Abstract: A wiping member that wipes a nozzle surface of a liquid discharging head, includes a first region having an average porosity P1, a second region disposed on the first region, having an average porosity P2 greater than P1, and a third region disposed on the second region having an average porosity P3 greater than P2, wherein the wiping member has a thickness t in the direction perpendicular to the surface that contacts the nozzle surface and each of the first region, the second region, and the third region has a thickness of t/3 in the direction, wherein P2/P1 is from 1.1 to 1.4.

Abstract: A liquid discharging device includes a liquid discharging head including a nozzle surface and multiple nozzles, the liquid discharging head to discharge liquid through the nozzles, a wiping member to wipe the nozzle surface of the liquid discharging head, and a pressing member to press the wiping member against the nozzle surface when the wiping member wipes the nozzle surface, wherein the wiping member satisfies the following conditions 1 and 2 when the wiping member is pressed against the nozzle surface by the pressing member during wiping: the contact ratio of the wiping member with the nozzle surface is from 60 to 95 percent Condition 1, the porous volume per unit area represented by V×T/100 is from 0.1 to 0.7 (mm3/mm2), where V (percent) represents a porosity and T (mm) represents a thickness of the wiping member Condition 2.