Reasons for Using the External Writer

Reasons to use the external writer include the following:

You do not need to define external writers to JES.
Held output is processed immediately.
External writers can facilitate the replacement of Network Job Entry (NJE) with CA XCOM Data Transport.
External writers give you more options when sending output to remote systems. For example, you can link remote host systems to particular external writers; destination names are passed to the remote host, which then equates them to a particular printer.