Canon iP1800 printer,flashing orange light under the green 'on'

First off, How many times does it flash organge before it goes to green?

two: out of paper
three: paper jam
four: Ink has run out
Five: FINE cartridge cannot be found
Seven: FINE Cart. not installed in correct position
Eight: Ink absorber almost full

Count how many times it flashes. Then get back to me

Orange light is flashing 7 times and I get msgs that say cartridge not installed properly and cartridge cannot be recognized. I have refilled my cartridges more than once it worked fine for awhile. This is what Canon said.
Subject: Re: Response from Canon - SWSS Web Escalation (KMM10132386V40822L0KM)
> Dear Mike M:
>
> Thank you for your reply.
>
> We appreciate your response with the information for your iP1800
> printer.
>
> The ink cartridges are not designed to be refilled, and this would
> indicate the cause for the issue you are having. each cartridge
> maintain track of the amount of ink used in order to provide status
> information on the level of the ink in the cartridge. Wen refilling an
> ink cartridge, the status information is not updated, and will cause an
> issue such as this.
>
> The refilled ink cartridges should be replaced with new Canon ink
> cartridges and the printer will resume printing and working properly.