One Windows 11 machine connects to a shared printer, another fails to connect

I am looking at a LAN segment with 3 computers: Machine A runs Windows 10 and has a printer, Brother HL-L2300D, connected via USB, which is shared on the network. Machine B is a PC running Windows 11. Machine C is a laptop that auto-updated itself from Windows 10 to Windows 11. Before the auto-update to Windows 11, B and C could connect to and print using the printer on A. After the auto-update, machine C could no longer connect or print. C sees the share on A, but when trying to connect to it, Windows 11 says: Windows couldn't connect to the printer. If this is a network printer, check the pr

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