SP300-V horizontal alignment issue

Hey guys, I have recently had an issue on some prints, only sometimes with my printer getting out of alignment. In this particular print, the only thing affected was the maroon bar, and you can see that it started off one direction and ended off in the other. Everything else in the print was fine. Does this look like it could be an encoder strip or cut carriage cable issue? I have dealt with both in the past but it has been a few years. I just noticed that the cutline was way off as well. Thanks!


Edit: I cleaned the encoder strip and all is well again. It definitely made a different symptom than the last time I had to stop and clean it.