Not getting output from the MSComm object

[therayster]

This should be a relatively simple question, but I'm not seeing it, even after viewing most of the posts regarding the MSComm object. I'm trying to send a string to a serial label printer. I'm constructing a valid command string; I'm outputting the concatenated string to a text box, saving this as a text file, and if I copy this text file to the com port, I get the expected output. At first I was getting no output from the port and a transmit buffer full (1010) CommEvent, which I thought was odd since I'm only really sending 5-7k worth of data, but I up'd the output buffer to a Meg and that went away. Now the I'm getting nothing from the CommEvent and still nothing from the comm port. Here's how I'm trying to send the data:

Private Sub Command3_Click()
MsgBox Right(fileCont, 12)
MSComm1.CommPort = 2
MSComm1.Settings = "9600,N,8,1"
MSComm1.OutBufferSize = 1024
MSComm1.InputLen = 0
MSComm1.PortOpen = True
MSComm1.Output = fileCont
MSComm1.PortOpen = False
End Sub
I added this during prototyping to see comm errors

Private Sub MSComm1_OnComm()
MsgBox Me.MSComm1.CommEvent
End Sub

Any guidance/assistance would be greatly appreciated.