It's not particularly bizarre to be a printer snob. If I were to buy a printer today, even without considering drivers I'd probably narrow it down to 2 or 3 opt

It's not particularly bizarre to be a printer snob. If I were to buy a printer today, even without considering drivers I'd probably narrow it down to 2 or 3 options. Either way, I've never had any issues with any printers I've thrown at Linux. There are issues with more obscure devices, but equally in the world of SoCs and generic mass storage/input devices that we live in I have far fewer expansion cards and peripherals than ever before, and those that I have use pretty standard protocols for communication.