printing a character

[access1011]

here is my code
.model small
.stack
include stdlib.a
includelib stdlib.lib

.data

word TYPEDEF byte
dseg segment para public 'data'

j word 0FF00h
k word 0FFF0h
l word ?
dseg ends
.code

main proc
mov ax, dseg
mov ds, ax
mov es, ax

mov ax, j
putc

main endp
end main




its giving me the error : OPERAND TYPES DO NOT MATCH

is it my TYPEDEF? whatS the problem?