I have been printing for a while now, I'm not a pro but do enjoy the whole process beginning with a contact sheet. I USED to scan my negs (I think out of habit) before sleeving them and beginning the printing process but I sold my scanner and decided to go all analog.
Well, recently I developed some rolls of film and on one roll was the last image of a series of shots from previous rolls and these previous rolls had been sca*&ed, shared, and put on Flickr.
So when I printed this "extra" image, not only were my buddies yawning but I sort of yawned also, we'd seen variations of this image and it didn't have the punch, or impact that it would have had if nobody had seen it before.
So, I guess long story short, I realized how sca*%ing was sort of ruining my experience, I remembered how it felt to print and show images that I'd already "let out of the bag" as it were.
Now, I scan prints if I want to share them with folks whom I'm not geographically close to but the real thrill is holding this marvel of chemistry and light in my hand.