overridign the print file java programs output to....

I am running a "server" java program that has System.out logged to QPRINT.  
This feature is advantageous for my program since I use it as a java version of 
the job log.  What is happening though is QPRINT is filling up and putting a 
message on QSYSOPR.  I have had minor success doing an OVRDBF of QPRINT to my 
own *NOMAX print file (let's call it NOMAX) but I am finding that this is not 
consistent across version releases.

Is there a more reliable trick at the as400 level to redirect output to NOMAX.  
I currently replace (similar to what was previously discussed) System.out with 
my own output stream and that output stream redirects its output to the NOMAX 
spool file.  For reasons I care not to get to deeply into I am looking for an 
OS400 solution rather than a java coding solution.

any help is appreciated.