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£18.10 inc. VAT
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The Brother LC3217BK original black cartridge is the sort of ink that’s “boring in a good way”: reliable print quality and fewer nasty surprises compared with cheaper compatible refills. For a UK office using Brother inkjet machines regularly, it tends to hold up well on day-to-day documents, and original pricing is often the trade-off you make when you value consistent results over squeezing pennies.
That said, at £15.08 ex‑VAT, it’s not a bargain cartridge—so if you’re printing lots of black text, you’ll want to sanity-check your printer’s typical monthly page yield and compare against compatible options or multipacks. This is best for small teams, light-to-moderate printing, or anyone who mainly prints forms, emails, and internal documents and can’t be bothered with printhead clogs or colour/coverage inconsistencies. If you’re a heavy printer or you’re cost-sensitive above all else, I’d usually look elsewhere (or at least compare total ink cost per page) before committing to originals.

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