Attempted to use Yast2 to attach LaserJet 5MP physically connected by parallel
(Centronics) connection.  Yast2 => Hardware => Printer => Add. Printer detected
OK as "hplaserjet5mp", and offered various drivers. Chose HP Laserjet 5M
Postscript (recommended). => Print Test Page => Single Test page:  Printer does
not respond.    /var/log/cups/error_log states:
E [08/Feb/2015:15:54:38 +0000] Unable to create "/var/cache/cups/job.cache.N":
Read-only file system
E [08/Feb/2015:16:22:21 +0000] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file
"/usr/share/cups/drv/sample.drv"!

/var/cups/cache has User root, Group lp, and "Can view and modify content" for
Owner, Group, Others --- so it is not obvious to me what is wrong.

I have tried several alternative drivers, with similar results.

In desperation I tried hplp approach, and got some life out of printer --- I
believe without a queue. This offered a diagnostic which (foolishly) I tried,
even though it said it was incompatible with SuSE 13.2.  This told me a whole
lot of software needed to be replaced, so I signed as root.  In practice, I
suspect it was replacing newer software with old. Net effect: for a while I got
printer to work (it was physically OK), but computer performance was really bad
and unreliable.  In the end I had to re-install from scratch, and will not be
allowing any HP "Doctor" to change my system.

Printer always worked fine with SuSE 12.2, and still produces good test page
from manual bottons on printer itself. Tried again using standard Yast2, and
refuses to print a test page.

Sorry I can't give more useful description of issues.