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If you’re using a Brother inkjet and you want the cartridge to “just work,” this LC980BK is a sensible, low-drama choice—especially if you don’t want to mess around with compatibility or worry about prints looking a bit off. At £14.51 ex-VAT, it’s priced like a normal OEM cartridge rather than a bargain-basement compatible, so the value is mainly in reliability: consistent black output, fewer weird print issues, and better confidence that your printer behaves like it should.
That said, the big “why not” is cost-per-page. OEM ink cartridges like this often end up being expensive over time, and if you print a lot of text, you’ll usually be better off looking at high-yield options or (depending on your printer model) a different strategy entirely. If you’re a small office printing occasionally—documents, letters, the odd invoice—this will feel fine. If you’re running heavy print volumes, I’d be more cautious and calculate whether you’ll spend more on ink than the convenience is worth.

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