Thank you!
The supplied suggestion:
Start => Search => Local Group Policy Editor => Computer Configuration => Administrative Templates => Printers => Configure RPC connection settings => Enabled => RPC over named pipes => Apply => Ok => Restart your PC
Works great! Thanks!
I have tried every trick in the book that I could find concerning this issue and nothing worked till now.
Current setup for the record:
1 shared Canon 4210 printer attached via USB to primary office Windows 10 Pro computer. All printer drivers and printer firmware has been updated to latest Canon levels. All windows updates have been performed.
5 Windows 10 computers on private Home Network.... not a DOMAIN setup. All computers can print with no issue.
Install and setup Windows 11 Pro on another laptop, fresh install. During manually add printer exercise I get a dialog box popup: "Windows couldn't connect to printer..." What I find strange is that the Windows 11 computer can see the printer that is on the shared printer computer but fails with the above.
Currently at this version: Win 11 Pro -10.0.22621 build 22621.
With the above supplied suggestion, no more issue. Printer installed and is operational!
Thanks again! Cheers!