At work we use Phaser colour printers.
http://www.office.xerox.com/perl-bin...l?product=8400
Perhaps a little over the top for home users, unless you really are doing a lot of colour work. Unlike a laser it uses solid ink (does seem to get through a bit of the stuff too), but it produces a glossy print finish which makes colour photos look good even on standard photocopier type paper. Use a better paper and the quality is great, even off basic digital cameras.
Having said that for home I have a simple HP deskjet and again, if I use a good quality paper that does things quite well. Realistically the quality of Ink jets has come on leaps and bounds in the last few years.
I suspect the biggest issue with any printer must be the price of it's consumables, and how often you have to replace them. That and time of whether your prepared to wait for the quality print to processed.