Customizable food freshness printer startup wizard

A process for installing a food fresh bar code printer, comprising the steps of:

• utilizing a startup wizard;
• detecting first power on;
• prompting a non-technical user for some or all of the following items:
• language, date format, product database, network configuration, or other specific elements required for implementation;
• and
• guiding the non-technical user through installation process;
• and
• wherein the startup wizard enables a non-technical user to complete the installation of the food freshness barcode printer in minimal time.

A process for utilizing a printer startup wizard for a food fresh barcode printer, comprising the steps of:

• powering the printer on to find a first power flag set to true or entering a menu from a system configuration menu;
• dropping down the display language setting prompt in the active language of the printer;
• selecting a new language if needed;
• proceeding to a next configuration selection;
• prompting a user to format time and date;
• displaying a current time prompt in the selected language;
• updating system time;
• prompting the user to load product information in a data base;
• determining next configuration item from a configuration file;
• prompting a user to view a help page for common problems;
• after selecting a help tip to display, then selecting a finish button to terminate the startup wizard;
• and
• exiting program.