This part of the Diagnostic Print Test is designed to check the color alignment.

It produces five crosses: one for each color compared to magenta. All lines are printed in one direction. If there is misalignment between Magenta and another color, the lines in the cross will not be aligned.

There are two types of misalignment:

-Horizontal - when the misalignment is in the horizontal axis.
-Vertical - when the misalignment is in the vertical axis.

Below are shown an example of alignment and misalignment: