You lost me here…
@asalisbury welcome to the site…
I align mine rather quickly… close distance is the target spot, long distance impact gets moved to target spot.
It’s always nice to have a short history. Is this something that has always existed or is it new?
Assuming you have and know it’s focused…
If it’s in TEM00 mode, then you’re only alternative to ensure it’s correctly aligned.
There is a phenomenon known as 4th corner where it works in three out of the four corners. This is an alignment issue… The general consensus is a very, very slight adjustment of m1 … it is very sensitive…
Good luck