I purchased a K40 laser on Ebay. my first laser ever. It came with Corel Laser, Laser Draw and Winsealxp. But it did not come with Corel Draw. What version of Corel Draw would be the best bang for the buck to purchase to use exclusively for the laser, I have a dedicated laptop just for the laser with Windows 10. I have never used Corel Draw so I am totally in the dark on what I should purchase.
I use corel x7 student and hve not had any issues,works well,has taken over a year to learn both laser cutter and corel-read read and when in dout read some more
Here is the hard truth. A legitimate copy of CorelDraw X7 starts at $299.00. If you purchase an older version, it will soon be no longer supported. For that price, you can upgrade your hardware and use any graphics program, free or pay, on the laser. It really depends on your comfort level with hardware and learning new software. @Scott_Marshall has some great boards to help with the transition from old to new hardware.
The only graphics program I have ever used is Photoshop. Would be nice to be able to use it. I am very comfortable with mechanical hardware, not so much with the electrical aspects of it, but I am not afraid to tackle it when pointed in the right direction.
Going off the deep end. Building a beast. http://www.lightobject.com/X7-DSP-Controller-card-for-CO2-Laser-Engraving-Cutter-with-color-screen-P940.aspx
There should be an install for Corel 12 on the DVD that came with the K40. It might be a RAR file if I recall correctly but don’t hold me to it. But if you can’t find it @Yuusuf_Sallahuddin_Y on the group has it loaded in the cloud somewhere he’s got a link for. Once it’s daytime on his side of the world I expect he’ll weigh in.
Otherwise any version of Corel except the Home & Student versions will work. I’m using X8 myself which is the latest but 12 was fine - just gets easier to do image tracing and prepping photos for engraving.
@Rix_Metal_Worx The closest that I have hosted still is the original CD that came with my K40 (as a .rar file). ~700mb. It contains the copy of CorelDraw12 that came with the K40 & Corel Laser plugin, etc.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzi2h1k_udXwamRBZkduekxlMHM/view?usp=sharing
Awesome thanks @Yuusuf_Sallahuddin_Y i just recieved my laser and also didnt have the corel draw included , hope you dont mind ill also be downloading and trying the software cd you have uploaded
@Jaime_Menchaca You’re welcome to grab it 
It seems that a few people didn’t receive the CD or the software, which kind of makes the laser useless haha.
@Yuusuf_Sallahuddin_Y thanks ! Downloaded it no problem.
@Yuusuf_Sallahuddin_Y is there a venmo account or any way I can send you money for a coffee? you just saved me time as I have misplaced my cd I will be downloading this evening thank you again!
@Armando_Araiza You’re welcome. No need for a coffee donation. Unless you would like to donate to something more awesome, the beer fund for the guys developing LaserWeb (open source software to run our lasers & a variety of other machines). Check out the community here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/115879488566665599508/stream/4ecb0765-98e2-46d0-a226-b5409eb5d8f2 & if you feel like swinging those guys some $ for a beer (to keep them working hard) would be awesome.