One oddity is that, through Linux basically piggybacking on the support printer manufacturers built in to get out-of-the-box printing on Macs and iDevices, the

One oddity is that, through Linux basically piggybacking on the support printer manufacturers built in to get out-of-the-box printing on Macs and iDevices, the world of Linux printing support is actually really good for newish printers without needing drivers. There are a lot of AirPrint and IPP Everywhere printers out there. I've had good luck in the past, as many have, with Brother's simple laser printers, but was very surprised at the ease of setup on Linux of a new Brother multi-function all-in-one inkjet printer/scanner combo thing: even the scanner worked over the network without a fuss. Night and day compared to my recollections of working with hpijs, hplip, foomatic, even poking around for Brother laser drivers sometimes for ones that didn't talk PCL. But then you have things like this where there's a pointless app forced into the mix to add more friction to that improved story... just because.