Automatic printing to location, with data merge?

Hello all,
I am quite new to this, and i have a question...
I am using Data Merge with large number of values to fill in fields in indesign...but for each value line, printing has to be done to different folder. Is there any way to set printing location with data merge?

Try this:
Save your file as a UTF-16 BE (Big Endian) file.
Import showing options in ID. I'm on a PC, choose the below regardless.
Should look like this in ID.
Apologies to Farsi-speaking people everywhere. I pulled some text out of a Farsi text file to make up this tab-delimited merge file. I don't speak it, so it is likely servely non-sensical.
The text editor being used here (first screen shot) is the OpenSource NotePad++. I am also not using the ME version of ID.
Take care, Mike

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