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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2016-10-01</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2016-10-04</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001685399</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Gardella David A</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>35 WEST WACKER DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHICAGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60601</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Financial Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2016-10-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>23414</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>44190</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Reporting Person is filing an amendment to his Form 4, which was filed on October 4, 2016, in order to update the number of securities acquired and the amount of securities beneficially owned following the Reported Transaction.  On October 1, 2016, David A. Gardella was awarded restricted stock with a value of $530,000 by Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. (&quot;DFS&quot;).  Such grant represents 23,414 shares of restricted stock calculated based on the ten trading day volume weighted average price of DFS common stock following the date of grant.   Mr. Gardella's beneficial ownership of securities also reflects 1,025 shares of common stock owned prior to the grant of restricted stock as well as 19,751 restricted stock units held prior to the date of the Reported Transaction (after giving effect to the distribution by R. R. Donnelley &amp; Sons Company of 80.75% of the common stock of LSC Communications, Inc. and DFS, which occurred on October 1, 2016.)</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jennifer B. Reiners, Jennifer B. Reiners, Attorney-in-Fact for David A. Gardella</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-10-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
