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DIY or someone else doing it for you?
I have a Plustek negative scanner / hp printer and a Gnome Master II / Ilford chemicals - there are advantages to each, but I get more satisfaction from 'them there olden day' processes and mostly I prefer the finished print - balanced against time and convenience and not being (quite) as anti-social. In terms of print quality I really couldn't say...
(Opens the can of worms marked 'Best')
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Some people keep going on the analogue road (enlarge directly from neg) because of principles, and / or because they appreciate the way it looks.
I'm positive you can fake this nowadays though (make a print look like a "real" enlargement), except for work done on big negatives, enlarged big, by people who really fucking know what they're doing.So long story short: you can archieve great quality with both options.
Scanning gives you athe option of Photoshop of course.
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When printing from film, nowadays is it best to get a good digital scan then print, or enlarge from the negative?*
*I have no idea about this but I assume that's what they did in them there olden days