[Avamander]

There has been a strong push by OS makers to unify and simplify printer interfaces to the point that they should not require special drivers.

But this process is still ongoing and lazy hardware vendors will continue to be lazy in their switch, if they have the option.

[barbazoo]

What’s that “switch” you’re referring to?

[oasisaimlessly]

"IPP Everywhere" [1][2]

[1]: https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSIPPEverywhere

[2]: https://www.pwg.org/ipp/everywhere.html

[Avamander]

IPP Everywhere linked in the other comment, but there's also Mopria certified printers (https://mopria.org/certified-products). Which use WPP drivers on Windows.