Awk: error in printf but not in print

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Published on 2010-04-15T04:44:49Z Indexed on 2010/04/15 4:53 UTC
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awk '{print $$1"\t&\t"$$2"\t\\\\"}' .file > file.tex

awk '{printf %.2f"\t&\t"\.2f"\t\\\\",$$1,$$2}' .file > file.tex

awk: {printf %.2f"\t&\t"\.2f"\t\\\\",$1,$2}
awk:                    ^ backslash not last character on line

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