Is it safe to delete...

Is it safe to delete the following folders in the Macintosh HD > Library?
"Printers" +except for Installed Printers.plist, the PDD Plugins folder and the Brother folder (I use a Brother printer)+
"*Application Support > hp*"
"Receipts"
"*Updates > (all the programs in iWork, which I threw out)*"
"everything in Fonts whose name contains Asian characters"
There's several gigabytes in all these folders and I'd love to get them out of the way if it poses no foreseeable harm.

Printers
Yes.
Application Support > hp
Only if you don't use that software.
Receipts
No.
Updates
Yes.
everything in Fonts whose name contains Asian characters
If you don't have any documents using those fonts.
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