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    <periodOfReport>2016-12-08</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001669811</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DFIN</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001464929</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Leib Daniel</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>35 WEST WACKER DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHICAGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60601</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Executive Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2016-12-08</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>18123</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>217570</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Reflects the number of shares of Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. (&quot;DFS&quot;) common stock underlying time-based restricted stock units (&quot;RSUs&quot;) resulting from an equitable adjustment of performance share units on December 8, 2016, pursuant to the Separation and Distribution Agreement by and among R. R. Donnelley &amp; Sons Company (&quot;RRD&quot;), LSC Communications, Inc. and DFS, following the measurement and certification of RRD performance through September 30, 2016 by the RRD Human Resources Committee.  4,500 RSUs will vest in full on March 2, 2017 and 13,623 RSUs will vest in full on March 2, 2018, subject to continued employment with DFS.  The performance share units and resulting RSUs are company granted units issued pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Plans.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 14,635 shares held directly, 88,355 shares of restricted stock and 114,580 restricted stock units.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Jennifer Reiners, pursuant to power of attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-12-08</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
