Chromebooks are absolute garbage.

Most computers I have used over the last 15 years will disable USB power if you short out the port (working with electronics you tend to replicate the “sticking scissors into a USB port” with some regularity)

Pencil lead I am sure causes other issues though… it gets red hot and melts eventually

Yeah it is awful for intermittent printing; you will not get as many prints as you expect but it WILL still print (after you run a couple of maintenance cycles to flush out the dry ink)

The printer I am liking right now isn’t laser but comes out to be about the same cost to print as laser.

It’s the Epson EcoTank. The print quality is pretty good for things where a laser printer is the wrong tool and the refills are relatively reasonable… and Shaq promotes it!