Content server and Dynamic image in PDF

Hi all,
I am trying to make up a PDF through SFP transaction in ABAP that has a photograph included in it. This photograph is saved in the content server. The photograph that is inserted depends on a certain number of data and the URL of the picture is dynamically set using function : ARCHIVOBJECT_GET_URI.
The URL is ok but when I bind this to image object in PDF, the picture does not appear !
Has anyone dealt with a simlilar problem ????
Nicolas

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l_print_layout clob;
l_xml_data clob;
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id,
file_name,
mime_type,
XMLCdata(replace(description,''&'',''and'')) description,
-- description,
blob2clobase64(image,''Y'') image
from eba_pdfimg_images
') xml_data from dual
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