hi  all. New K40 'user' here.

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hi all. New K40 ‘user’ here. My K40 came with Coreldraw12, Corellaser and LaserDRW.
I have a Windows 10 machine (only).
Coreldraw 12 crashes when I import images. I tried to use CorelDraw x7 - but Corellaser 2013 doesnt seem to work with. Then Norton anti-virus finds a ‘backdoor’ file and kills Corellaser.

I have been able to test the laser with LaserDRW and images exported via Inkscape - but I’m not REALLY sure where to start with a good image workflow. I have seen a nice tutorial on Instructables using Coreldraw for a stacked workflow to first engraving then cutting workpieces - but I cant get Corellaser to run with Coreldraw x7.

I’d appreciate some suggestions and pointers please.
I am most familiar with Photoshop, I have Inkscape installed and have used ‘trace bitmap’ to generate cutting images so far.

Thanks !!

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You can use Photoshop or download Adobe Illustrator CS 2 (it’s unsupported but still hosted on the Adobe site and allowed for use without a purchase - hoping you’ll upgrade to the latest version of CS).

Save the file as a BMP. Open LaserDRW and import the BMP file. Then send it to the laser for engraving or cutting.

I have to do the same thing with a $5,000 60W laser our makerspace has except that one’s software will open DXF files and I can assign colors to cut or engrave and the order. With the K40 I just do different BMPs for each layer of engraving or cutting. A little more work but not tons. And I didn’t spend $5K :slight_smile:

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Unlikely it will work on win 10, I’m under the impression it doesn’t work on win 8 either. You can try using hyper-v to run an older OS.

Link to the software courtesy of Jim Coogan https://www.facebook.com/groups/441613082637047/531905473607807/ From memory he had issues with a virus in there too, so this one I assume is virus free.

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Strangely I run CorelLaser & the CorelDraw12 that came with my K40 through Windows10 Pro with no dramas (running on Bootcamp on Macbook). Only issue I have is that when opening the software, I usually have it crash Adobe Creative Cloud (which doesn’t really matter, just reopen it when needed). I use Adobe Illustrator CC to create my files (saved in AI9 format else Corel crashes on import of newer file versions).

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Another one of my assumptions, the software states support up to win 7 and there has been numerous posts about it not running in win 8. I therefore figured it wouldn’t run post win 7. Glad to see it does, still not convinced to hit the win10 upgrade button lmao

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@I_Laser Yeah I was also concerned after reading that the software is Win7, thinking I may have to create another boot with Win7, but fortunately it did work in Win10.