While I know this is not entirely an A/V issue and I'm not an installer, I thought you guys might know where to go. So don't flame me too badly. My house is networked with UStec equipment homerunned to the basement. That is where I have the DSL modem and a wired router/print server. I'd like to put the printer however, upstairs in some cabinetry in the study. I've got the printer cable and the connector, I just need a wall plate for a 36 pin centronics connector so it looks nice and finished. I've done an internet search but I can't find a wall plate. Does anyone know where I can get one?

Thanks.

A wall plate exists for just about everything that is worth doing.
I haven't seen a wall plate for a parallel port, probably because (not being cynical) it's not worth doing.
Parallel, aka IEEE1284, is good for maybe 50' for slow speed stuff, and high speed stuff like modern printers, maybe 25'.
The better solution is to run ethernet over CAT5 to the study from the basement, and use a little print server box such as this:
[Link: linksys.com]
or you can forget about the wires and use this one:
[Link: linksys.com]
Then any computer on the network can use the printer, and chances are, it will be alot more reliable than running a parallel cable in the walls.
-Bill

Thanks for the reply, LNB.

Thing is I already have the print server (its also my router), I'd hate to buy another one. This is the one I have.

[Link: netgear.com]

My distance is about 30 feet. So I'll continue searching.....

www.markertek.com

Call them and they will make you one.

Try here. this will do a db25 to db25 for the PS to Faceplate, then use your regular DB25 to C36 cable.

[Link: l-com.com]

Or use a blank & a dremel on a plastic blank plate w/ a gender changer of either DB25 or c36 attached to the FP. You will also need one of these for the FP above.

[Link: l-com.com]
or [Link: l-com.com]

It would be easier to just add a new Print server to the Eth network. Fishing a cable, especially a connectorized one through a wall/floor can be a PITA. Not to mention the NEC code violation that it will not be an in-wall/CL2 cable.
Though it is not like that this has NEVER been done in the past.........................

why reinvent the wheel?

buy a print server and mount it to the printer. neat! clean! code approved! and easy