what makes a printer a printer in a network ?

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Hello,

I am scanning a network using nmap. I assuma that this network has copy machines and printers with IP addresses. Is there a way I can differentiate the regular computers from the printers? nmap can detect the OS, but is ti sufficient?

Thank you for any ideas.

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