Print device

You can specify the printer used to print the output for this user. Spooled files are placed on an output queue with the same name as the printer when the output queue (OUTQ) is specified as the print device (*DEV).

Add User prompt:: Default printer
CL parameter:: PRTDEV
Length:: 10

The print device and output queue information from the user profile are used only if the printer file specifies *JOB and the job description specifies *USRPRF. For more information about directing printer output, see the Basic printing topic.

Table 1. Possible values for PRTDEV:
*WRKSTN	The printer assigned to the user’s workstation (in the device description) is used.
*SYSVAL	The default system printer specified in the QPRTDEV system value is used.
print- device- name	Specify the name of the printer that is used to print the output for this user.