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When Should Your Business Move to the Cloud?
11 Mar, 2026




£71.38 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
If you’re looking at the Brother LC427XLM Magenta **XL** cartridge at **£59.48 ex‑VAT**, the big question is whether you’ll actually get through enough colour pages to justify it. These “XL” inks can be decent value for businesses that print a steady trickle of colour documents (marketing bits, stationery runs, internal charts), because you’re buying fewer replacements. But if you only print colour occasionally, this sort of cartridge tends to be a cost you feel immediately, and ink can dry out or degrade if the printer sits idle—bad news for cashflow.
I’d recommend this for offices using Brother inkjets regularly enough that magenta consumption is predictable, and where you want the reliability of **original** supply rather than compatibility roulette. I wouldn’t bother if you’re printing mostly black-and-white, or if colour is a “once in a while” job—at that point the economics usually don’t land, and you’d be better off reassessing whether your printer choice (inkjet vs laser/colour laser) matches your real print habits.

Xerox
Everyday - Black - compatible - box - remanufactured - toner cartridge (alternative for: Kyocera TK-5140K) - Green World Alliance return programme

Canon
Canon CRG-724 - Black - original - toner cartridge - for i-SENSYS LBP6750dn, LBP6780x, MF512x, MF515x

Canon
Canon 075 - Yellow - original - box - toner cartridge - for imageCLASS LBP646Cdw, LBP647Cdw, MF662Cdw, MF663Cdw, MF665Cdw

Canon
Canon CL-586XL - High Yield - colour (cyan, magenta, yellow) - original - ink cartridge - for PIXMA TS7650i, TS7750i