Your properties appear to be correct…I would have set them the same way as you. I suspect the problem is with Jasper Studio 6.1.1 and not the plugin. Can you test with a lower version like Jasper Studio 5.6.2 to see if the alignment problem goes away? If it does, you may want to file a bug report with Jasper.
I could fix the problem!
Setting the JasperReports Version to 5.5.1 over toolbar > compilation button > drop down “Manage JasperReports Versions” was the goal!
I wanted to point out that I do not have the drop-down menu option in Jasper Studio v5.6.2 final. Perhaps, the drop-down menu only appears when you have multiple versions loaded, or it may be a new feature in v6.1.1. I found the following on the Jasper web site that may help others: