Laser for sure, just don't bother with inkjet if you don't print colour

I used to take care of printers for a medium size company. We went from HP enterprise laser to HP Officejet Enterprise inkjet and back to laser (Ricoh)

In general inkjets are more expensive than laser whether you use original or refill inks.

I recommend a good quality doublesided laser printer or MFP for regular use, and a smaller/cheaper inkjet for the occasional color print.

Hp laserjet pro, m12a

Toner is expensive when you look at the price but the cost of printing per page is cheaper than inkjet.

The volume you are talking about is not much. It is more economical than renting I believe.

When compared with laser printers, inkjet printers have a lower price partly because:

>inkjet printers have a minimum life span of 3 years,
>whereas laser printers have a lifespan of at least 5 years

and this is all depends on frequency of use. Yes, upfront cost of laser printer is higher than inkjet probably due to this factor. So, about the same? Not really for me.

When printing double sided, I'd say lasers do better job. Ink can be absorbed on cheaper paper and can be traces on the other side.

I'd go with Canon imageCLASS laser printer series with capability to scan print and copy. Why not HP? HP is more expensive due to band name perhaps but the HP laser engine if not mistaken is made by Canon.

If you look at the printer spec you see

Monthly Duty Cycle - 30 000 pages
Monthly Recommended Print Volume - 250 - 2,500 pages

Sounds confusing 

Monthly Duty Cycle = The maximum monthly duty cycle is how much your printer can print in a month without causing damage to its parts
Monthly Recommended Print Volume = The recommended monthly print volume is the amount you should print monthly to keep your printer at optimum performance

I'm using one of this series even for home use 

Fuji Xerox used to have some cheap MFP... and original toner cost about RM150~. (OEM even cheaper, less than RM50)

But I think they longer selling consumer printer...

From my experience of using Inkjet printer at home, I highly recommend a decent Laser printer.
My inkjets printer, cannon or hp, around the 200-400 rm range , would need to replace ink after less then 100 pages.. then you always get paper jam, will need to manually feed paper one by one.
I am looking at entry level laser printer for replacement soon. I see my office obsolete model monochorme laser printer still working fine.

You can go to Canon Malaysia website

https://my.canon/en/consumer/products/searc...=laser-printers

Tick 3-in-1 then A4 Color

I use wireless one, I think imageCLASS MF641Cw. So, no need to pull wire but perhaps you already have wire. I can print direct from Phone since support wireless. Sop price lower than suggested price here.

Laser, cheapest cost per printout.

Brother also has good review. If you compare renting than buying this also it is still cheap over long run and 3 years warranty. I'm using only at home 

https://estore.brother.com.my/product/mfc-l8900cdw/