Many images (from negatives) lend themselves to scanning and digital printing for a variety of reasons. Some of those reasons were already mentioned and many more not mentioned. Such images can often be printed better digitally due to the limits of traditional methods, and type of manipulation required to reach the visualized result.
We all love a well done traditional print, but there's no law requiring a film negative to be enlarged and printed traditionally.
Also, there's absolutely no shame in printing by digital methods whenever the photographer so desires (for whatever reason).
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