printer-ip-address

This single-valued attribute identifies the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the target printer.

Allowed values

You can enter a text string of up to 115 characters. The string must be one of these types of address:

Dotted-decimal address

A series of integers in the range of 0 to 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

Colon-hexadecimal address

An IPv6 address in colon-hexadecimal format. These rules apply:

• You can omit leading zeroes 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

If you run IP PrintWay basic mode, do not specify a colon-hexadecimal address because IP PrintWay does not support IPv6.

Default value

The IP address that the administrator has defined for the printer.

Usage guidelines

• The value in this attribute overrides the IP address specified in the printer definition. Use this attribute when you submit jobs to LAN printers not defined by your administrator.
• If the printer definition does not specify the LPR or direct sockets printing protocol, IP PrintWay™ ignores this parameter.
• For printers attached using the i-data 7913 Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS) Printer LAN Attachment, use the IP address of the 7913.
• This attribute is equivalent to the DEST=IP: parameter of the OUTPUT JCL statement.