MFC-J425W

The MFC-J425W's own pairing is LC71 below and LC75 above: same slots, double the pages (300 against 600 per cartridge, ISO/IEC 24711). The LC75 cartridges on this page are the official high-yield counterpart to the standard LC71 — which is why this store sells the LC75 as the step-up for this printer rather than opening a separate LC71 range. The third tier in the family, LC79, is not an option here at all: the MFC-J425W physically cannot accept an LC79 cartridge, and sellers who list it as fitting are wrong.

Start with the page cost on the MFC-J425W: an LC75 cartridge is $8.24 for up to 600 pages — about 1.4 cents a page — and Brother rates both tiers to ISO/IEC 24711, so that figure rests on the same measure as the standard LC71's 300 pages. The LC75 simply doubles the fill in the same slots. The LC79 super-high cartridges do not fit this model, so LC75 is also the ceiling here, not a step toward something bigger. Colors come as singles and in two sets, meaning a heavy black user is never forced to buy colors to get black. LC75 is the only tier that covers all 11 printers in this family, which makes it the safest code in the range to stock.

Which LC75 should you buy?

One color at a time: black, cyan, magenta and yellow — $8.24 each.
Full refresh: the Set of 4 ($29.94) puts one of each color in one box.
Print every week: the Set of 10 ($67.35) puts four blacks and two of each color in one box.

Chip, ink and everyday use

A new cartridge for the MFC-J425W goes in by its housing, fingers clear of the chip contact — the chip is what lets each of the four slots report and be replaced on its own in this fully individual system. Every Clever Supplies LC75 cartridge carries a lifetime warranty with 1-year free returns.