This issue was solved by cleaning the small gray pickup/paper sensor roller located center rear of the device which would be above the paper tray after its removal. Q-tip and 91% rubbing alcohol. As to the paper size report I have no idea what caused that. All is good as of now.
Libreoffice, Softmaker Standard and MS Word were the programs used however they all failed presumably as a result of a dirty pickup/sensor roller.
Thanks for asking.