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I suspect that any printer with airprint and Ethernet will just work at this point. I've yet to see an Ethernet printer that required a special app to set it up. A lot of multifunction machines will even support scanning to a network share. I would only work about compatibility for printers that need a USB connection, or large format printers that need special RIP software.

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I thought that the USB spec already has a specific device class for printers? As long as the Linux kernel's USB subsystem has a driver that handles printer classes (which I'm pretty sure it would), then why should there be any compatibility issues with USB based printers?

You still need driver to convert document data to something that printer happens to understand.

Network printers are less problematic on Windows, too.

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