printer-ip-address

This single-valued attribute specifies the Internet Protocol (IP) address or host name of the remote printer or print server.

ISPF field name

Printer IP address

Allowed values

You can enter a text string of up to 115 characters. Blanks are not allowed. The string must be one of these types of address:
Colon-hexadecimal address
An IPv6 address in colon-hexadecimal format. These rules apply:
  • You can omit leading zeros in each hexadecimal value.
  • You can omit one sequence of repeat zero values.
  • You can specify the last two hexadecimal values in dotted decimal notation.
For example: 
2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334
Dotted decimal address
A series of integers in the range of 0–255, separated by periods (decimal address). For example: 
9.99.12.85
Host name
A series of domain names that can contain alphanumeric characters and dashes (-), separated by periods (.). The first character must be alphabetic or numeric. For example: 
printer1.boulder.IBM.com
PRT009

Default value

None.

Usage guidelines

  • If you specify a colon-hexadecimal IP address, IP PrintWay extended mode is required.
  • If you run IP PrintWay extended mode and specify a host name, define the host name in the domain name server (DNS) before you save the printer definition. If the DNS entry is created after you save the printer definition, Infoprint Central cannot display the printer for this printer definition until someone submits a print job to the printer definition or until you modify an attribute in the printer definition.
  • An IP address that is specified by the job submitter overrides this attribute.
  • If another printer definition refers to this printer, use the same uppercase and lowercase letters when you type the host name.
  • This attribute is required when you create a printer definition and specify either lpr or direct-sockets in the protocol-type attribute. For other protocol types, IP PrintWay ignores this attribute.
  • In the IP PrintWay default printer definition that is named DFLTNTRY, you can omit this attribute because the job submitter must specify an IP address.