Color Managment and Illustrator 5.5

Hello All,

We have recently updated our software from Corel X4 to Illustrator 5.5. We are having issues with color management as well as contour cut.

How do we get the colors to work together? We want the colors to print out accurately. When our Versacamm was set up we were using the Corel X4 version and the colors worked as well as contour cut. Now since we have updated Illustrator 5.5 is not recognizing contour cut at all. We work in Illustrator and send to Corel in order to get the contour cut (which messes up the colors)  then send to the Verscamm software. I think we need to eliminate a step! Thanks for any help on this crazy mess!