Can you keep using it?
Can you keep using it?
Contact customer support if any of these apply
- !The warning is recurring and you need to prevent downtime.
- !You rely heavily on borderless printing and need a clean service plan.
What to check first
Step-by-step checks
- 1
Safe first step
Continue printing only if you understand the warning is still active.
Start with the official recovery step before moving on to parts or deeper servicing.
- 2
Escalate
Plan Epson service before the warning becomes a full stop condition.
- 3
Safe first step
Reduce unnecessary borderless jobs if uptime matters.
Background
What this message usually means
Epson shows this warning on the ET-4950 series when the borderless-printing ink pad is nearing its service limit. Printing can continue for now, but Epson is warning that service will soon be needed.
Diagnosis
Likely causes
The borderless-printing waste-ink area has reached a warning threshold.
Frequent borderless printing shortened the remaining pad life.
The printer is tracking a warning-stage service-life condition.
Service
When service or replacement is more likely
- -This is a service-life warning, not a low-ink alert.
See also
Related codes in this family
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More Epson printer families
Source notes
Epson's ET-4950 series guide says the borderless-printing ink pad is nearing the end of its service life and warns that service will soon be required.
Built around the official ET-4950 series user's guide and related Epson support pages for ET-4950, ET-4955, and ET-4958. Message wording can vary slightly by model and firmware, but the status behavior stays close across the family.
Printer error codes can vary a little by firmware, region, and exact model variant. Use this guide as a family-level starting point and stop if the next step would require disassembly or service-mode changes.
Known family variants: ET-4950, ET-4955, ET-4958
Last reviewed: 2026-04-12
Reference: Open reference