What printer should I buy?

Another advantage of the bottles is that you can see how much ink is left in each

Just saw your update about hinges - hinge lifts a little, though not enough for a thick book. There are other models which might lift more.

Mine is an Epson 2500 ecotank - with refillable bottles. Much more expensive to buy, but much cheaper to run. I've had it 3 1/12 years and only refilled black once - bottles much cheaper than cartridges and presumably more environmentally friendly. I've used it to print photos, with good results. It has flatbed scanner and can be used like a photocopier as well as normal scanning.

I should've mentioned, I need one with the hinges that lift a little to accommodate books in the scanner

I have mainly had Canon printer/scanner/copy machines - I have found them very reliable and when one has died have just replaced it with a similar model. The model I choose has 5 inks - three colours and two blacks - one being a much larger cartridge. I always use Canon inks although quite expensive I never have any clogging issues etc. The two blacks are slightly different which gives better photo prints.
The printer themselves are not very expensive. My current one is white and because it is on a shelf below the computer it is easier to see the buttons than on a black model.