tell them what you just told us. You need a basic color printer. You can get something like that very easily, and most of them will work with any computer you eventually bring home. And if you have to replace a $99 printer every couple of years, you are still going to do ok financially.
The question is, are there other things you might want to do with a printer? We have a 7 yr old Brother laser printer-copier-fax-scanner that is still going great guns. We have hooked up multiple laptops, desktops and an all-in-one with no problems. It's wireless, and we have even sent things from the phone and tablets. I use the copy function a lot, and we also have scanned old pictures, bulletins, etc. About the only thing I never set up was the fax machine, and I've managed to work around that by scanning and emailing just about everything we need to send off. We paid quite a bit for it, but 7 years ago, this was still a newish thing. They are cheaper now, so that might be a good option for you. The purchase price of $400 then has averaged out to less than $70 per year and falling. I change the toner about twice a year, to the tune of $50 per time. I have changed the drum once in 7 years. For us, that has worked our exceptionally well.
Now I just need to get a color printer, and I'll buy a cheap one, as my old one is handling all my other needs quite well.
