Brother LC985BK ink cartridge 1 pc(s) Original Black

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If you’re set up with a Brother printer that actually takes the LC985BK, this is a straightforward “buy the right cartridge, print normally” option. At £14.63 ex-VAT it’s priced like a decent genuine replacement rather than a bargain-bin gamble, so you’re buying consistency: better print reliability, fewer weird streaking/misalignment complaints, and usually cleaner results for day-to-day documents. For an office where you want low hassle (and don’t want to play the troubleshooting game after a bad batch), genuine ink like this tends to be the safer bet.

That said, I wouldn’t buy it just because it’s cheap—because that price only tells part of the story. Ink costs are mainly about cost per page, and if your team only prints occasionally, you’ll burn money faster than you’d expect compared with a toner-based setup or higher-yield options (if your model supports them). Also, if you’re willing to run third-party inks and you’ve already had success with them in your environment, you might save money—just don’t expect the same “out of the box” behaviour as genuine. In short: buy this if you’re running Brother and value predictable output; think twice if you print infrequently or you’re chasing the lowest cost per page above all.