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Non-principal prime ideals in infinite distributive lattices

Given an infinite distributive lattice $L$, does $L$ contain a prime ideal $I$ that is non-principal? ($I$ is said to be principal if there is $x\in L$ such that $I=\{y\in L: y\leq x\}$.)

If the answer is "yes" to the question above, what if we replace "prime" by "maximal"?