Nessan Cleary began his career working in television news, first as a sound recordist and then a cameraman. After retraining as a journalist he worked briefly on a local newspaper in Merseyside. A natural interest in computing and digital technology led him to spend six years editing Electronic Imaging, a UK-based magazine covering the technical side of the graphic arts.

For the last five years he has worked as a freelance journalist, based in the UK and writing about anything that takes his fancy, which is mainly commercial printing, business and workflow systems, wide format inkjet and photography.