MFC-J825DW

The MFC-J825DW'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-J825DW physically cannot accept an LC79 cartridge, and sellers who list it as fitting are wrong.

Whatever a listing claims, the LC79 super-high cartridges cannot go into an MFC-J825DW — this model's ladder stops at LC75. Within that ceiling, the LC75 is the economical rung: Brother rates both tiers to ISO/IEC 24711, so its up to 600 pages against the standard tier's 300 is like for like, double the fill in the same slots. At $8.24 a cartridge, that works out at about 1.4 cents a page. Colors are stocked as singles and in two sets, so heavy black use never forces a color purchase just to get black, and because LC75 alone covers all 11 printers in the family, it is the safest code in the range to keep on the shelf.

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

Each of the MFC-J825DW's four slots takes its own chipped cartridge, replaced independently of the other three — a fully individual system from slot to slot. Carry a new cartridge by the housing and keep fingers off the chip contact. Every Clever Supplies LC75 cartridge carries a lifetime warranty with 1-year free returns.