Printer to a network printer at a customers office...

I am a pc user switching to mac...
The mfg of the printer must offer MAC and PC drivers to hook directly to a USB on a MAC. So, a mfg like Dell (make by lexmark) will not work with MAC (no drivers offered for MAC), but someone like Lexmark will (drivers offered for MAC). Right?
If a mfg says there printer offers MAC drivers, you must confirm they at OS X drivers, but beyond that, there are no surprises or compromises from the PC drivers. The printer will work as expected with no surprises. Right?
So, how does this work with printers not directly attached to the MAC via USB, but attached to the network via an ethernet cable? For example, if I hook a Dell AIO 966 to a USB MAC, you have to hack it to get it to work (if at all), because Dell does not have MAC drivers. But, it has a ethernet plug, so if I hook it up to the network (with works fine from PC), do I still need MAC drivers to install on the MAC to use it over the network? I think that answer is YES (I hope the answer in no), which leads me to this question...
If I am in an office and join their network with my Mac, I would not be able to use their network printer because I have not installed that printers MAC drivers on my MAC (which would probably be more trouple than it is worth)...that seems to limit my ability with MAC joining ad hoc networks a customer location (for example). Taken a step further, I would not be able to use any of their network assets (e.g. scanner) for that same reason.
Is all that right, or can any computer print to a network printer without drivers installed?
Please advise
Thanks!

richard804 is correct. You will need to configure file and printer sharing on all the computers.
Follow this link to configure File and printer sharing.

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