DEST

PSF for z/OS: User's Guide

DEST

PSF for z/OS: User's Guide
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DEST

Specifies a destination name or TCP/IP address for the print data set when you are using the Download for z/OS and AFP Download Plus features of PSF. For more information about using the DEST parameter with these features, see PSF for z/OS: Download for z/OS and PSF for z/OS: AFP Download Plus.

Specify the DEST parameter in a DD statement or in an OUTPUT statement, as follows:

DEST=[node.]name | '[node.]IP:ipaddr'

The values are:

node: Specifies a one to eight alphanumeric character node for a printer attached to a different system. The node is optional unless you are specifying a destination on a remote system.
name: Specifies a one to eight alphanumeric character name assigned to a printer on your system or, with the node, a printer attached to a different system.
Not every printer has an assigned destination name. To determine what destination name, if any, you can use for your printer, see Page-printer defaults form or consult your system programmer.
IP:ipaddr: Specifies a TCP/IP destination address for a printer, where ipaddr is a character string of 1 to 124 printable characters. If node is used with the IP address, the entire value is limited to 127 characters. The IP address must be enclosed in single quotation marks.

Remember this about the DEST parameter:

If you specify a DEST parameter both in the DD statement and in the OUTPUT statement, PSF ignores the parameter in the OUTPUT statement.
When your job uses direct-printing mode, the DEST parameter does not apply.

Examples:

This example is of a DD statement that specifies DEST:
```
//DD1 DD SYSOUT=A,DEST=PRT38
```
In this example, the print data set that is specified on the DD statement selects the destination printer specified in the OUTPUT statement:
```
//OUT1 OUTPUT DEST=PRT19
//DD2 DD SYSOUT=A,OUTPUT=(*.OUT1)
```
In this example, JES sends the print data set to a node and printer name on a remote system:
```
//OUT2 OUTPUT DEST=SANJOSE.BLDPRT3
```
In this example, JES sends the print data set to a printer at the specified IP address:
```
//OUT3 OUTPUT DEST='IP:9.117.84.53'
```
In this example, JES sends the print data set to a node and IP address for a printer on a remote system:
```
//OUT4 OUTPUT DEST='AUSTIN.IP:9.118.96.54'
```

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