OSX Leopard v10.5.8 on a PowerPC, Dual 2.3 GHz G5

I am running a PowerPC, Dual 2.3 GHz G5 Apple Mac OSX v 10.4.11. I am about to purchase an Epson 7900 printer, and am told I need OSX v10.5.8 to use the Epson Drivers. I cannot find anywhere on the Apple site where I can buy v10.5.8. Furthermore, I thought that Leopard requires and Intel chip, my G5 has a PowerPC. Thanks.

You can still buy 10.5 through Apple phone sales (800 MY APPLE in the US). You may also be abe to find a copy on eBay or similar, but those are either more expensive than retail or machine-specific discs that wont work for you anyway.
And it's 10.6 that has the no-PPC rule. Leopard runs on G5s just fine.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24950
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