I find windows supports more printers, and printer makers are more apt to keep the drivers up to date. Not so for OS X printer drivers.I just helped a friend get her printer working with her Windows-based Thinkpad. It was so pathetic, as it was merely the installation of the correct driver. It's 2018 and this is still an issue??
This type of stuff is NEVER EVER *EVER* an issue on the Mac.