I'm not as good as other people at suggesting hardwares yet but since you could try these boards:
http://au.shopping.com/2-x-pci+paral...a1156/products
For printers and etc using parallel port there's one of these solutions:
1. Motherboard with parallel port
2. Motherboard and a PCI to parallel controller card
3. Scrap the idea of parallel port and connect using USB if you can (Unless the hardware doesn't support using USB or other issues)
As for server board... Have a look at
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/new...r2_motherboard, and EVGA is selling it for ~600 (
http://www.evga.com/products/moreInf...%20Family&sw=5)