Ferrule for an optical connector, an optical connector containing such a ferrule, and a method for assembling such a ferrule. One optical arrangement collects light beams from all of the diode-laser bar stacks, homogenizes and expands the beams in the fast-axis direction of the diode-laser bar stacks and partially overlaps the homogenized and expanded beams in the fast-axis direction. In an ICC implementation, a color simulation profile is generated that matches the color characteristics of the user printer to those of the target printer. The side portion includes one or more apertures for receiving decorative objects, and further includes openings for providing access to the controls of the flat panel display. In one aspect, macro-femto interference is reduced by configuring t macro bases station to avoid using resources allocat to the femto base station. The data transducer includes a reader comprised of a top shield and a bottom shield characterized by at least one of the shields including a layer for compensating a thermally-caused expansion of the reader.