1998 Hall of Fame--The Son Also Rises

"There was not a full-size web in the metropolitan Boston area," Spenlinhauer says, "and there was a lot of web offset printing leaving the Boston area."

With the arrival of the M-1000, Spenlinhauer was upbeat. Then tragedy struck. In November of 1972, Spenlinhauer's father—founder of Spencer Press and John's inspiration—passed away.